> for me, i don't get why it needs to be defined...that sort of thing gives me > a headache...
Me too...though I was an English major in college I could never get that interested in writing critical essays, dissecting and examining works of literature...I was much more interested in reading Tom Robbins novels, going to see the Grateful Dead, and writing songs. It seems that when you try to define poetry...break it up into little pieces that can be labelled and put in a jar somewhere, you are just getting further away from what poetry is- by the very act of trying to define it. Like trying to define what life is, or what love is...the things poetry speaks of are somewhat intangible anyway. It seems kind of funny really...to use words in the frigid limitations of a technical analysis to define poetry, in which words are much more beautiful, deep in meaning, and transcendent. Poetry speaks for itself. Victor NP: Travelogue "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"...wow . --- Victor Johnson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson Look for the new album "Parsonage Lane" in March 2003 Produced by Chris Rosser at Hollow Reed Studios
