Schlagwort: David Wojahn

Forced march

So, to be honest with you, it must be said that poems have little entertainment value in the commonly understood sense of the term. But they can help you to endure your life, even when they most emphatically cannot save it. Witness a poem… Continue Reading „Forced march“

Is poetry marginal?

After all, contemporary poetry is endlessly accused, even by many poets themselves, as a “marginal” activity, a cultic endeavor that puts it on a par with people who attend Star Trek conventions or engage in Civil War reenactments. David Wojahn, in: Blackbird. Via Poetry Daily