tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409762275555781626.post4326764783938515437..comments2024-03-09T07:12:21.520-08:00Comments on The Poetry Daily Critique: "Bethany Man" by Ricardo Pau-Llosa -- Verse Daily, 2/11/13A.E.M. Baumannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01645522810843138721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409762275555781626.post-15355616784158773182014-01-08T14:46:53.374-08:002014-01-08T14:46:53.374-08:00Curiously, your comment arrives just as I am begin...Curiously, your comment arrives just as I am beginning a post very much to the point of "appreciation" of poetry. I will link it here when it is up.<br /><br />In preview, if I may ask, how does my willingness to go "there's a problem with this poem" at all mean that I am unable to appreciate poetry? If I go to club and hear a horrendously bad band, is my saying "oi, they are terrible!" a sign that I cannot appreciate music? Most people would say it means the opposite, no? So why does that not also apply to poetry and literature? Why is it that saying "this poet did not really succeed with this poem" or "this poem does not work" or "this poem is flat terrible" (not that I'm saying "Bethany Man" is "flat terrible") is somehow a statement of the inability to appreciate or enjoy poetry/literature?A.E.M. Baumannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01645522810843138721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409762275555781626.post-8138321776425821842014-01-07T11:09:59.966-08:002014-01-07T11:09:59.966-08:00I think it is a lovely poem. You unfortunately wil...I think it is a lovely poem. You unfortunately will never be able to appreciate anything in your life with this attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com