Poetry is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Poetry has little to offer outside of poetry itself.
Writing—on the other hand—is a much more dynamic space.
Poets chose to be poets because they do not have the drive to become something better.
Readers are a book’s aphorisms.
“If we had something to say would we chose the poem—with its sliver of audience and lack of cultural cache—as the arena to announce that opinion?”
poetry has more to learn from graphic design, engineering, architecture, cartography, automotive design, or any other subject, than it does from poetry itself.
Rules are guidelines for stupid people.
In poetry we applaud mediocrity and ignore radicality.
Poets should not be told to write what they know.
They don’t know anything, that’s why they are poets.”
derek beaulieu as published on rob mclennan’s blog
My Dime
the self absorption of poetry has been well noted
only poets read other poets.
and only philosophers read other philosophers
the majority see no value
in poems or philosophical essays
Liberals Believe
if u don’t share
u don’t exist
which has a host
of assumptions
primarily
unless i see a reflection
how can i know i’m here
and even more basic
i don’t exist
unless I write/talk/blog/email/twitter/facebook
poetry
and progress are not
easy bed fellows
poetry is anchored in language
while progress is anchored
in an ideology…
or a systemic belief..
Poetry 2
poetry is personal
and welcome reprieve
from the alienation
of our mass culture…
and mercifully
has not been caught
in the cross hairs
of capitalism
There is still life
please “unfriend” me.
Camus
life is meaningless
create meaning
life is absurd
does that make you feel happy?
creation requires a leap of faith?
Ring! Ring!
save the whales
save the apes
save the hummngbirds
save the oceans
save the environment
save the biosphere
save the planet
save the banks
running i throw money into the fire…
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