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RE: Steemitschool Poetry Class - Critique Thursday Class #4 - 12/04/18 - Recording and Notes
'No piece of poetry is beyond commentary... if you cannot comment on it, it means the poet fails.' Well-spoken, Guy. Presumably, this is the premise of your critique class, and you (all) justify it, weekly. Thanks, for sharing and granting us a second chance to attend class, virtually.
Thank you for the kind words, Yahia. And yes, that is indeed the point of the class. Also, think how happy we make people with our commentary, so it means we need to dig deep sometimes, and to dig deep into words.
Yes, sometimes I tell people I have no words, but that should come as a rare thing, which comes off as precious due to its paucity. Ah, the paucity of words. You know how I am with the ever-coming spiel :)
And I'm glad you tuned into the last lesson, and then caught up on it this time. I felt this class in particular had more topics or almost-aphorisms that are up your alley.
Funny you should mention it.. Listening to latest installment, I was thinking along the same lines: how gratifying it must be for aspiring poets (and we’re always aspiring as poets) to have our work taken seriously.
As Simone Weil memorably put it: Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Also, yes, re: “almost-aphorisms” —there were quite a few that held my attention. The one that remains emblazoned on my mind (a mark of a good one-liner) is the one about “even though it has flaws, it's perfect.”