John Kinsella writes of poetry's 'responsibility to bring change'
Poet who withdrew from TS Eliot prize in protest at sponsor says artform 'should channel disobedience'
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world," wrote Shelley in 1821. Now poet John Kinsella, who withdrew from the TS Eliot prize last week over its sponsorship by an investment firm, has laid out his own poetic manifesto, explaining why he believes that a poem "is an active, not a contemplative, entity" which "should channel disobedience".
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 14 December, 2011
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