http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/03/found-theory/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/03/found-theory/#comment-3102 John Blackard Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:06:07 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=754#comment-3102 "...and the professor showed me several volumes in large folio already collected, of broken sentences, which he intended to piece together..." Daisy, I'll raise you two quotes: "In the artist of all kinds one can detect an inherent dilemma, which belongs to the co-existence of two trends, the urgent need to communicate and the still more urgent need not to be found" -- D.W. Winnicott "If we are to save poetry...we must restore poetry to the status of seclusion and even secrecy that characterizes only our authentic pleasures" --Richard Howard (I found both referenced in James Longenbach's book, "The Resistance of Poetry".) John Blackard www.johnablackard.com “…and the professor showed me several volumes in large folio already collected, of broken sentences, which he intended to piece together…”
Daisy, I’ll raise you two quotes:
“In the artist of all kinds one can detect an inherent dilemma, which belongs to the co-existence of two trends, the urgent need to communicate and the still more urgent need not to be found”
– D.W. Winnicott
“If we are to save poetry…we must restore poetry to the status of seclusion and even secrecy that characterizes only our authentic pleasures”
–Richard Howard
(I found both referenced in James Longenbach’s book, “The Resistance of Poetry”.)
John Blackard
http://www.johnablackard.com
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