There's another aspect of onceptual poetry - and art - that hasn't been mentioned. It opens the door to any hack who can't write, can't paint, can't be bothered paying the dues to work at it - but wants to pose as a writer/artist/filmmaker/conceptualist because it will get him or her attention/money/fame/laid - and gimmickry requires much less effort or talent than real writing/painting/whatever. It cheapens the currency in which we trade. Goldsmith is not a fool, he appears to be clever and articulate and intelligent, and while I detest the one-trick-pony horseshit he gets away with, I suspect he knows exactly what he is doing, and is having a great time in he process. But for every Goldsmith there are 152 jerks doing the same thing. (Can I prove any of this? Of course not. But that's the point. It's a conceptual argument.)
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