tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025327038513823902.post326603385627915920..comments2024-01-17T02:04:37.809-08:00Comments on UFO Gigolo: Linda M. Crate- A PoemStephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989744207810788566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025327038513823902.post-68783424603507374692016-04-20T22:47:35.601-07:002016-04-20T22:47:35.601-07:00This is an interesting poem for its implied rage a...This is an interesting poem for its implied rage and resentment. Is the star child a metaphor for the poet's alienation in a twisted world, poets being both divine and human? Perhaps each person senses this alienation as they consider themselves victims and blindly forget their own meanness? Perhaps what makes the poet unique is devotion to an important but forgotten craft that is essential to humane spirit but is ignored in a competitive crass materialism. We poets see through bullshit but allow ourselves to succumb to it because we love, yet resent, the world.Dustin Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953204796324949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8025327038513823902.post-85482896858224052562016-04-20T22:46:56.303-07:002016-04-20T22:46:56.303-07:00This is an interesting poem for its implied rage a...This is an interesting poem for its implied rage and resentment. Is the star child a metaphor for the poet's alienation in a twisted world, poets being both divine and human? Perhaps each person senses this alienation as they consider themselves victims and blindly forget their own meanness? Perhaps what makes the poet unique is devotion to an important but forgotten craft that is essential to humane spirit but is ignored in a competitive crass materialism. We poets see through bullshit but allow ourselves to succumb to it because we love, yet resent, the world.Dustin Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953204796324949247noreply@blogger.com