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>No! No! Three times no.
>All poetry that requires interpretation isn't bad.
>Afterall TS Eliot's required some interpretation.  There are quite a =
>few Telugu kavulu who learnt/borrowed from the 'European >mainstream'. =
Bairagi and Vegunta are but two names to quote.
>The rule that poetry SHOULD NOT require any interpretation is >rigid as =
it seeks to claim some immunity from changes in times >and social =
sensibilities.

Vasu Gaaru,

Thanks for leading me in the right direction. I am not saying that =
poetry must at any cost communicate, even to the least inclined =
audience. I agree with you that great poetry can at times become =
extremely context specific (eg. Spanish Civil War Poetry), and unless =
you are familiar with the context, or are in the same wavelength as the =
poet, you will not be able to relate to the poem.

All I am saying is this:

1 - A poet should be absolutely clear who his audience is, and should be =
able to communicate to THAT audience his emotions with the same =
intensity that he himself had felt in the first place. Every poem has an =
intended audience. I am not saying that great poetry must necessarily be =
universal.

2 - A poet should resist the temptation to be "clever", and under all =
circumstances, ensure that there is no room for misinterpretation or =
"missed" interpretation.

For once, I am tempted to quote from my own poetry - this is what I =
wrote about ten years back:

"Manifesto"

BhAvAnni BhASha lOki
KudincE yatnamlO
BAdha kI mEdha kI
Yudham jarigitE

 nA vOtu bAdha kE

VidhEyudu

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