tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post238296224222881621..comments2024-03-27T03:35:18.721-04:00Comments on Pansy Poetics: On Billy Collins, Politics, and Queer Poet-Activist Edward FieldSteve Fellnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383222975171349962noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-72413312590347233542011-01-16T13:15:06.477-05:002011-01-16T13:15:06.477-05:00hi, Steve, I loved your comments. I do wish it fe...hi, Steve, I loved your comments. I do wish it felt more natural to talk about all kinds of things, like politics, in poetry. We're not used to it. But I do it as best I can. At least we got language loosened up. Why do you think subject matter in poetry is so limited? I write about (almost) everything i'm thinking about, and I guess my mind isn't so subtle -- the great modern poets I was weaned on were proud of their obscurity. But back then poetry was more of a cult. And snobbish as hell. And in a way, I write for a listening audience, not a reading audience, and love them to get every word. It's just my nature to do that, in spite of how I learned to write back in the 1940's. But I come from shtetl immigrants and like the sensibility. i'd be embarrassed to put on anything fancier, 'subtler' if you wish. Anyway, I loved getting discussed by a fellow author. Thanks!fieldinskihttp://www.edwardfield.comnoreply@blogger.com