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Revise a few poems in Elegies
Also add a .gitignore.  How is this so late?
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1how
2does
3one
4describe
5a
6poem
7a
8genre
9is
10a
11set
12of
13creative
14outputs
15that
16fit
17a
18given
19set
20of
21criteria
22genres
23are
24useful
25as
26a
27sort
28of
29shorthand
30when
31describing
32a
33thing
34of
35art
36instead
37of
38noting
39for
40example
41all
42of
43the
44objects
45depicted
46in
47a
48still-life
49that
50are
51not
52people
53or
54land-features
55we
56call
57it
58a
59still-life
60and
61get
62on
63to
64describing
65how
66the
67objects
68interrelate
69to
70each
71other
72on
73the
74canvas
75if
76you
77ask
78me
79what
80kind
81of
82painting
83i'm
84working
85on
86and
87i
88say
89a
90still-life
91you
92have
93an
94expectation
95of
96certain
97elements
98the
99painting
100will
101contain
102if
103you
104happen
105to
106be
107an
108agent
109and
110try
111to
112sell
113the
114painting
115later
116you'll
117say
118to
119your
120prospective
121buyers
122it
123is
124a
125still-life
126and
127whether
128the
129buyer
130is
131over
132the
133phone
134or
135standing
136in
137the
138gallery
139they'll
140know
141whether
142they'll
143like
144it
145or
146not
147based
148on
149whether
150they
151like
152still-lifes
153in
154the
155same
156way
157they
158can
159call
160you
161up
162and
163ask
164if
165you
166have
167any
168still-lifes
169for
170sale
171right
172now
173and
174get
175a
176simple
177yes-or-no
178answer
179for
180it
181this
182is
183the
184first
185kind
186of
187genre
188and
189it
190applies
191well
192within
193separate
194types
195of
196fundamentally-different
197media
198such
199as
200painting
201sculpture
202film
203or
204the
205written
206word
207a
208poem
209obviously
210is
211in
212this
213last
214category
215and
216for
217some
218reason
219its
220designation
221is
222hairier
223than
224others
225people
226refer
227to
228all
229sorts
230of
231art
232or
233even
234dispassionate
235events
236as
237poetry
238dancing
239is
240called
241poetry
242in
243motion
244for
245example
246i
247think
248the
249confusion
250is
251caused
252in
253part
254by
255the
256nature
257of
258writing
259as
260a
261medium
262namely
263in
264that
265it
266captures
267thoughts
268more
269clearly
270and
271communicably
272than
273other
274art
275forms
276while
277a
278picture
279can
280be
281worth
282a
283thousand
284words
285as
286the
287old
288clich
289goes
290when
291those
292words
293are
294actually
295written
296out
297they
298can
299contain
300shades
301of
302meaning
303impossible
304to
305capture
306in
307the
308picture
309itself
310at
311least
312as
313quickly
314as
315they
316can
317be
318absorbed
319in
320writing
321it
322seems
323as
324though
325writing
326is
327akin
328to
329the
330fundamental
331nature
332of
333thought
334or
335at
336least
337of
338spoken
339language
340which
341our
342thought
343is
344steeped
345in
346so
347we
348know
349what
350writing
351is
352what
353is
354a
355poem
356especially
357in
358a
359world
360with
361such
362forms
363as
364prose
365poetry
366flash
367fiction
368short-shorts
369lyrical
370essays
371lyrical
372ballads
373et
374cetera
375what
376makes
377a
378poem
379a
380poem
381i
382read
383an
384essay
385once
386that
387lamented
388the
389unidimensionality
390of
391writing
392it
393posited
394that
395prose
396is
397really
398just
399a
400long
401wrapped
402line
403of
404text
405that's
406bound
407by
408time
409when
410you
411read
412a
413novel
414for
415example
416you
417really
418must
419start
420at
421the
422beginning
423and
424read
425through
426to
427the
428end
429in
430order
431some
432newer
433forms
434of
435fiction
436are
437changing
438this
439such
440as
441the
442choose-your-own-adventure
443genre
444in
445the
4461970s
447and
44880s
449or
450hyperfiction
451found
452online
453which
454raises
455the
456question
457for
458me
459if
460these
461newer
462forms
463could
464be
465considered
466on
467some
468level
469to
470be
471poetry
472this
473is
474because
475poetry
476has
477more
478than
479one
480dimension
481due
482to
483its
484linear
485nature
486those
487line
488breaks
489are
490intentional
491and
492the
493poem
494ca
495not
496just
497fit
498into
499any-sized
500book
501or
502web
503page
504if
505prose
506is
507a
508liquid
509filling
510any
511container
512it
513is
514placed
515in
516with
517a
518constant
519volume
520poetry
521is
522more
523like
524a
525crystallized
526form
527of
528prose
529or
530to
531put
532it
533another
534way
535poetry
536has
537between
538one
539and
540two
541dimensions
542i
543would
544not
545say
546that
547poetry
548has
549fully
550two
551dimensions
552except
553for
554some
555of
556the
557more
558conceptually
559visual
560stuff
561that
562i'd
563call
564a
565word-picture
566anyway
567because
568from
569line
570to
571line
572that
573unidimensionality
574of
575prose
576remains
577poetry
578has
579a
580higher
581dimensionality
582than
583prose
584though
585because
586it
587is
588crystallized
589there
590on
591the
592page
593this
594fractal-dimensionality
595of
596poetry
