Question 10: Can poetry lead to logorrhea? There are recorded cases, bookcases of prize examples. The editor of the anthology ‘Never An Unpublished Thought’ asks, understandably, isn’t poetry meant to say everything in the least words? Apparently not. Another poetic hazard is mutism. Guidebooks call this Writer’s Block: creative ferment perhaps. Perhaps not. Can a lawyer get a poet off all charges (founded and unfounded) on grounds of [logorrhea]? That would be an alpine stack of paperwork. But then, what poet could afford a lawyer? Mutism would be inadmissible in a court because the accused has to answer the questions.
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