April 24, 2008

"When you meet the Buddha on the road..."

In case you need another reason to make up your own mind & shoot the Buddha:

In the April 6 issue of the New York Times Book Review, Mary Jo Salter, in a review of Grace Paley's book "Fidelity," described "intentional ambiguity as one of poetry's hallmarks." A few pages later, James Logenbach, in a review of Jorie Graham's book "Sea Change," said "poems thrive on precision." I guess a good poem must be precisely ambiguous.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It just goes to show you that you have to rely on your instincts. Uncle Don

Anonymous said...

I'm not sure myself what poetry is anymore... Don't need the input of the critics now too!! Ugh!! xoC