597has
598interesting
599side
600effects
601on
602the
603genre
604itself
605for
606one
607thing
608poetry
609is
610not
611as
612bound
613by
614time
615as
616prose
617is
618it
619can
620as
621marianne
622boruch
623writes
624resist
625narrative
626sequence
627or
628the
629forward
630press
631of
632time
633itself
634due
635to
636its
637repetitions
638and
639diversions
640which
641are
642in
643turn
644made
645possible
646or
647more
648apparent
649by
650its
651line
652breaks
653it
654is
655able
656to
657meditate
658on
659a
660subject
661or
662expand
663on
664it
665lyrically
666exploring
667the
668emotions
669connected
670with
671the
672images
673in
674the
675poem
676or
677the
678connections
679between
680images
681through
682repitition
683of
684sounds
685the
686poem
687builds
688meaning
689through
690resonance
691and
692rhyming
693something
694that's
695harder
696to
697do
698in
699prose
700take
701for
702example
703the
704first
705lines
706of
707the
708love
709song
710of
711j
712alfred
713prufrock
714let
715us
716go
717then
718you
719and
720i
721when
722the
723evening
724is
725spread
726out
727against
728the
729sky
730like
731a
732patient
733etherized
734upon
735a
736table
737let
738us
739go
740through
741certain
742half-deserted
743streets
744the
745muttering
746retreats
747of
748restless
749nights
750in
751one-night
752cheap
753hotels
754and
755sawdust
756restaurants
757with
758oyster-shells
759streets
760that
761follow
762like
763a
764tedious
765argument
766of
767insidious
768intent
769to
770lead
771you
772to
773an
774overwhelming
775question
776oh
777do
778not
779ask
780what
781is
782it
783let
784us
785go
786and
787make
788our
789visit
790and
791here
792it
793is
794again
795without
796line
797breaks
798let
799us
800go
801then
802you
803and
804i
805when
806the
807evening
808is
809spread
810out
811against
812the
813sky
814like
815a
816patient
817etherized
818upon
819a
820table
821let
822us
823go
824through
825certain
826half-deserted
827streets
828the
829muttering
830retreats
831of
832restless
833nights
834in
835one-night
836cheap
837hotels
838and
839sawdust
840restaurants
841with
842oyster-shells
843streets
844that
845follow
846like
847a
848tedious
849argument
850of
851insidious
852intent
853to
854lead
855you
856to
857an
858overwhelming
859question
860oh
861do
862not
863ask
864what
865is
866it
867let
868us
869go
870and
871make
872our
873visit
874the
875end-rhymes
876that
877do
878so
879much
880for
881the
882sound
883of
884the
885poem
886are
887gone
888and
889so
890part
891of
892the
893meaning
894of
895the
896poem
897its
898obsessive
899self-consciousness
900its
901paranoia
902are
903gone
904as
905well
906additionally
907line
908breaks
909act
910as
911punctuation
912in
913the
914entirety
915of
916this
917fragment
918without
919them
920the
921meaning
922becomes
923obscured
924in
925the
926long
927first
928sentence
929of
930the
931poem
932perhaps
933due
934to
935this
936dwelling
937on
938scene
939or
940on
941all
942aspects
943of
944a
945single
946scene
947at
948one
949time
950poetry
951tends
952to
953be
954heavy
955on
956images
957or
958lyrical
959i
960think
961this
962is
963what's
964generally
965meant
966when
967someone
968describes
969a
970dance
971as
972poetic
973or
974a
975story
976or
977anything
978else
979i
980think
981they
982really
983mean
984lyrical
985or
986maybe
987beautiful
988the
989images
990form
991sort
992of
993a
994narrative
995as
996the
997reader
998moves
999through
1000them
1001as
1002cesare
1003pavese
1004says
1005that's
1006nevertheless
1007different
1008than
1009a
1010traditional
1011narrative
1012this
1013image
1014narrative
1015jumps
1016from
1017image
1018to
1019image
1020not
1021by
1022a
1023logical
1024progression
1025but
1026by
1027the
1028resonances
1029between
1030the
1031images
1032that
1033run
1034underneath
1035them
1036on
1037almost
1038a
1039subliminal
1040plane
1041almost
1042without
1043noticing
1044the
1045reader
1046of
1047a
1048poem
1049is
1050taken
1051on
1052an
1053emotional
1054journey
1055that's
1056not
1057necessarily
1058connected
1059to
1060the
1061images
1062of
1063the
1064poem
1065themselves
1066poetry
1067is
1068a
1069manipulation
1070of
1071emotion
1072or
1073a
1074communication
1075of
1076it
1077prose
1078has
1079the
1080space
1081the
1082time
1083to
1084describe
1085what's
1086going
1087on
1088even
1089if
1090the
1091author
1092stands
1093by
1094the
1095old
1096adage
1097of
1098show
1099do
1100not
1101tell
1102showing
1103in
1104prose
1105inherently
1106involves
1107more
1108telling
1109than
1110poetry
1111does
1112as
1113poetry
1114communicates
1115a
1116feeling
1117itself
1118this
1119definition
1120may
1121be
1122broad
1123enough
1124to
1125include
1126certain
1127dance
1128performances
1129or
1130paintings
1131but
1132that's
1133okay
1134i'm
1135of
1136the
1137opinion
1138that
1139the
1140more
1141useful
1142genre
1143distinctions
1144are
1145those
1146which
1147describe
1148the
1149thing
1150technically
1151verse
1152for
1153example
1154or
1155lyrical
1156poetry
1157is
1158almost
1159a
1160value
1161judgement
1162and
1163that
1164makes
1165me
1166a
1167little
1168uncomfortable