oh crap it's national poetry day
This man knows the score. Tony Trehy's blog is always worth reading. He's far bolder than I am at criticising where criticism is deserved.
Anyway, the first link above is to his post on National Poetry Day. Which deserves criticising. National Poetry Day has long been a pointless ghetto which only seems to emphasise the irrelevance of poetry to the broader culture. It's the marker of an unconfident mainstream heading toward extinction.
See also my recent podcast on the dullness of the mainstream and how creative impurity is a very good thing.
Anyway, the first link above is to his post on National Poetry Day. Which deserves criticising. National Poetry Day has long been a pointless ghetto which only seems to emphasise the irrelevance of poetry to the broader culture. It's the marker of an unconfident mainstream heading toward extinction.
See also my recent podcast on the dullness of the mainstream and how creative impurity is a very good thing.
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