Re: kavirAkshasulu

Pamidighantam V. Sudhakar (spamidig@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:26:40 -0500 (CDT)

I think poetry is written mostly for a poets satisfaction before
any thing else. The attitude generally is for example like,
navvi pOduru gaaka naakETi siggu
naa yichchayEgaaka naakETi verapu
--- dEvulapalli krishNa saastri
Poet defines the parameters (language, meter/nometer, poetics/nopoetics
etc...) and create poetry and the rest will have to follow. One has to
either follow or lead (become a poet) or get out of the way. Poets have
used their freedom to even redefine some established language even in
olden days. Appreciation of poetry is dependent on several factors
including mood, time, place etc..

Sudhakar.