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The Quest for Meaning in Poetry with Charles Upton


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The Quest for Meaning in Poetry with Charles Upton

Charles Upton’s first books of poetry were published in 1968 and 1969 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Light Books in San Francisco. He was then considered the youngest member of the “beat generation” as he was still in high school. He has subsequently written many books associated with the traditionalist school of spirituality including What Poets Used to Know, The Science of the Greater Jihad, Folk Metaphysics, Alien Disclosure Deception: The Metaphysics of Social Engineering, Day and Night on the Sufi Path, Dugin Against Dugin: A Traditionalist Critique of the Fourth Political Theory, System of the Antichrist,  and Vectors of the Counter-Initiation. His most recent book of poetry is Wars of Love and Other Poems. His website is https://charles-upton.com/

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Here Charles Upton reflects on more than a half-century of involvement in the world of poetry. He explains the three main functions of poetry as meaning, sound, and imagery. He laments the downfall that poetry has experienced in recent decades. He reads from some favorite poets as well as from his own work. He also reflects on the sad tendency of poets to die young.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:38 The debt owed by poets
00:13:20 Good and bad poetry
00:28:59 The loss of meaning
00:44:02 The danger of poetry
00:55:13 The sound of poetry
01:05:20 Reading from The Wars of Love
01:30:32 Poetry needs an audience
01:37:24 Let meaning and wisdom find you
01:42:24 Conclusion

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(Recorded on April 9, 2025)

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