Poetry and the Masses

[clemonz]

You really don't do irony well, do you?

Rowen is one of the most knowledgeable people I've ever met -- very well read and able to synthesise new with old in fascinating ways. He clearly just doesn't feel obligated to brag about everything he's ever discovered. In many ways, Rowen's writing IS avant-garde (which is not a period in history or a group of poets, but a concept).

well how the hell am i supposed to know that, it's absurd. moreover however well qualified he is, to say what he did is pretty unreasonable. however good a writer he is or people perceive him to be, that doesn't mean you can just dismiss all poetry that came before you, on a whim.