Poetry Hut Blog

Thank you for giving the link to the Washington Post article on Kay Ryan.
I especially agree with the insight she had when she found out that “language could have a powerful effect on others”
I would add that it not only affects others but affects the writer too, in that, we have to use the right words, in the right style to deliver the “picture” that we want into the reader’s comprehension. (I have a horrible premonition that I’ve used too many words there - lol)
We, as writers, HAVE to know the picture inside and out in order to get that across to our readers.
I hope that rant made sense and again, thanks for the links to the articles
Kindest
John

“I’ve always been able to count on the world to humiliate me. Now I’ve been elevated to a post where I can humiliate myself.” - Kay Ryan

Somehow this reminds me of something I remember my father saying when I was a kid. Watching on TV the Cleveland Browns lose a game they had been winning, he remarked that they “snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.” That was around the time “Jaws” was in theaters.

Anyway, it’s hard for me to imagine Kay Ryan humiliating herself. As in, she’ll join the Quakers and then recommend Buddhism as a means to what she insists is “true poetry”? Well, actually, I suppose that is possible, isn’t it. Not likely though.