Comments on: The Foolishness of Poetry

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:53:02 +0000

I just discovered that this article got re-posted by The Chicago Sun Times during National Poetry Month:

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:33:46 +0000

Thanks, Greg. I found out that quote is by James Huneker. The huneker is named in his honor as the unit of measurement for the size of a human being’s soul.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Huneker

By: Greg Santos

Greg Santos — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:28:13 +0000

“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”

Happy Poetry Month, fellow fool!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:50:09 +0000

Well, you can imagine what I think about that. Three cheers for professional foolery!

By: Leif

Leif — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:44:06 +0000

Robert,
The city where I currently reside, Calgary, Alberta, is considering hiring a poet laureate/ civic poet. Calgary is like the Houston, TX of Canada, so you can imagine some of the debate and rhetoric surrounding this proposal. I think many people are so set against the idea precisely because of the conscience and consciousness that a poet would bring into the civic politics. The fool might put the status quo in danger.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:41:21 +0000

p.s. on this to say it may have actually been critics of Weber, or Weber in later works, who expanded the notion of the Protestant ethic to include non-Protestant groups such as Japan.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:40:05 +0000

Thanks, Keith.

By: Keith Woodruff

Keith Woodruff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:55:20 +0000

Well said Nuncle.