Comments on: Is the State of Contemporary Poetry Healthy? – Quote of the Day / William Logan http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/is-the-state-of-contemporary-poetry-healthy-%e2%80%93-quote-of-the-day-william-logan/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Poetry News For July 3, 2009 | Poetry Hut Blog http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/is-the-state-of-contemporary-poetry-healthy-%e2%80%93-quote-of-the-day-william-logan/#comment-7609 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:32 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13137#comment-7609 [...] Is the State of Contemporary Poetry Healthy? – Quote of the Day / William Logan [...]

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/is-the-state-of-contemporary-poetry-healthy-%e2%80%93-quote-of-the-day-william-logan/#comment-7608 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:37:10 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13137#comment-7608 Nice story about Ashbery. Thanks!

It seems that every age needs to have its own discussions about the “state of poetry” (and the arts in general). And I always find them interesting.

]]> By: kenwrites2 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/is-the-state-of-contemporary-poetry-healthy-%e2%80%93-quote-of-the-day-william-logan/#comment-7607 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:18:20 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13137#comment-7607 I will certainly look for this book. The take on current poetry is an interesting one, and the line about John Ashbery stirred a memory. I had a chance to talk to John at a reading in February of 2007. In the course of our conversation the “State of Poetry” came up, and John seemed to sum it up rather well: “When I started writing fifty years ago, poetry was in deep trouble, and it would seem it is still in touble. Yet somehow a lot of really great poetry gets written. So poetry is in trouble again… Well, I wouldn’t have it any other way.” As one avid poetry reader (and occasionally a poetry writer), neither would I.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/is-the-state-of-contemporary-poetry-healthy-%e2%80%93-quote-of-the-day-william-logan/#comment-7606 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:49 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13137#comment-7606 “Cryptogram” is a great word for many of the poems you see now. Thanks for such an apt comment.

Logan has much more to say on the state of contemporary poetry and poetry criticism (in Our Savage Art and other books) that I’ve quoted on this site.
Jan

]]> By: Charles http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/is-the-state-of-contemporary-poetry-healthy-%e2%80%93-quote-of-the-day-william-logan/#comment-7603 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:21:08 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13137#comment-7603 I have to agree with his opinion. Mediocre at a bast. Poetry has lost it’s soul. Its become the “all about me” generation of poetry with a market that his been flooded with self publuihed books and publishing compannys that feed off of the vanity. Romance is dead. It’s about economy or anti- depression driven angst. And for all the form poetry I see online still they have forgotten the roots of poetry in genearl that “cutting edge” and modern poetry has become nothing more than an apathetic rant or a sterile emotionless cryptogram that I can get those out of the news paper. Then again, poetry always has been a reflection of the times and I don’t think people much want to remember what is goingon in the world today unless you are uber rich and then nobody cares.

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