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  And I think Gary Snyder's point should be taken as it is:  he's a poet - what exactly is a poet?... Poetry, according to Giambattista Vico, is the rudiments of human intelligence - I might go so large as to say that without poetry, no evolution in human thought... and I know, I know - we've got our Billy Collins and Koosiers and so forth - and they certainly aren't progressing human thought - but one could argue that Snyder did -

  And you're all welcome to pick up a pen tonight, and start writing poetry... but I do believe in the sanctity of the poet... even when turned on a thimble like Pound -

  Without poets no nation would exist...

  Since Snyder has never shown any evil intent, as far as I've been witness to, he's worth a listen  - maybe his notion is fucked-up, innocent, or somehow wrong-headed - but it's worth being listened to because of what he is - a great poet...

  And it all comes at us by way of Language... so why not the magicians who've mastered language?

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