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# BEAUTIFUL & POINTLESS Paperback – February 22, 2012

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## Customer Reviews

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    Some literary criticism is more beautiful than the poems
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2012*

I'd have given the book five stars but for the stale and standard selections of poet/poem examples for a book with such a provocative yet agreeable title. The points inside needed to be made out loud, so to speak; so there, too, if you are baffled by the oxymoron of poetry in society today, maybe its usefulness to you and others, you will like the argument by Orr. He is nevertheless stuck in a time warp or the poetry bubble when it comes to the poets and poems discussed. I realize that analysis of poetry, good analysis that is, may be in the same category: beautiful and pointless, if the dogs at the gate to the castle of the venerated stays closed. The examples discussed in this book hint that this is true.I certainly have my favorites, too, like this and other critics, with an eclectic mix of practitioners, dare I say artist masters of the genre, who invent new joy and beauty. Poetry can be so difficult that new inventions are appreciated decades later if at all. Meanwhile, they live outside the sacred bubble/castle starving in the streets. Don't think any of these are starving but still among my very very very favorites: 
  
Send in the Clown: Live Radio Broadcasts of Performance Poet Hedwig Gorski







  
  
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Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street







  
  
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Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form







  
  
    , and many from overseas with their fresh perspectives, especially form god-forsaken areas of the globe we fat-cat americans can't even fathom.Maybe I want my poets to suffer first, then they will have something pointed and beautiful to say. Countless exceptions to this rule exist, such as Maya Angelou, who has suffered but does not strain too much at language to intensify its beauty. What is really the formula to create beautiful poems that are evocative, necessary, and read? The debate Orr contributes to so well at times is so much more beautiful than the poems available to us, so even if you don't read poetry, read this book.

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    Let's Get to the Point About Poetry
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2011*

I think the best gift this book gave me was to introduce me to THE VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. Mr. Orr was generous in his listings of contemporary poets and it is to them and other currently emerging poets that we need to save modern poetry.  I liked how he wrote this as a non-fiction piece that depended upon prose to appeal to poets!In all fairness, or perhaps unfairness, I compared this book to Frances Mayes' THE DISCOVERY OF POETRY which I consider the top shelf(as in LEVEL vodka)version of a poetry text(as it were).Mr. Orr's book could have been actually longer with more examples of the contemporary poets, like Lowell and Bishop, and I would have been very happy.  Spiced with more W.C. Williams, Hecht, and Ashbury examples, I believe his book would have been greatly enhanced.In my opinion emerging modern poets need more exposure to what makes the current masters and mistresses tick. The forms of poetry are evolving very fast! And we need to ensure that our young poets and even those who are embracing poetry writing in their later years are getting the point:  It is to write, write some more, revise, write again and again, as if your very life depended upon it.

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    Great with a capital "G"
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016*

David Orr writes with the good sense of humour one would expect with a great and entertaining english teacher.Coming into this book I was hoping the author would include examples of poetry from today as well as including earlier examples from non-contemporary poets for serious reflection. Orr delivered both, exceptionally grand for my reading tastes and enriching my awareness of other great poets, like Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.For contemporary poets, just try and read the ambition chapter without getting knots of excitement for your own poetry writing. This book is wonderful for the up and coming poets of today and for those who have heard a lot about poetry but haven't really understood how it's supposed to look or feel like. Not surprisingly, both parties might be one and the same. Strong recommendation.

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