tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post4641973665907551456..comments2024-03-14T08:43:45.183-04:00Comments on The VĂ©hicule Press Blog: RingersVĂ©hicule Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00818162880719157747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-60257987214621120292014-07-11T21:15:29.037-04:002014-07-11T21:15:29.037-04:00I sniped at Guriel because his view as it was pres...I sniped at Guriel because his view as it was presented at the What We Talk About When We Talk About Poetry panel had another focus, besides writing for non-poets. He dismissed the English Lit cant about edifying verse, the unacknowledged legislators of the world, etc., without substantive reason. <br /><br />I think Guriel's concerned that a lot of poetry's pricing itself out of a job, or it's too theoretically motivated to be readable for non-poets (or anyone), but that's not saying the same thing. Seems he wants to uncouple poetry from its associations of class pretension, by saying poetry ought to be more about entertainment. Fine. You don't have to also be flip about poetry's other formal merits. All other things being equal, video (for example) is more entertaining to most people than words on a page. You have to say why poetry is especially worthwhile, if you're going to evaluate it solely as a source of entertainment.<br /><br />This excerpt on poetry for non-poets leaves out the part of the Poetry as Entertainment view that I object to.eliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036147252945963752noreply@blogger.com