The Poetry In Our Politics

October 31, 2008 by Jerry  
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Every generation or two it happens, that our politics is more about ourselves than the person we seek to elect. 19th Century poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) clearly had a take on our time. Using Life as his metaphor, he wrote: “Come to the edge,” he said. They said: “We cannot.”  “We are afraid.” “Come to the edge,” [...]