<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=461075" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Everlasting Throes of Those</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Everlasting Throes<br>Of Those<br>Who Argue about Poetry versus Prose<br>And about the Propriety or Crime<br>Of Meter and Rhyme<br>In Poetry: </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>as I see it, it’s back to the ancient Greek idea<br>of three near-absolutes – Truth, Beauty and Goodness<br>and although they’re all absolute in their aim, <br>and therefore theoretically equal, <br>most of us, I suspect, have our personal order for this list</div><div style="margin:10px 0">those who put Truth first at all costs are more likely<br>to write prose; but if they love beauty in words<br>and have the urge to write something beautiful in words<br>they may try poetry; but to them, <br>rhyme is untruthful, dishonest, because <br>looking for a rhyme<br>becomes a crime: <br>and leads your mind away from the strict Truth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">while those who put Beauty first don’t have<br>a fixed attitude – they may, as children do, <br>love the formal music of hearing about<br>A certain Mrs Dhutti<br>Who was very slightly nutty<br>She wouldn’t wear a saree<br>As her arms and legs were hairy<br>And thought it was much better<br>To wear trousers and a sweater<br>etc.<br>or they may feel that their response to the world<br>is so full of love, of awe, of wonder<br>(of which Aristotle said the second and third<br>are shared by philosophers, that is, lovers - note the word - of wisdom, <br>and poets – though a poet<br>may not know it…) <br>where was I oh yes, their response to the world<br>is most truly - note the word - expressed<br>in free verse<br>which may be better poetry <br>or worse</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and what about Goodness – oh let’s not<br>get into that: the poetry Forums are full of the emptiness<br>(though it’s a necessary evil, looked at in a way) <br>of poets and readers and critics saying<br>what’s good poetry and what’s bad<br>according to them and feeling<br>they’ve made a contribution to<br>Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, in that order<br>by pronouncing this.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">some few, some worthy few, and I’ll mention no names<br>for reasons not unconnected as Milton might put it<br>with the previous stanza, <br>whose brilliance of that servant mind which we all share, <br>manages to juggle Beauty, Goodness and Truth, <br>in that order in this instance, and not only juggle but<br>remain faithful to them all; we could call them<br>The Absolutely Great – they speak straight from heart to heart<br>and they don’t worry about prosaic considerations like the above<br>because they’ve got it all, all this, within their art; within<br>their constant heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Readers, please note, <br>that last line’s a quote.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=461075" data-title="The Everlasting Throes of Those de Michael Shepherd" data-description="The Everlasting Throes Of Those Who Argue about Poetry versus Prose And about the Propriety or Crime Of Meter and Rhyme In Poetry: as I see it, it’s back to the ancient Greek idea of three near-absolutes – Truth, Beauty and Goodness and alt..."></div> </div> </div>

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