Play.

[tun]

I think play is important. I think being daft is important. I think being uninhibited/unselfconscious is important. I think in play we can become familiar with the state of spontaneity (life without striving), and that state of spontaneity is essential and foundational to creativity and to expression - meaning the unconscious manifestation of reality (truth). When I look at modern poetry today, I don't see play, I don't see people being daft or silly, I don't see people being uninhibited, unintentional or unconcerned (free). Instead I see a tendency to being uniformly serious, and to being sensible (self-conscious), and seriousness now being the generally exclusive (obligate) mode, I feel that something has gone wrong with poetry. I feel that it has lost its way.

What I don’t see is humour, satire, protest or social commentary as a living vein of power in the body of Poetry today. I am not suggesting that seriousness is not valid and valuable, but that seriousness loses its meaning where there is no living counterpoint to measure it against.