01-27-2016, 11:30 AM
milo wrote: "I remember reading once that books on how to write poems outsell poetry books 3 to 1"
Seeing as how talent cannot be taught that does not sound unreasonable, I'm surprised the number is not much higher. I have read books on meter, poetic form, poetic criticism, and by far outweighing them all, books of poetry, but I have never read a book about how to write a poem. I would suggest (and I am not comparing myself to them) if one could survey the Greater English language poets over time, not a one of them has either.
dale
Seeing as how talent cannot be taught that does not sound unreasonable, I'm surprised the number is not much higher. I have read books on meter, poetic form, poetic criticism, and by far outweighing them all, books of poetry, but I have never read a book about how to write a poem. I would suggest (and I am not comparing myself to them) if one could survey the Greater English language poets over time, not a one of them has either.
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.