Posted by Adam on July 27, 2001, at 11:20:07
In reply to favorite poets?, posted by paula on July 20, 2001, at 13:31:52
Since there was some discussion of popular (or at least contemporary) music in the thread, and I was digging around, I remembered a couple tunes that were practically worn off the CD during the time I wrote my happy little poem above. I liked them because they were both dismal and funny...but is it art?
(these are just excerpts)
Now you're standing there tongue-tied
You'd better learn your lesson well
Hide what you have to hide
And tell what you have to tell
It's too late to change events
It's time to face the consequence
For delivering the proof
In the policy of truthNever again is what you swore
The time before("Policy of Truth", Martin Gore)
Who said I lied to her?
Who said I lied, because I never...So stop me, oh stop me
Stop me if you think that you've
Heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you,
Oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to("Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before", Stephen Patrick Morrisey)
> Hi All,
>
> Who are your favorite current poets? I've spent most of my time lately reading medieval and renaissance poetry, so I'm curious about some more, uh, modern folks. Off the top of my head, I'd nominate Amy Lowell and James Agee. Admittedly, neither even comes close to being "current." I love the visual quality of Lowell's work. I've only read Agee's _A Death in the Family_. Composer Samuel Barber used parts of the Preface--which is prosodic poetry, really--as the text for his work "Knoxville: Summer of 1915." (Just to connect this back up with depression, "Knoxville" is a richly, beautifully nostalgic piece, but the end has always had a certain resonance for me on the existential front. Anyone know this work?)
>
> Anna Laura, I'm especially curious about current Italian poets. Any favorites? I need to expand my repetoire beyond the '500. :)
>
>
> Procrastinating constructively....
> Paula
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