Mark StrandA collection of 14 posts

Poetry

Poetry is first and last language – the rest is filler.

Poetry

Poetry is something that happens in universities in creative writing programs o...

Poetry

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

Poetry

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of po...

Poetry

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies but it's cl...

Poetry

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits limits that...

Poetry

And yet in a culture like ours which is given to material comforts and addict...

Poetry

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is not to lie but to ...

Poetry

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry unless of course the life has ...

Poetry

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile even though it p...