tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post110718753726541861..comments2023-10-31T09:37:59.862-07:00Comments on Rocket Kid Writing: That is the QuestionRachel Dacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1108663229171862012005-02-17T10:00:00.000-08:002005-02-17T10:00:00.000-08:00David,
Thanks for stopping by and for suggesting ...David,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and for suggesting this essay by Dickey. I've ordered a copy. Dickey is a favorite teacher of a friend of mine. I was having lunch yesterday with another poet friend. Our usual commiseration on the topic of "why poetry can't matter in America." My friend hit on a thought that amazed me: because the secret society of poetry that we poets have made doesn't want to be popular. We like the cachet of artistic obscurity. <br /><br />More truth to that notion than I feel comfortable with.<br /><br />RachelRachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1108624280684978592005-02-16T23:11:00.000-08:002005-02-16T23:11:00.000-08:00I've been thinking alot about this as well. I was ...I've been thinking alot about this as well. I was meandering around San Fran and wandered into Black Oak books on Broadway. I found a small thin missive of 4 pages in length. It was a speech James Dickey gave at the Library of Congress entitled Spinning the Crystal Ball, 1967. He anticipates this world we are in now and gives some heft to what it might mean for poetry. Do check it out if you get a chance.<br /><br />:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883109611318399183noreply@blogger.com