Introduction p. 3
The People
The Imperfection of Language p. 15
For Language, Intent Is Everything! p. 19
Donner un Sens Plus Pur aux Mots de la Tribu p. 21
The Telling p. 22
Along with Language Came the Individual Ego p. 25
The Human Being as Amphibian p. 26
Words: Simple (Vulgar/Profane/Lowbrow) p. 28
The Anonymous Public: Advertising/Propaganda p. 34
The "Crowd" Mentality and the Public p. 38
The Poet
Preface p. 49
Every poet begins at the beginning with the eyes of children ... a New Adam p. 57
The Poet is a miner who excavates raw materials p. 64
The Poet is seeking to understand his desires ... p. 66
With materials gathered, the poet sees, perceives, and tells, chasing wish-fulfillment p. 74
The artist synthesizes inner and outer life ... p. 80
Man lives everyday life with language that is vulgar, lowbrow, and profane p. 95
The Poet writes in order to confess as therapy and to share gossip that will win approval p. 106
Once cleansed through confession, the Poet is inspired by sympathy, sincerity, and passion p. 109
The poet ... gives a purer sense to the vulgar, profane, and lowbrow words of the tribe ... p. 117
The purification of words helps the poet and his readers transcend the ineffable by intimating/recreating Awe-sociations p. 137
Awe is a feeling akin to that of romantic love or the Vision of Eros p. 143
The Awe derived from the Mystical Vision of Eros ... can evolve into Agape ... p. 147
The Poet hopes that through his poetry he can communicate to his readers the therapeutic value he found for himself that can make us all more human p. 154
The Poet teaches us how to be more human ... p. 156
Poetic Parables ultimately ask of the Poet and his reader: Who am I? Whom ought I to become? p. 157
Works Cited p. 165
Index p. 169