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Mon, 02 Aug 2004

thinkerer

So I guess I'm a "thinkerer" (Pierre Joris' word), tinkering with words, sounds, structures. Perhaps easily led astray, but persistent, always thinkering.

Despite the raving of some postmodern thought, there is a reality independent of me or you. However, for us, "reality is not simply there, it must be searched for and won" (Paul Celan). (Note the male conquest viz-a-viz Howe's bewilderment.)

"Poetry as a meeting place for all kinds of imagination" (Muriel Rukeyser). (Note the female emphasis on community.)

When you're down or confused "is it depression or justifiable despair? Is it personal anxiety or social outrage?" (Fanny Howe). "I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane." (Muriel Rukeyser).

"Poets create language. Writers of prose use language." (Aime Cesaire).

"... that moment when it is our body/mind that speaks and not that of our progenitors." (Pierre Joris).

So, here it is, all laid out in front of us, surrounding us, immersing us. "We stand in relationship with all the components of the universe, as well as with the hereafter and with antiquity. Which relationships we will cultivate, which for us is preeminently important, and which should be realized, depend only upon the course and duration of our watchfulness." (Novalis). (Note the male determinism. How about stumbling?)

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Harold Carr

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