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Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

By Joe Weil

Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

May
15
2013
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Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

The Ruined American Male: Robert Creeley

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

The Ruined American Male: Robert Creeley

By Joe Weil

A sort of mystical reticence which, to tin ears, seems non-existent, but is the gobbled and cobbled and ruined talk of the American male.

Aug
15
2012
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A sort of mystical reticence which, to tin ears, seems non-existent, but is the gobbled and cobbled and ruined talk of the American male.

Didactic Sonnet

by Joe Weil Academia

Didactic Sonnet

By Joe Weil

If Plato came back today and saw the workshop, craft obsessed nature of poetics, he’d give his approval, but not for reasons poets might like: Plato would approve because the stupidity of inspiration has been removed from the writing of poems.

Aug
02
2011
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If Plato came back today and saw the workshop, craft obsessed nature of poetics, he’d give his approval, but not for reasons poets might like: Plato would approve because the stupidity of inspiration has been removed from the writing of poems.

Hindu Surrealism: George Kalamaras

by Brooks Lampe Poetry and Poetics

Hindu Surrealism: George Kalamaras

By Brooks Lampe

The two loves of Kalamaras’s life: Surrealism and Hindu mysticism (with a touch of rhetorical theory!).

Jun
22
2011
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The two loves of Kalamaras’s life: Surrealism and Hindu mysticism (with a touch of rhetorical theory!).

Literary Movements: Insider as Outsider and Token Renegade

by Joe Weil Academia

Literary Movements: Insider as Outsider and Token Renegade

By Joe Weil

When gaining a foothold among the establishment, it is important the so called “outsiders” or mavericks have a figure fully anchored within the establishment who can be “acceptable.”

Dec
29
2010
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When gaining a foothold among the establishment, it is important the so called “outsiders” or mavericks have a figure fully anchored within the establishment who can be “acceptable.”

Closing a Poem (Blogging through Grossman, Part 6)

by Micah Towery Art

Closing a Poem (Blogging through Grossman, Part 6)

By Micah Towery

How do you know when you’re “done” a poem? I’m not speaking about revision, but rather, the act of writing, particularly lyrical free verse. Donna Masini once described it to me (or a class I was in—can’t remember which), as a settling in the body: a literal sense in the poet’s body that there is [...]

Apr
06
2010
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How do you know when you’re “done” a poem? I’m not speaking about revision, but rather, the act of writing, particularly lyrical free verse. Donna Masini once described it to me (or a class I was in—can’t remember which), as a settling in the body: a literal sense in the poet’s body that there is [...]