P.S. I quote some excerpts from earlier messages below, as I find them
relevant.
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Subject: re: On Poet & Poetry - Reply
---" By understanding the tools poets use, .....(deleted).....
If we do not appreciate certain tools, that should not mislead
us to condemn those who have employed them and/or condemn those
who do not share our view point.---"
If the tools are archaic, then they are obsolete. Such tools may deserve
to be preserved in museums. We may visit the museums on holidays with
our kids and grandkids, and enjoy them as items of curiosity, respect
them as our past heritage and 'appreciate' them as a natural process in our
historical evolution.
Me says:
If I have to move a mountain of dirt and rubble, I would not use spades
and shovels. I would use John Deere. ( No offense, please)
"--- 7. Yes, there bad poets; But there are lot many bad readers too.
- Every one who masqurades as a poet isn't one. Only few of them.---"
There are no bad poets or good poets. There are poets and no-poets.
Hope these no-poets will never have a great following. Such a disaster(!),
If it ever happens, it would be nothing but a sad reflection on our
cultural level.
"--- Expecting poetry should be all -too easy to read and turn
to next page is being too greedy.---"
Excuse me, Syamala Rao Garu - Should poetry be too difficult to read
and understand? I don't get it!
Me says, as a bonus for your patience:
Certain ancient things are likely to lose their relevance. It is a natural
process. No point in wailing over and over! Let dying things die. Amen!
As an aside, is it not in Camus' play, 'Caligula,' that Caligula asks
something like this: Can any one cry for the dead for more than an year?
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