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

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

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  3. Huh! Going to have to think about this!

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  4. 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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