This past week was set ablaze for poetry. With his comments, Mark Edmundson caused pens to write furiously; many articles and responses on his essay in Harper's Magazine (
http://harpers.org/archive/2013/07/poetry-slam/. Not free online, Harper teases you with a portion.)
...and still counting:
http://therumpus.net/2013/06/david-biespiels-poetry-wire-the-cynicism-of-mark-edmundson-or-poetry-is-still-not-dead/
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/06/can-modern-poetry-be-saved/66497/
http://christopherkondrich.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/a-brief-reply-to-poetry-slam-by-mark-edmundson/
...and the fire keeps coming. Nothing like a controversy to bring some sales - all the comments on the article made me want to read the essay myself. So until I read the essay myself, I'll read other people's comments. In the meantime, enjoy my private yet public art.
Private because of the flowers in my garden but public because the Newtown incident had recently happened when written.
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