He makes this true by the poets he translates. Although it's dangerous to say it a poet has to write from beneath the surface for the work to ultimately be worthwhile. That's what is so treacherous about university poetry. The careerism, the backstabbing and judging, the competition, and moving up the line on the recommendation of someone who has a position because of the school they attend or attended are all worthless before the end. You end up in a world where everyone is writing the same poem regardless of how much they change the style or the color and arrangement of the exterior paint. That's why the vast majority of poetry published today is about personal experience or politics and so little is the attempt to say what is unsayable. It is so much easier to write about the outside.
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