Perspective

Sometimes the box isn't big enough:

Bök's views did seem contradictory at times. To illustrate the failure of modern poetry, he pointed to the topic of man landing on the moon. "If the Ancient Greeks had accomplished something like that," he said, "they would write a 12 volume epic detailing the story." But Bök's own work, almost completely void of narrative content, is far from a testament to human achievement. It would surely be a stretch to say that his work succeeds in reflecting modern culture compared to the works he derides. As Volk put it, "He isn't exploring the human experience. Poetry is not supposed to be progressive, it's traditional."

via Cahiers de Corey