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Issue Nº 3
War & Silence


Poets should stay out of it.
David Solway

Poets should stay out of it. With very few exceptions (e.g., Auden), when it comes to political issues they are generally uninformed or misinformed--in a word, ignorant--and their depositions are more often than not vitiated by a preening self-regard. See Sam Hamill's anthology for confirmation. Even Dahlia Ravikovitch disappoints, hovering at a very low altitude indeed.


David Solway's most recent book of poetry is The Properties of Things (Biblioasis). His prose study, Hear, O Israel!, appeared in October, 2009 (Mantua Books).

 






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David Solway.  "Poets should stay out of it.."  Poetry Quebec. Articles :   Eds. Endre FarkasElias LetelierCarolyn Marie Souaid.  Montreal:  Issue Nº 3  War & Silence.   Jan 5, 2010. 
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