I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>