Date: 2014-02-22 10:13 pm (UTC)
anonymous_sibyl: Red plums in a blue bowl on which it says "this is just to say." (0)
it is permitted to be angry, to express hard emotions explicitly. Poems get described as evocative and, yes, powerful - rather than histrionic or overwrought.

I think there's a gendered aspect to this, though. I'm thinking of Plath and especially of Sexton, who were told their poetry was too emotional, too hysterical.

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Have you read Return to My Native Land by Césaire? (Excerpts at the link.) I found myself thinking of it while reading Half-Caste. It's very much about the body politic.

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Wonderful post. There's so much to talk about based on what you posted here. We could go on for a week on this alone and never run out of poets.
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