Friday, October 4, 2013

Poetry Friday





Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.

~ Nicholson Baker ~





Interesting thought! --KK

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4 comments:

  1. Julie October 4, 2013 at 9:24 PM

    I love this! However, many bad poets also write very short essay, right?

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  2. Diane MayrOctober 5, 2013 at 10:42 AM

    Yes, they do, Julie, but bad poets put the lie to many things we find engaging in poetry!

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  3. TabathaOctober 6, 2013 at 7:33 AM

    Huh! Going to have to think about this!

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  4. Diane MayrOctober 6, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    Let us know if you come to any conclusions.

    I've been giving it some thought and I think that many poets are rhymers. Others are succinct storytellers. And still others are terse essayists. It's all in the way they use language and passion.

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