new old kid on the blog, with an occasional old or new poem written off the old writer's block
Who wants a cure? Poetry offers something better, comfort in face of all those things that can never be cured but must be endured.
Or if not comfort then at least a distraction.
to quote the great feline poet / pizza lover "i resemble that remark" ... ha! ... perfect! ... placebo, indeed ...
Poetry cures (relieves) because it cures (preserves) and has a good track record, as placebos go. So don't be bitter, Vassilis. Treat yourself to a slug of retsina instead of a draught of despair; you're really something because you care.
Dear friends,Thank you for all the above comments; they led me to this and I'm grateful for your contributions.PS. I'm really not as despairing as "Placebo" suggests; I think being Cinquor's moderator has something to do with it.
"Poetry cures nothing."I had to look this up but it reminds me of this:"It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."-William Carlos Williams
Kevin--One of my favorite (of many) quotations from one of my favorite poets; nice to get this bit of news from you.
Who wants a cure? Poetry offers something better, comfort in face of all those things that can never be cured but must be endured.
ReplyDeleteOr if not comfort then at least a distraction.
ReplyDeleteto quote the great feline poet / pizza lover "i resemble that remark" ... ha! ... perfect! ... placebo, indeed ...
ReplyDeletePoetry cures (relieves) because it cures (preserves) and has a good track record, as placebos go. So don't be bitter, Vassilis. Treat yourself to a slug of retsina instead of a draught of despair; you're really something because you care.
ReplyDeleteDear friends,
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the above comments; they led me to
this and I'm grateful for your contributions.
PS. I'm really not as despairing as "Placebo" suggests; I think being Cinquor's moderator has something to do with it.
"Poetry cures nothing."
ReplyDeleteI had to look this up but it reminds me of this:
"It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."
-William Carlos Williams
Kevin--
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite (of many) quotations from one of my favorite poets; nice to get this bit of news from you.