[lit-ideas] Re: If you can mimic Simic, you too can be Poet Laureate
- From: "Julie Krueger" <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:31:40 -0500
A beautiful poem indeed, Mike.
John -- your haiku of sorts brought to mind this passage (and I will not
speak the author's name just now -- I am curious to know -- I am more
curious to know what listers make of the following than become embroiled in
a critique of the author):
"A nun lives in the fires of the spirit, a thinker lives in the bright wick
of the mind, an artist lives jammed in the pool of materials. (Or, a nun
lives, thoughtful and tough, in the mind, a nun lives, with that special
poignancy peculiar to religious, in the exile of materials; and a thinker,
who would think of something, lives in the clash of materials, and in the
world of spirit where all long thoughts must lead; and an artist lives in
the mind, that warehouse of forms, and an artist lives, of course, in the
spirit.)"
Julie Krueger
On 8/2/07, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 8/3/07, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Mr. Simic seems to do the opposite of what Mr. Harmon admires about
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> The poet opens the door to mystery.
> The philosopher sees a puzzle.
> The scientist steps through and wonders how to measure this.
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> P.S. totally lovely poem and a nice riposte to Harmon. Thank you.
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> John McCreery
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