tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post186585870965594693..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: What is Poetry? Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-68336273323639033602017-02-11T10:54:28.343-06:002017-02-11T10:54:28.343-06:00Say the purpose of deodorant is to mask or elimina...Say the purpose of deodorant is to mask or eliminate body odor, so a deodorant that already smelled like b.o. would go against that purpose. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-1626624278557587172017-02-11T10:38:38.354-06:002017-02-11T10:38:38.354-06:00To your last point: a definition of poetry just ne...To your last point: a definition of poetry just needs to provides criteria on which to fail. To mediocre poetry is just failed poetry. That's not a problem for the definition as far as I'm concerned.<br /><br />Let me stress that I don't mean that in a trivial sense. Not all mediocrity is failure. Most relevantly here: prose isn't a defense against mediocrity. Prose is a way of Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com