A friend sent me this quote which they picked up from a TLS article quoting James Fenton’s “Manifesto Against Manifestos”, and I thought this was an ideal place to share it:
“Imagine a poem that was so intrinsically interesting that it never occurred to people, when discussing it, to mention treatment, method, tradition, influence, form or any of the usual critical categories. The only thing people wanted to talk about was the subject. Would that not be, in its way, revolutionary.”
Indeed! Work continues on the first issue of NewPoetry. A great issue full of varied, interesting poetic investigation.
I enjoyed that quote enormously…a fine encapsulation of the ideal state for poetry! We can all only struggle to be free. Hope the issue progresses well.
Yes!!!!!!!
New poetry is a lot like the old poetry: invisible (as this comment will soon be). May next year be fuller than the last.