Posted by trouble on March 15, 2002, at 15:08:42
In reply to Re: another poem A SECRET HISTORY OF PRAYER AND SONG » trouble, posted by kid_A on March 15, 2002, at 12:15:44
Hi Kid_A,
I'm 4 hours late for work so I have to go fast. I haven't read the Tempest and don't know who Caliban is, which only makes me MORE interested in unlocking the mysteries of your epic, but I'm on a sort of pre-school level w/ it, just so you know. I guess I'm considered an accomplished poet in Austin, but I can't stand my work, it's too expository and simple. FACILE! You write the way I think real poets write, inscrutable! Demanding but intensely rewarding. I'm gonna ask you about an earlier poem, the first one I read, I'll get to that soon.Thanks for telling me the kind words Dr. Skunk Hour had to say about his former student. I've read 4 of her biographies and still barely understand a single poem, but the only framed portrait I have on my living room wall is of her.
My favorite modern poet is Sharon Olds, who I've heard described as Sylvia Plath on bad acid. I might post one of hers (or so) on PSB as the spirit moves.
Poetry, ah...this is the first time I've felt at ease around here in days.
take care,
trouble
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