OK, back to philosophy. But I might have gone beyond "not all men"-ing you to the realm of "hardly any men"-ing you. After all, I am not solely responsible for Emily Dickinson's reputation. In some other thread at some other time, I'd be curious to see the basis for suggesting that a substantial number of male poets and literary critics are dismissive of women's poetry as being by and for chicks. (And I'd also wonder if this is more common than female poets and literary critics who are dismissive of male poetry as being by and for other men).
As far as philosophy in poetry is concerned, my take is that poetry often gives philosophers ideas to expound upon, but so does everything else that reacts to the world and somehow reflects on the nature of consciousness and identity and sentience. But I don't think there's anything distinctively philosophical about poetry or poets.
[cross posted with Mary]
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