George Szirtes takes up the issue with Newsnight presenter Jeremy - TopicsExpress



          

George Szirtes takes up the issue with Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxmans inquisition of poets and their obscurity: Poetry is as ancient as language itself, and the sense of the poetic precedes language. Animals could be charmed by music; mere drumming can heal the sick. [...] We know its there because it gets under the skin of the conscious mind. Hence its use in many cultures as blessings, curses and spells. ... We believe, even now, not just in the power of words but in their capacity to imply things beyond the dictionary definition. Words are not stable entities you can slam down like dominoes. They carry a baggage of music, context, allusion, attachment and history. It is the baggage that produces the poetry.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 07:43:29 +0000

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