Wiman

In my previous post, Christian Wiman is quoted as saying about poetry that "It's thought of as a subject to be taught instead of simply an art to be enjoyed."

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

Given that Wiman is one of the prominent exponents of the "poetry ruined itself when it stopped rhyming" school of advanced critical thinking, it's almost certain that what he really means here is that if only poets would return to rhyme and meter, they'd get their audience back.

Poetry 2010

Wiman is susceptible to “the absolute truth of technique” and to the unexpected passion, so he can be unpredictable even to himself:

A Note on Christian Wiman’s Reading of Basil Bunting : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

Postscript It’s a pity that those who think Wiman is a kind of rhyme-and-meter fundamentalist are least likely to read the book, which makes it abundantly clear that he isn’t.

A Note on Christian Wiman’s Reading of Basil Bunting : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

E Onna A Onna Two aka E Nu A Nu or E Woman A Wiman is the sequel to the very popular preceeding piece, which is an adult version of the television erotic hypnosis programs A Onna E Onna, the first of the mass group erotic hypnosis videos.

hypnosis video review . . . . . . E Onna A Onna Two . . .. . . . . . fifty naked hypnotized girls 2005

E Onna A Onna Two aka E Nu A Nu or E Woman A Wiman is the sequel to the very popular preceeding piece, which is an adult version of the television erotic hypnosis programs A Onna E Onna, the first of the mass group erotic hypnosis videos.

Life of Brian: 2005

Although perhaps it is more important for a poet to be "companionable" than to dilly-dally around so much with words and stuff, more important to offer "something born of blood and emotion" (as if Stevens's poems don't contain emotion -- has Wiman read "The Death of a Soldier"?) than to write skillful and provocative poems.

Poetry 2010

Presumably Poetry will be publishing poems that manifest the opposite qualities Wiman describes here, and readers can decide for themselves whether they represent an advance in the art of poetry.

Poetry 2010

Wiman has high moral standards for poetry to meet -- it mustn't be "inhuman" (that word again), "uprooted," "self-indulgent" -- and manifestly Stevens's poetry doesn't measure up.

Poetry 2010

"It's thought of as a subject to be taught instead of simply an art to be enjoyed," says Christian Wiman, Poetry's editor.

Poetry 2010