tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3784405916373465757..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Is poetry important? Great poets say not. Frost and Eliot - stays and fragmentsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52051268527329016282016-05-27T03:59:38.561+01:002016-05-27T03:59:38.561+01:00You can add Wallace Stevens, an equal of Frost and...You can add Wallace Stevens, an equal of Frost and Eliot, to this group. He called poetry "the supreme fiction." It helps us find meaning, make sense of things, but is ultimately false.<br /><br />As you say, no wonder people don't care about poetry anymore.Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002311410445623799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-91464697681627260322016-05-05T09:11:09.658+01:002016-05-05T09:11:09.658+01:00Great modern artists recognise the tide of wrongne...Great modern artists recognise the tide of wrongness flooding the world. Recognising it isn't the same as knowing how to act.AdamWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729190099956182183noreply@blogger.com