http://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/ where I'm a Rank Stranger Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-535 Windows Toward the World » Blog Archive » If You Have Never Heard My Voice (and want to) Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:00:41 +0000 https://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-535 [...] Also, up today, Sherry Chandler, on my essay “Who’s a Poet Anyhow?”  [...] [...] Also, up today, Sherry Chandler, on my essay “Who’s a Poet Anyhow?”  [...]

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-533 Sherry Chandler » On the inadequacy of being accurate Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:27:30 +0000 https://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-533 [...] In her recent post, “Who’s a Poet Anyhow?”, Helen Losse quotes a warning from Philip Levine “not [to] compete with the movies. The poet is limited to words. [The poet] should not try to tell too much.” Helen observes that: Poets have no monopoly on the presentation of accurate and complete detail (although certainly one may be the only eye-witness to a given event) nor to the response of the reader (viewer) that follows the presentation. In an age where disclosure is trendy, modern technology has created a nightmare for the self. Nothing is private. The video camera events records events with startling completeness and lack of regard for privacy, and viewers express strong opinions toward the material and analysis that they see. [...] [...] In her recent post, “Who’s a Poet Anyhow?”, Helen Losse quotes a warning from Philip Levine “not [to] compete with the movies. The poet is limited to words. [The poet] should not try to tell too much.” Helen observes that: Poets have no monopoly on the presentation of accurate and complete detail (although certainly one may be the only eye-witness to a given event) nor to the response of the reader (viewer) that follows the presentation. In an age where disclosure is trendy, modern technology has created a nightmare for the self. Nothing is private. The video camera events records events with startling completeness and lack of regard for privacy, and viewers express strong opinions toward the material and analysis that they see. [...]

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-439 dantheman123ya Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:53:15 +0000 https://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-439 no prob no prob

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-438 Helen Losse Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:47:06 +0000 https://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-438 Thank you, Daniel. Thank you, Daniel.

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-437 dantheman123ya Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:23:33 +0000 https://helenl.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/whos-a-poet-anyhow/#comment-437 ur a poet anyhow. cant u c. look into the light u will see ur a poet anyhow. cant u c. look into the light u will see

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