10-07-2016, 11:00 AM
(10-07-2016, 09:55 AM)shemthepenman Wrote:Politics is not a game but a serious battlefield where competing sides fight for power. Sometimes that power is used wisely, other times used mainly for the benefit of those wielding it who usually want even more. They always say they're doing it for the good of the people. If poets can open some eyes to what's going on all will be better for it. To say this is an empty subject will please those power mongers because they know you'll simply ignore their bad behavior--so they can keep on doing it.(10-06-2016, 11:40 PM)zorcas Wrote: poets are better off these days staying away from social comment and confining themselves to harmless and empty subjects.no, what it means is, popularist [youtbe] social politics is a silly and empty subject, and that poets 'these days' should stay away from crap poetry about it. . . like they did in the old days.. . . and all other days.
The only reason for poets to stay away from controversy is that it is far less likely than feel good writing to see the light of day.