The value of the language of poetry is directly proportional to its being removed from the spoken language. This is what common people cannot understand, since they do not want to accept the fact that a poet endeavors to express only the unutterable.
—Vicente Huidobro, “Poetry,” lecture delivered at El Ateneo de Madrid, 1921, The Poet is a Little God (Xenos Books, 1990), translated by Jorge García Gόmez.
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10.29.2011
10.12.2011
no feet
HUIDOBRO WAS LIKE THAT
Don’t ask me to write with my feet
He replied
When they accused him of being too intellectual
—Nicanor Parra, “XXIX,” After-Dinner Declarations (Host Publications, 2008), translated by Dave Oliphant
Don’t ask me to write with my feet
He replied
When they accused him of being too intellectual
—Nicanor Parra, “XXIX,” After-Dinner Declarations (Host Publications, 2008), translated by Dave Oliphant
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