566 Usener) and will be the only one who can converse correctly about music and poetry, though he will not devote himself to composing poetry (fr.
Unfortunately, however, when I saw who was under discussion, it was the same narrow "guild" that David Orr correctly describes in his review of "The Best American Poetry 2004".
Poe correctly predicted that Longfellow's reputation and style of poetry would decline, concluding that "We grant him high qualities, but deny him the Future".
I moved to NYC to read poetry at open mics (first at Nuyorican Café, where I was correctly laughed out of the room, then at hardcore-mecca-but-sure-poetry-why-not-safe-place ABC No Rio), so defeat was written into the contract I signed with the city.
Adam Kirsch, in his piece on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's role in German literature, correctly states that most English-language readers are indifferent to poetry from other cultures ("Design for Living," February 1st).
This opposition may partly explain why Islamic poetry and fine arts took refuge in a kind of unreal world, using fixed images that could be correctly interpreted only by those who were knowledgeable in the art.
