Great quote to bring in, Mark. Edwin Muir is one of my favorite 20th-century poets. And he did experience this directly, as he describes in his autobiography. Thanks for the Heraclitus, too.
Editing back in to add an anecdote. I read this Muir poem once to a group of writers at a writers' retreat. Dead, embarrassed silence was the response. Then dismissal. We postmoderns are supposed to keep this stuff under a lid.
[This message has been edited by Andrew Frisardi (edited August 29, 2008).]
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