tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post854051690204762279..comments2023-11-02T05:19:15.176-07:00Comments on The Misread City: Can 21st Century Poetry Matter?Scott Timberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-61747736576370025172010-05-12T15:18:56.970-07:002010-05-12T15:18:56.970-07:00Linda makes an interesting point here. There's...Linda makes an interesting point here. There's a parallel here that's not quite coming to me. But I'll make an obvious point -- as much as I love rock n roll. there is almost no rock lyric, including those by Dylan, that compares to even a second-level poem by Donald Justice, Bishop or Wallace Stevens, just to pick three names almost at random.Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-15811053046879099702010-04-27T16:18:07.669-07:002010-04-27T16:18:07.669-07:00Very interesting point about the mediocre movies b...Very interesting point about the mediocre movies being watchable but mediocre poetry being intolerable. The thing is, people are surrounded by poetry and are rabid consumers of it in song lyrics, rappers and troubadours being just a few examples. Could it be that the rise of a recorded music industry led to the fall in consumption of written poetry by 'common folk' outside of universities/academia/coffee shops?lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550290075640463707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-88968125466906056702010-04-23T12:06:46.558-07:002010-04-23T12:06:46.558-07:00Yes she is, among other things, US Poet Laureate. ...Yes she is, among other things, US Poet Laureate. Lean, mean little poems.Scott Timberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018827087884225579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932752907198933265.post-7138174979585330782010-04-23T11:42:03.330-07:002010-04-23T11:42:03.330-07:00For anyone who'd like to start at the top of t...For anyone who'd like to start at the top of the Gioia list, I recently discovered Kay Ryan myself, and have posted some of her poems <a href="http://rrrrodak.blogspot.com/search/label/Kay%20Ryan" rel="nofollow">here.</a>Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.com