tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post6814653223944262780..comments2023-08-10T05:01:45.872-07:00Comments on Blog of Myself: CD Wright, Alessandro Portelli, Madoff, et al.a.k.a. "Joe"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09297686120651846304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-66310952371906183322009-03-15T11:40:00.000-07:002009-03-15T11:40:00.000-07:00I love your line about lyric poetry and Madoff.I love your line about lyric poetry and Madoff.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-59101608461127151472009-03-14T14:00:00.000-07:002009-03-14T14:00:00.000-07:00Yeah, so fuck the dominant bullshit narrative abou...Yeah, so fuck the dominant bullshit narrative about lyric poetry. I was thinking of the ancient Chinese guys who lived in horrific times. Also, under Stalin or Pol Pot or Mao or any of a number of megalomaniacal The State Is Me types to write anything other than State-Supporting Propoganda was an ultimate act of rebellion. This is useful to remember.Judy Roitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516857305795744182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-54274937974676169742009-03-13T09:11:00.000-07:002009-03-13T09:11:00.000-07:00Well, the dominant bullshit narrative about lyric ...Well, the dominant bullshit narrative about lyric poetry is and was that it oughtn't to have anything to do with politics - or that if it does, it is prima facie *bad* poetry. <BR/><BR/>I just wish Hannah Arendt were around to write a book about the Jewish guy who preyed upon Holocaust survivors' feelings of group solidarity. Write a lyric poem abou that.a.k.a. "Joe"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09297686120651846304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-21735914567172103042009-03-12T18:36:00.000-07:002009-03-12T18:36:00.000-07:00"One cannot write lyric poetry after Madoff."Perk ..."One cannot write lyric poetry after Madoff."<BR/><BR/>Perk up, Joe. One can. Someone has to. Because otherwise the dominant bullshit narratives take over.<BR/><BR/>(Lyric does not equal flaccid and stupid, yes?)<BR/><BR/>Sorry I missed Portelli.Judy Roitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516857305795744182noreply@blogger.com