[lit-ideas] Re: Poetry and Madness
- From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:59:30 -0500
Lawrence Helm wrote:
So the trick for the poet, it seems to me, is to cultivate the madness
in such a way as to wring decent poetry out of it without letting it
gain possession. <>
That's the "trick" for ALL of us. "Controlled madness." Unfortunately,
it's also a good description of the current (attempted) U.S. foreign
policies. Sometimes you can cultivate madness but sometimes it DOES take
over.
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John Wager john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Lisle, IL, USA
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