tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post8120427181035103575..comments2024-02-24T00:30:27.644-05:00Comments on News: The Poetics of ClassKeith S. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673376328284491777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post-29169611069078152232009-10-23T10:33:54.003-04:002009-10-23T10:33:54.003-04:00Fantastic, Keith. Very powerful. I love what it ...Fantastic, Keith. Very powerful. I love what it says, but the techno geek in me also loves the form. The first stanza poses the question, then the second opens up with that powerful rhythm that is sustained and then ends with the finality of "I will never say it with a smile."<br /><br />I've always been told that I'm working class. I hate labels, but that describes me better than middle class. Thanks for the link. I'll go check it out now.Juliehttp://www.juliebuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post-89033191090224262962009-10-22T16:37:26.918-04:002009-10-22T16:37:26.918-04:00Very good points, Ted. I don't know how I mis...Very good points, Ted. I don't know how I missed these comments... Although I wonder how it is that some communities find their voices, and others don't seem to be able to breach that silence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post-30226793815945373802009-10-20T00:48:58.354-04:002009-10-20T00:48:58.354-04:00"Better poets anchor the better portion of th..."Better poets anchor the better portion of their writing in their localities, their cities..." <br /><br />I agree!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171507692922556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post-87769054033048128062009-10-19T10:38:02.096-04:002009-10-19T10:38:02.096-04:00I don't know if we need a call to action as mu...I don't know if we need a call to action as much as an insistence that poets take their heads out of the clouds and take a good look at what actually is happening around them. Many of us want to be John Ashbery, but the problem with admiring genius is that the one you admire and strive to be like is most often a singular figure; what they do cannot be emulated without seeming a strained and self concious. Better poets anchor the better portion of their writing in their localities, their cities, and connect imaginative language with the texture of something that is real, tactile. The communities that need to spoken for should find their voices soon enough.TED BURKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post-86557454905893299492009-10-18T17:08:56.585-04:002009-10-18T17:08:56.585-04:00Thanks! Yes, I've always wondered at how the p...Thanks! Yes, I've always wondered at how the people with the nicest lawns spend the least time in them, and how those without lawns at all seem to spend so much time outside, looking at what they seem to appreciate much more.<br /><br />I'm going to his blog now, to investigate. haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851123922854857173.post-23312869716307378552009-10-17T04:39:31.946-04:002009-10-17T04:39:31.946-04:00"the eyes will remain calm
as indoor swimmin..."the eyes will remain calm <br />as indoor swimming-pool water,"<br /><br />That's grade A description! <br /><br />You know in poverty, or distress, there is a community that economic comfort does not provide as in Ludlow or Covington. The more economically stable one is, the more isolated they become? <br /><br />A brilliant response to Saeed's question.<br />On his blog, I extended the question with "who will pay the poet who writes of detroit?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171507692922556089noreply@blogger.com