Comments on: A Beautifully Scrambled Egg https://thethepoetry.com/2010/10/a-beautifully-scrambled-egg/ Where was it one first heard of the truth? Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous https://thethepoetry.com/2010/10/a-beautifully-scrambled-egg/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Anonymous Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:00 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=2678#comment-603 the section here about scrambling eggs reminds me a bit of something allen grossman says about poetry's original role in helping folks to remember how/when to rotate crops, when to plant, and other assorted agricultural information. poetry originally had a very definite use (does this make it utilitarian?). perhaps in some strange way mathews is going back to this :) the section here about scrambling eggs reminds me a bit of something allen grossman says about poetry’s original role in helping folks to remember how/when to rotate crops, when to plant, and other assorted agricultural information. poetry originally had a very definite use (does this make it utilitarian?). perhaps in some strange way mathews is going back to this :)

]]> By: Travis Timmons https://thethepoetry.com/2010/10/a-beautifully-scrambled-egg/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Travis Timmons Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:59:00 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=2678#comment-590 I've had word breakfast now. I usually wonder who the audience is in these sorts of works. I get the sense that we are experiencing a private aesthetic -- almost peeking through a window, watching it at work. I’ve had word breakfast now.

I usually wonder who the audience is in these sorts of works. I get the sense that we are experiencing a private aesthetic — almost peeking through a window, watching it at work.

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