Comments on: Sarah and Heather http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/10/sarah-and-heather/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:38:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Terreson http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/10/sarah-and-heather/#comment-25945 Terreson Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=5860#comment-25945 Pretty cool. It works for me. Anybody else notice how Sarah turns to nature in her definition? "To say 'metaphor' tirelessly, with brutal repetition, is one militant way of defending nature as the element to which the Universal is referred, and therefore the element to which poetry has to look. I think the defenders of poetry would not mind saying that they are not prepared to abandon nature, because that would be the abandonment of metaphor, which in turn would mean the abandonment of poetry; which, when they have weighed it, would be a serious abridgment of the range of the human experience." John Crowe Ransom Now I am curious about the young lady's reading list. Or is there just country in her blood? Terreson Pretty cool. It works for me. Anybody else notice how Sarah turns to nature in her definition?

“To say ‘metaphor’ tirelessly, with brutal repetition, is one militant way of defending nature as the element to which the Universal is referred, and therefore the element to which poetry has to look. I think the defenders of poetry would not mind saying that they are not prepared to abandon nature, because that would be the abandonment of metaphor, which in turn would mean the abandonment of poetry; which, when they have weighed it, would be a serious abridgment of the range of the human experience.” John Crowe Ransom

Now I am curious about the young lady’s reading list. Or is there just country in her blood?

Terreson

]]> By: Edwin Torres http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/10/sarah-and-heather/#comment-25890 Edwin Torres Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:05:24 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=5860#comment-25890 Exactly, in America, a poet/teacher/artist is a mere curiosity. Exactly, in America, a poet/teacher/artist is a mere curiosity.

]]> By: John Oliver Simon http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/10/sarah-and-heather/#comment-25889 John Oliver Simon Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:33:20 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=5860#comment-25889 I like how in Spanish-speaking countries, once they know you're a poet, people simply call you "Poeta." If you were an engineer, they'd call you "Ingeniero." It's a level of dignity and professional respect. I like how in Spanish-speaking countries, once they know you’re a poet, people simply call you “Poeta.” If you were an engineer, they’d call you “Ingeniero.” It’s a level of dignity and professional respect.

]]> By: Edwin Torres http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/10/sarah-and-heather/#comment-25888 Edwin Torres Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:22:26 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=5860#comment-25888 These are great, definition in context. Our new pediatrician gives me a double-take, "you must be a musician." "Actually," I tell him, "I'm a poet," just to gauge his filter. "Oh, well...musicians are poets, you know?" Meanwhile, the driver in a Madrid taxicab looks in the mirror, same thing,"you must be a musician," "I'm a poet." He stops at a light, turns around and says, "thank you." Doesn't know who I am, and cab drivers probably more in sync with the undefinable, but...there you go, context in definition. These are great, definition in context. Our new pediatrician gives me a double-take, “you must be a musician.” “Actually,” I tell him, “I’m a poet,” just to gauge his filter. “Oh, well…musicians are poets, you know?” Meanwhile, the driver in a Madrid taxicab looks in the mirror, same thing,”you must be a musician,” “I’m a poet.” He stops at a light, turns around and says, “thank you.” Doesn’t know who I am, and cab drivers probably more in sync with the undefinable, but…there you go, context in definition.

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