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I often have small thoughts I'd like to use as discussion prompts on the Motte, but that aren't explicit questions (for the SSQS thread like this one here) or really suitable for top-level culture war posts. Could I attempt to open something like a "Small observation Saturday" thread, or is that just directionless low-effort posting unsuitable for the Motte?
Can we try some out right here?
I read my aunt's old poetry album from the 60s. Rural Germany, mind you. The poetry was entirely of the wisdom kind; dozens of people all writing down exhortations along the lines of
It struck me as very different from what one would hear as poetic advice nowadays. Not exactly surprising insights, I suppose.
Not long ago, I was struck for similar reasons when reading a Joyce Kilmer poem: To a Young Poet Who Killed Himself. I can’t imagine coming across anything similar from a modern-day poet.
Plus, Kilmer is most famous for his poem on trees (beloved by hippies everywhere), so I tend to think of him as a soft-hearted liberal. In reality, he was a devout Catholic, and he shared his church’s—and his society’s—negative views on suicide.
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