tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post943914950520553110..comments2023-08-10T05:01:45.872-07:00Comments on Blog of Myself: More History (& Poetry) Againa.k.a. "Joe"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09297686120651846304noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978975285518561941.post-89260480117450336852008-12-04T06:25:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:25:00.000-08:00I see it sort of the other way around. Poet's...I see it sort of the other way around. Poet's aren't putting history into poems because they have a special perspective on events (the underside, the inside, or...). They put history in poems because the medium, the style, the form of poetry charges the history-telling with its own kinds of intensity. The effort to seek a powerful or beautiful language-in-its-own-right, or dramatic form (plot), is a way of underlining - adding force & interest - to whatever the speaker is trying to convey.Henry Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622noreply@blogger.com