Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Quotes By Chidi Anthony Opara

"Bros Chidi,
Have you considered some mandicant Orders within the Catholic Church,
such as the Franciscan and Dominican Orders? If "know[ing]" means
meeting any of them or reading about their spirituality, then that is
cool but the Constitutions and spiritualities of these Orders
glamorise
poverty: being poor for them is a matter of choice not social
circumstance, and it is not a matter of being "poor in
spirit" (Mat5.3)
but also in material things of life: not owning property.
It is more interesting for me to ask what is it that is in poetry and
nowhere else that makes poets "the only group of people I know who
see
being poor as glamorous"? I am eager to learn more about this "Poetic
Ethic and the Materiality [Spirit] of Poverty" please.
-----Asonzeh.

Asonzeh,
I do not usually reply to comments on my poetry and/or quotes, but let
me do that.

I am not conversant (and have not bothered to be) with the
"constitution and spiritualities of these orders" you mentioned.

As for "Poetic Ethic and the Materiality [Spirit] of Poverty", you
will have to meet literary scholars (I am not one, you know who I am).

My quotes are products of my observations.

I am done with this.

Be well brother(Sister?)

CAO.




On 27 Apr, 01:48, Asonzeh Ukah <asonzeh.u...@uni-bayreuth.de> wrote:
> "Poets are the only group of people I know who see being poor as glamorous."
> -CAO
>
> Bros Chidi,
>
> Have you considered some mandicant Orders within the Catholic Church,
> such as the Franciscan and Dominican Orders? If "know[ing]" means
> meeting any of them or reading about their spirituality, then that is
> cool but the Constitutions and spiritualities of these Orders glamorise
> poverty: being poor for them is a matter of choice not social
> circumstance, and it is not a matter of being "poor in spirit" (Mat5.3)
> but also in material things of life: not owning property.
>
> It is more interesting for me to ask what is it that is in poetry and
> nowhere else that makes poets "the only group of people I know who see
> being poor as glamorous"? I am eager to learn more about this "Poetic
> Ethic and the Materiality [Spirit] of Poverty" please.
>
> asonzeh
>
> On 26.04.2013 20:51, ChidiAnthonyOparaPoetry/Quotes wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > (1) When one hears "praise the Lord!" these days, one should not
> > respond with "hallelujah!" immediately. One should rather pause,
> > evaluate the source of the praise and then decide whether it is
> > "hallelujah!" or "get lost!" that is the appropriate response.
>
> > (2) 21st century African literary scholars unfortunately still over
> > emphasize the educational aspect of poetry at the expense of the
> > entertainment aspect.
>
> > (3) Why should only the meek inherit the earth? The quietude will be
> > so boring.
>
> > (4) Poets are the only group of people I know who see being poor as
> > glamorous.
>
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