http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/howard-nemerov-on-the-difficulty-of-difficult-poetry/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/howard-nemerov-on-the-difficulty-of-difficult-poetry/#comment-2462 Don Share Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:25:26 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=663#comment-2462 I met him years ago up in Vermont, where he haunted the Green Mountains - a great-shouldered lonesome-looking man in a jean jacket is how I remember him. Somewhere, and I wish I knew where, he is supposed to have made the interesting remark that "there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks." I met him years ago up in Vermont, where he haunted the Green Mountains – a great-shouldered lonesome-looking man in a jean jacket is how I remember him. Somewhere, and I wish I knew where, he is supposed to have made the interesting remark that “there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks.”

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/howard-nemerov-on-the-difficulty-of-difficult-poetry/#comment-2461 capps Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:24:36 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=663#comment-2461 Huh. What a wonderful post! This is actually extremely helpful to me, especially the fourth paragraph excerpt. Thank you very much for sharing this writing! Huh. What a wonderful post! This is actually extremely helpful to me, especially the fourth paragraph excerpt. Thank you very much for sharing this writing!

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/howard-nemerov-on-the-difficulty-of-difficult-poetry/#comment-2460 Joseph Hutchison Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:06:48 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=663#comment-2460 You're right, of course, about Nemerov's being "almost forgotten." But I'm one who remembers him, and I've posted some details on my blog (see <a href="http://perpetualbird.blogspot.com/2008/01/forgetting-nemerov.html" rel="nofollow">http://perpetualbird.blogspot.com/2008/01/forgetting-nemerov.html</a> ). Consider it an addendum to and a thank-you for your post. Keep up the great work! You’re right, of course, about Nemerov’s being “almost forgotten.” But I’m one who remembers him, and I’ve posted some details on my blog (see http://perpetualbird.blogspot.com/2008/01/forgetting-nemerov.html ). Consider it an addendum to and a thank-you for your post.
Keep up the great work!

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