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:
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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