tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post107234215630705937..comments2024-02-26T11:04:22.115+13:00Comments on Reid's Reader – A Blog of Book Reviews and Comment.: Something NewNicholas Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497366104216216952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-69205974029304188582020-06-24T22:11:32.148+12:002020-06-24T22:11:32.148+12:00Thanks for your comment, anonymous person [I assum...Thanks for your comment, anonymous person [I assume an aggrieved poet] but this isn't a particularly well-considered comment. Appreciating poetry is not about sharing or not sharing "worldviews". It is about perceiving [or not having the chance to perceive] skill, originality of expression, interesting imagery, vividness, aptness of phrasing and many other things.As for the comment "they just don't get each other", I fully get what poets are saying, but the real question is HOW is it being said.Cliche is cliche, even if the underlying ideas are admirable.Nicholas Reidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-52126072709446163862020-06-24T20:43:04.857+12:002020-06-24T20:43:04.857+12:00For the critic
Do poets write for critics?No they ...For the critic<br />Do poets write for critics?No they write in spite of them.They write from their own perspectives.If that coincides with the critic's worldview well and good.If not it is as though the poet and critic come from different universes.They just don't get each other.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095280548785831907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-62229973967795565802020-06-24T12:48:11.285+12:002020-06-24T12:48:11.285+12:00Yes Margaret Jeune and Alexander Jeune are related...Yes Margaret Jeune and Alexander Jeune are related.As you thought mother and son.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095280548785831907noreply@blogger.com