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Ars Poetica A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit Dumb As old medallions to the thumb Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown-- A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds A poem should be motionless In time As the moon climbs Leaving as the moon releases Twig by twig the night- entangled trees, Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, Memory by memory the mind- A poem should be motion- less in time As the moon climbs A poem should be equal to: Not true For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leaf For love The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea-- A poem should not mean But be
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:49:00 +0000

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