The poet resists the pressures of reality, including the pressures of violence, in making, in forming, the poem. The tension is in the resistance - the poem is an act of resistance.
My sense of the poet is classical - the poet is one who makes poems. In each book, I develop and repeat certain general themes - time, place, memory,… - Lawrence Joseph
My sense of the poet is classical - the poet is one who makes poems. In each book, I develop and repeat certain general themes - time, place, memory,…
- Lawrence Joseph
Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning identified himself as Catholic, and my b… - Lawrence Joseph
Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning identified himself as Catholic, and my b…
The poet resists the pressures of reality, including the pressures of violence, in making, in forming, the poem. The tension is in the resistance - t… - Lawrence Joseph
The poet resists the pressures of reality, including the pressures of violence, in making, in forming, the poem. The tension is in the resistance - t…
Do I address issues of the spirit, of the soul, in my work? Yes, definitely. As for being a Catholic poet, I was born in, and into, Catholicism - Eas… - Lawrence Joseph
Do I address issues of the spirit, of the soul, in my work? Yes, definitely. As for being a Catholic poet, I was born in, and into, Catholicism - Eas…
The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations, language. We live i… - Lawrence Joseph
The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations, language. We live i…
The poet casts an eye on what is horrendous, but his truest life is in what sustains, restores, heals. Love, the act of loving, beauty, are first, fu… - Lawrence Joseph
The poet casts an eye on what is horrendous, but his truest life is in what sustains, restores, heals. Love, the act of loving, beauty, are first, fu…
I've always believed that poetry must speak of realities as least as complicated as those spoken of in prose. I've read books of poems, even single p… - Lawrence Joseph
I've always believed that poetry must speak of realities as least as complicated as those spoken of in prose. I've read books of poems, even single p…
External realities - worlds of politics, economics, law, war, interpersonal and social relations - are part of prose fiction. Fiction also includes t… - Lawrence Joseph
External realities - worlds of politics, economics, law, war, interpersonal and social relations - are part of prose fiction. Fiction also includes t…
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