a little difficulty too
gives poetry an extra spice.
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I guess I thought old age
But no – it’s rich in questions;and not all of themabout Me.
The Indians have a word for it, of course –
meaning, an explosion in consciousness:as you recognise it in a flash, it’s not yet words,barely an idea; just that curious urge, for it to be;You try to get it down – the first verse is a mess,just like your bedroom as you try to packa weekend case that covers everything –but you really need it,…
I don’t cry. Not
The eyes moisten, but,It’s the rest of it…:the chest heaves unsuppressibly, as ifit would leap out from the body’s confines…it’s all beyond control;‘sob’ isn’t the right wordbecause it’s all silent.It never used to be like this;now – well, I’m too embarrassedto tell you everythingthat sets it off.. just think ‘sentimental’…except that it’s quite without those…
You all know it from the classroom.
Many say it’s his best; ‘a young man’s poem’full of life and love and promise;and short too. His long poems,they’re great but few have the patience nowand who cares about Poet Laureateswhen they’re out of fashion?It never appeared, did you know,in his lifetime. Sat in his desk drawer,a single poem in a fine Italian leather…
Is ‘approve’ another word for ‘love’?
‘It’s good – I’m glad – that you are in this world! –that you exist! ’ – so that, to love, becomesan act of will; creative affirmation?The sense of holiness; and music; sunlight; lemon curd –from these, ‘approval’ stretches out a listthat may be boundless, as it sings them into praise;approving even dreams into reality:as…
That efficient movement of the arm –
watched, aware, even graceful –does not feature in a ballet,or a film; although it could;unlikely to be described in a novel;and as for poetry… no poem yet,no ode yet owed, to that word-hoardwith which, indirectly, poets live and breatheand share their being…but when the moment comes, is seen to come –how beautiful that movement, fullof…