Poetry & Commitment by Adrienne Rich

Author:Adrienne Rich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Published: 2007-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

Poetry has been written off on other counts: (1) it’s not a mass-market “product”: it doesn’t get sold on airport newsstands or in supermarket aisles; (2) the actual consumption figures for poetry can’t be quantified at the checkout counter; (3) it’s too “difficult” for the average mind; (4) it’s too elite, but the wealthy don’t bid for it at Sotheby’s. It is, in short, redundant. This might be called the free-market critique of poetry.

There’s actually an odd correlation between these ideas: poetry is either inadequate, even immoral, in the face of human suffering, or it’s unprofitable, hence useless. Either way, poets are advised to hang our heads or fold our tents. Yet in fact, throughout the world, transfusions of poetic language can and do quite literally keep bodies and souls together—and more.

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