Poetry Parnassus - An Olympic Acheivement
Richard O'Brien
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Posted 14.09.2012
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I've never been a fan of poets navel-gazing, but I suppose the truth is that if poetry doesn't gaze into its own navel once in a while, no one else is going to do it for it. And we ought to remember that the medium in which most people encounter poetry isn't the sold book, but the individual poem, read or heard.
