poetry

poetry

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.

Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care that's what poetry is supposed to do.

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care that's what poetry is supposed to do.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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