Is National Poetry Month Good for Poetry? - Page 2© Linda Sue Grimes
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Apr 1, 2003
Bernstein has difficulty with NPM's process of making poetry "accessible." He reiterates his complaint, but when he suggests the facetious alternative of forming an "International Anti-Poetry month" which forbids all sorts of poetry, he mentions the very kinds of "poetry" that he is railing against: Mother Goose, verse passages in scripture, Black preaching, the musical Cats, love letters, vocal music on the radio, slapping and counting and singing games of children; all of these kinds of writing are "mainstream."
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In response to message posted by pamela_saint:
Hi Pamela,
I think you are right; there are many different levels of poetry. ...
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Hi Linda,Great essay. Bernstein's complaints remind me of Jonathan Franzen's fear that Oprah's attention to his own novel The Corrections would degrade his book, lump it in with the "a ...
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