Writing Problems: Truth
Keats, Orwell, Kunitz, Merwin, Caravaggio, Levis, Hayden
Poetry is about finding the truth. In an age when lying is not only permitted, but celebrated, it is the poets who are responsible for the clarity and accuracy of language. Poets are the people who defend words’ precision. Poems are not a form of entertainment; they are the tools by which we bring clarity out of the mud that surrounds us.
When I say “tru…
