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Re: More on TV & Smith/Smith's schtick / RE: (TV) Patti w/ Tom show suggestion



So what you are saying is that calling yourself a "poet" is no
different from saying you're a schoolteacher, a plumber, a
hairdresser, a thief, a joker, a bandit, a pirate or a bank-robber?


On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Glenn Cooper
<glennwaynecooper@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30/12/2011 12:43 AM, Keith Allison wrote:
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>>
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>> I give you - Patti "I'm A Poet" Smith.
>
>
> Calling yourself a "poet" is no different to saying you're a schoolteacher
> or a plumber or a hairdresser. She writes poetry, therefore she's a poet.
> Given how hideous and fake 99.9% of poetry is, it is, in fact, almost
> self-deprecating to call yourself a poet.
>
> So I just don't see it. I haven't met her but she comes across -- to me,
> anyway -- as very genuine, very humble. When I sent her my own book of poems
> about Rimbaud I received a very kind and enthusiastic response, which was
> totally unexpected, given the volume of mail she receives.
>
> I can't say I have fallen in love with any of the recent albums, but there's
> always at least one that lifts me off the ground. But "Horses", "Easter",
> "Wave" and "Gone Again" are all masterpieces to varying degrees, in my book.
> Even the much  maligned "Dream of Life".
>
> And I love her books of poems, especially the early ones.
>
> Glenn C.
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