http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/the-6-appeals-of-poetic-voice/06/13/2008/ Commentary On 21st Century Poetics Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:13:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/the-6-appeals-of-poetic-voice/06/13/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-353 the poet Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:50:56 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=294#comment-353 Jim, I'd consider spiritual appeals to fall under either 'emotional' or 'intellectual'. When you get right down to it, faith is a response to a person's intellectual core or his emotional core. If people believe in God, or a supernatural power of some sort, they do so for emotional or intellectual reasons, and many times both. So I tried to frame these definitions as broadly as possible within a minimalist framework. Jim, I’d consider spiritual appeals to fall under either ‘emotional’ or ‘intellectual’. When you get right down to it, faith is a response to a person’s intellectual core or his emotional core. If people believe in God, or a supernatural power of some sort, they do so for emotional or intellectual reasons, and many times both. So I tried to frame these definitions as broadly as possible within a minimalist framework.

]]> http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/the-6-appeals-of-poetic-voice/06/13/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Jim Murdoch Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:55:01 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=294#comment-352 Strange, considering the amount of time you devoted to religious poetry that you missed 'spiritual' off your list. Strange, considering the amount of time you devoted to religious poetry that you missed ’spiritual’ off your list.

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