[quote]Originally posted by Carol Taylor:

<<But if a poem I find highly offensive needs work, let the writer find another critic to help him offend more effectively.>>

You crack me up. If I ever get to Houston, I want to ring your bell.

Shameless O'Clawson

[quote]Originally posted by A. E. Stallings:
[b]Much of this discussion brings to mind passages from Housman's splendid essay "The Name and Nature of Poetry." As this sentence, for instance:

"Good religious poetry, whether in Keble or Dante or Job, is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminatingly relished by the undevout."

Oh, my. This is brillance. What a beautiful mind he had. What is poetry other than an art that strives to convince? An art that begs, "Accept my peculiar song."

Thanks, Stallings.

P.S. Look forward to works by Katherine Sasanov, a Boston poet who just had three pieces in Poetry. She's a "religious" poet who takes us through keen examinations.

Bob, I'll look forward to it! Same goes for any of the rest of you who get to Houston!

Carol