Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Stages in a poem's life, continued

2 comments:

  1. More word play! Solve (or unsolved, as in a "code")/ dissolve (or not, as in "insoluble")/ absolve. Absolution and absoluteness are still present, of course.

    I like the new addition of "unobserved", as "unseen" to me also has the implication of "unlit", or "lightless" - what remains in the dark cannot be seen.

    I would think that "slide" is a lesser form of "sluice", though... and it also does not convey the sense of fluidness quite as much.

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  2. Very good poem! So if these are life stages when do poems die? Bad readings?

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