Plato (and Aristophanes):
What Do the Poets Do, Anyway?
THE CHAIN OF INSPIRATION
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Mark Van Doren, by J. Worley
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My Mission on Earth, by A. Codrescu
Compare to: Plato, Ion
533d-e
A LIGHT AND WINGED THING IS THE POET
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To My Audience, by K. Koch
Compare to: Plato, Ion
534a-b; Plato, Phaedr. 245a
THE NATURE OF INSPIRATION, or
WHERE IS HE GETTING ALL THOSE IDEAS FROM?!
(From Books, of course...)
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The Well, and The Illustration, by D. Levertov
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Shoplifting Poetry, by M. Steingesser
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Eating Poetry, by M. Strand
Compare to: Plato, Phaedr.
235c; Seneca, Epist. 84,6; Augustine, Confess. 10,14
(...And
from Chance Encounters, too)
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Plato's Horses, by J. Hoch
Compare to: Plato,
Phaedr.246
THE POET SPEAKS TO THE LOWEST PART OF OUR
SOUL, or
THE FEAR OF DEATH IS UN-PHILOSOPHICAL
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The Secret of Poetry, by J. Anderson
Compare to: Plato, Phaedo
77e-78a; Lucretius, On Nature 3,35-40
NO DIRGES AND LAMENTATIONS, PLEASE!
Compare to: Plato, Rep.
10,605d-606a; 604d
MIGHT THERE BE SOME GOOD IN MAKING US WEEP?
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To A Young Poet Who Fled, by J. Logan
Compare to: Aristotle, Poet.
1449b(6,2); Plato, Rep. 10,606a-d
GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS: EQUAL RIGHTS IN LITERATURE
Compare to: Plato, Rep.
3,401b-c; Plutarch, Moral. 18 (How to Study Poetry)
LIVING IN THE CAVE – AND CLIMBING OUT OF
IT
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In the Naked Bed, in Plato's Cave, by D. Schwartz
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The Jacob's Ladder, by D. Levertov
Compare to: Plato, Rep.
7,514-515a; Plato, Rep. 7,519c-d
THE BEAUTY OF THINGS MEANS VIRTUE AND VALUE
IN THEM
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De Rerum Virtute, by R. Jeffers
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE AUDIENCE
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The Poetry Reading, by K. Shapiro
Compare to: Plato, Ion
535d-e
THE POET’S DESIRE FOR IMMORTALITY
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Harder then Granite, by R. Jeffers
Compare to: Plato, Symp.
208d-209a; Horace, Od. 3,30,1-7
... AND HIS UNRULY OFFSPRING
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The Poem You Asked For, by L. Levis
Compare to: Plato, Symp.
209d; Ovid, Trist. 3,14,12-8
THE AGING POET AND THE MUSE
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The Telephone Number of the Muse, by D. Justice
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Muse, by D. Wagoner
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Late in Life, Sharky Falls for the Muse, by D.
Russo
Compare to: Euripides,
Frogs, 1305-9; Horace, Epist. 2,2,55-7;
Ovid, Ex P. 4,2,27-30;
Ovid, Trist. 3,14,33-4
THE INSCRUTABILITY OF POETRY
Compare to: Plato, Protag.
347e-348a
THE SOWING OF WORDS: LIGHT STUFF vs. PHILOSOPHICAL
DISCOURSE
Compare to: Plato, Phaedr.
276b-277a
GATHERING FLOWERS IN THE GARDENS OF POETRY
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An Introduction to My Anthology, by M. Bell
Compare to: Meleager, Proem
to The Garland,1-14
PAINTING AND POETRY HAVE THINGS IN COMMON
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Lying, by J. Hirshfield
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Still Lifes, by W. C. Williams
Compare to: Plato, Phaedr.
275d-e
THE POETIC CROAKING
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The Poets Agree to Be Quiet by the Swamp, by D.
Wagoner
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The Silence of the Poets, by D. Gioia
Compare to: Aristophanes,
Frogs
226-35; Seneca, Epist. 33,11
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