Maybe Rock, as in the music genre? I find it comforting to think that as long as humans exist (in whatever capacity), poetry will also exist. Thanks for the great video.
@@joshuacreboreads I’m absolutely supposing the music, and I suppose he might be saying something like, “Young people have raised music to the stature of religion in their lives,” but if that’s it he seems less than explicit.
I have a lot of time to go before I am at your level of reading and insight. Your balanced critique of Bloom (especially on his "political poet" statement) is welcome, as is Hall's. 40 years and we all still write, after all! I agree with you on Donald Hall's excellence, and thank you for directing us to the "Death of the Death of Poetry"/ Joseph Epstein / Bertolt Brecht. But is Bloom's a railing against multiculturalism? My take is that Bloom, among so much else, has standards for what makes an effective poem, and when race/gender/ideology supplants that - all standards of evaluative criteria do as well. As always, your channel is a source of true wisdom. Thank you. (PS which Donald Hall poem is your favorite?? Tell all!)
@@GOATPoets Hall’s poem may strike you as a trifling thing - “My son, my executioner”. It was highly regarded. I don’t think he ever reached that level again; but I am far from familiar with his works now, so I wouldn’t hold that judgement to be ironclad. Please don’t look for “true wisdom” here… at best I’m trying to correct personal mistakes as I become aware of them. Thank you for calling this piece to my attention.
I guess we need counter voices, like Bloom - it's a pickle. I think he sees himself as the Hebrew Bible prophet, crying out in the wilderness, & being scourged for it at home. Is he a natural born contrarian?
Maybe Rock, as in the music genre? I find it comforting to think that as long as humans exist (in whatever capacity), poetry will also exist. Thanks for the great video.
@@joshuacreboreads I’m absolutely supposing the music, and I suppose he might be saying something like, “Young people have raised music to the stature of religion in their lives,” but if that’s it he seems less than explicit.
I have a lot of time to go before I am at your level of reading and insight. Your balanced critique of Bloom (especially on his "political poet" statement) is welcome, as is Hall's. 40 years and we all still write, after all! I agree with you on Donald Hall's excellence, and thank you for directing us to the "Death of the Death of Poetry"/ Joseph Epstein / Bertolt Brecht. But is Bloom's a railing against multiculturalism? My take is that Bloom, among so much else, has standards for what makes an effective poem, and when race/gender/ideology supplants that - all standards of evaluative criteria do as well. As always, your channel is a source of true wisdom. Thank you. (PS which Donald Hall poem is your favorite?? Tell all!)
@@GOATPoets Hall’s poem may strike you as a trifling thing - “My son, my executioner”. It was highly regarded. I don’t think he ever reached that level again; but I am far from familiar with his works now, so I wouldn’t hold that judgement to be ironclad.
Please don’t look for “true wisdom” here… at best I’m trying to correct personal mistakes as I become aware of them. Thank you for calling this piece to my attention.
@@davidnovakreadspoetry thanks :)
I had no idea the world of poetry was so opinionated!
@@BeyondBooks-wt5il I don’t know how it stands today, but it used to be. 😂
Marginalisation can breed bad tempers, I'm afraid to say.
I guess we need counter voices, like Bloom - it's a pickle. I think he sees himself as the Hebrew Bible prophet, crying out in the wilderness, & being scourged for it at home. Is he a natural born contrarian?
@@apoetreadstowrite I can’t imagine there will be another Bloom.
I also like Bloom on TV better. I remember how he called Charlie Rose "Charles" and any female journalist "my dear."