Poets tell lies? What?? Philosopher Plutarch sure thought so! And occasionally, Bjork! “Many lies the poets tell” said the philosopher—-We’ll dig into all that–AND revisit the 1989 film of films, Say Anything. It’s still National Poetry Month! WOOOT and huzzah!

Poets Lie when They Cry—-Plutarch

https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2015/09/21/before-you-read-a-poem-know-that-poets-are-liars-plutarch/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFirst%20of%20all%2C%20it%20is,some%20willingly%2C%20and%20others%20unwillingly.

https://firstthings.com/the-poets-tell-many-lies/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69375/the-defence-of-poesy

Bjork and the Television

https://blog.ourstage.com/2013/11/19/bjorks-theory-of-television/

Joe Lies When he Cries

https://www.moviescriptsandscreenplays.com/johncusack/scripts/sayanything.txt#:~:text=Corey%20continues%20her%20song%20as,about%20you.%20They're%20all%20about

Plutarch: How to Study Poetry

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Quomodo_adolescens*.html