Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Poetry and Economic Development Find Me

I never set out to be an economic developer. I never set out to be a poet. Really I never set out to be anything, but both economic development and poetry found their way into my life.

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11 comments:

Dan said...

I'm proud of you, Brother Don!

10:21 AM
Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Thanks Brother Dan, and I am proud of you, and joyful about our friendship.

10:56 AM
Bob said...

I never set out to be a piano teacher: life's twists and turns are fascinating.

2:13 PM
Bob said...

I heartily endorse your comment about treating language with respect.
Poetry is not my strongest point but I do write some e.g.

"The perfect poem
would have no words.
It would be so subtle
that only the heart
could feel it at all."

Tomorrow I may go to a lecture, open to the public, to be given by the Oxford Professor of Poetry, Christopher Ricks.

2:25 PM
Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Rob,

Very cool. Always wanted to play the piano. I know...it's not too late.

2:44 PM
Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Rob,

Enjoy the lecture with Ricks. Exciting. A metaphysical poet as I udnerstand. Interested in your report, if you wish to share.

2:47 PM
Bob said...

I think Ricks is a literary critic rather than a poet. He has written a book on Bob Dylan.

6:01 PM
Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

That is correct. I thought he also was a poet. May be wrong on that. Thanks Rob.

PS: Dylan was a poet in my book.

6:37 AM
Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Kathy,

Thank you.

I think it's just interesting how the right things find their way into our lives, if we are open to our own spirit. That pertains to careers, people, places, and just about everything else.

6:41 AM
Bob said...

I have just got back from the lecture by Professor Ricks on the heirs to the poetry of T.S. Eliot: Geoffrey Hill, Ezra Pound and Lowell. I believe all these poets had strong connections with both America and Britain.
There were various illustrious people in the audience e.g. the poet and critic Tom Paulin and Professor Hermione Lee. (I used to have a crush on Hermione thirty years ago and she still looks great today!)
Ricks has a very relaxed style and manages to convey his enthusiasm in a light-hearted way. At the end he played a recording of Ezra Pound reading, in a rather frail voice, a poem by Lowell, "Brunetto Latini".

Incidentally last February I heard Geoffrey Hill, who now lives in New York, read some of his poems. He was revisiting Oxford where he once studied. He was very melancholic.

3:04 PM
Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Rob,

You are most kind to share your experience with Professor Ricks and your 30-year old crush on Hermione Lee.

I find it very interesting to hear poets in person. Often their delivery surprises you.

What a nice experience. You are very fortunate to have access to Oxford. Neat. Thank you!

PS: I hope you will share all this on your blog as well.

5:54 PM

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