Thanks Hitch

I never knew about this poem or this poet until I started reading and listening to him. I'm the gladder for it even more now.

I don't normally like poetry much, in truth--but kissing Christopher Hitchens' ass a bit more--he put it about right when he said (paraphrasing), 'I turn to poetry when philosophy fails.' (Hitch's books can be found here).

I detest it when people say, words to the effect, that poetry somehow reveals a deeper truth than other literature. That's complete BS. I will compare Dostoevsky's or Conrad's "truth revealing" to any poet out there--even Shakespeare. Truth isn't revealed in writing, it's stated and explained. And poets don't know more than us, they just sometimes know how to state it better, I suppose. Mrs. Nelson's poem seems to exemplify that.