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Comment 1 of 1, added on July 17th, 2005 at 3:07 PM.
This same poem appears as written by William Stafford in The Way It Is, New & Selected Poems, page 194, published 1998 by Graywolf Press, which says it appeared in Stafford's A Glass Face in the Rain, Harper & Row, 1982. Someone needs to clarify whether Stafford or Oliver wrote After Arguing Against the Contention That Art Must Come From Discontent.
In any case, the message is solid. Writing that is contrary to the message seems shrill and hollow, while writing in the spirit of this poem is rich with comforts and discomforts.
Dale Franz from United States
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This same poem appears as written by William Stafford in The Way It Is, New & Selected Poems, page 194, published 1998 by Graywolf Press, which says it appeared in Stafford's A Glass Face in the Rain, Harper & Row, 1982. Someone needs to clarify whether Stafford or Oliver wrote After Arguing Against the Contention That Art Must Come From Discontent.
In any case, the message is solid. Writing that is contrary to the message seems shrill and hollow, while writing in the spirit of this poem is rich with comforts and discomforts.
Dale Franz from United States