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1 | ars | ||
2 | poetica | ||
3 | what | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | poetry | ||
6 | poetry | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | inasmuch | ||
9 | as | ||
10 | life | ||
11 | is | ||
12 | so | ||
13 | is | ||
14 | poetry | ||
15 | here | ||
16 | is | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | problem | ||
19 | life | ||
20 | is | ||
21 | very | ||
22 | big | ||
23 | and | ||
24 | complex | ||
25 | human | ||
26 | beings | ||
27 | are | ||
28 | neither | ||
29 | we | ||
30 | are | ||
31 | small | ||
32 | simple | ||
33 | beings | ||
34 | that | ||
35 | don't | ||
36 | want | ||
37 | to | ||
38 | know | ||
39 | all | ||
40 | of | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | myriad | ||
43 | interactions | ||
44 | happening | ||
45 | all | ||
46 | around | ||
47 | us | ||
48 | within | ||
49 | us | ||
50 | as | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | part | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | us | ||
55 | all | ||
56 | the | ||
57 | hours | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | every | ||
60 | day | ||
61 | we | ||
62 | much | ||
63 | prefer | ||
64 | knowing | ||
65 | only | ||
66 | that | ||
67 | which | ||
68 | is | ||
69 | just | ||
70 | in | ||
71 | front | ||
72 | of | ||
73 | our | ||
74 | faces | ||
75 | staring | ||
76 | us | ||
77 | back | ||
78 | with | ||
79 | a | ||
80 | look | ||
81 | of | ||
82 | utter | ||
83 | contempt | ||
84 | this | ||
85 | is | ||
86 | why | ||
87 | many | ||
88 | people | ||
89 | are | ||
90 | depressed | ||
91 | poetry | ||
92 | is | ||
93 | an | ||
94 | attempt | ||
95 | made | ||
96 | by | ||
97 | some | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | open | ||
100 | up | ||
101 | our | ||
102 | field | ||
103 | of | ||
104 | view | ||
105 | to | ||
106 | maybe | ||
107 | check | ||
108 | on | ||
109 | something | ||
110 | else | ||
111 | that | ||
112 | isn't | ||
113 | staring | ||
114 | us | ||
115 | in | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | face | ||
118 | so | ||
119 | contemptibly | ||
120 | maybe | ||
121 | something | ||
122 | else | ||
123 | is | ||
124 | smiling | ||
125 | at | ||
126 | us | ||
127 | we | ||
128 | think | ||
129 | so | ||
130 | we | ||
131 | write | ||
132 | poetry | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | force | ||
135 | ourselves | ||
136 | to | ||
137 | look | ||
138 | away | ||
139 | from | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | mirror | ||
142 | of | ||
143 | our | ||
144 | existence | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | see | ||
147 | something | ||
148 | else | ||
149 | this | ||
150 | is | ||
151 | generally | ||
152 | painful | ||
153 | to | ||
154 | make | ||
155 | it | ||
156 | less | ||
157 | painful | ||
158 | poetry | ||
159 | compresses | ||
160 | reality | ||
161 | a | ||
162 | lot | ||
163 | to | ||
164 | make | ||
165 | it | ||
166 | more | ||
167 | consumable | ||
168 | it | ||
169 | takes | ||
170 | life | ||
171 | that | ||
172 | seawater | ||
173 | and | ||
174 | boils | ||
175 | it | ||
176 | down | ||
177 | and | ||
178 | boils | ||
179 | it | ||
180 | down | ||
181 | until | ||
182 | only | ||
183 | the | ||
184 | salt | ||
185 | remains | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | important | ||
188 | parts | ||
189 | that | ||
190 | we | ||
191 | can | ||
192 | focus | ||
193 | on | ||
194 | and | ||
195 | make | ||
196 | some | ||
197 | sense | ||
198 | of | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | senselessness | ||
201 | of | ||
202 | life | ||
203 | poetry | ||
204 | is | ||
205 | life | ||
206 | bouillon | ||
207 | and | ||
208 | to | ||
209 | thoroughly | ||
210 | enjoy | ||
211 | a | ||
212 | poem | ||
213 | we | ||
214 | must | ||
215 | put | ||
216 | that | ||
217 | bouillon | ||
218 | back | ||
219 | into | ||
220 | the | ||
221 | seawater | ||
222 | of | ||
223 | life | ||
224 | and | ||
225 | make | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | delicious | ||
228 | soup | ||
229 | out | ||
230 | of | ||
231 | it | ||
232 | to | ||
233 | make | ||
234 | this | ||
235 | soup | ||
236 | to | ||
237 | decompress | ||
238 | the | ||
239 | poem | ||
240 | into | ||
241 | an | ||
242 | emotion | ||
243 | or | ||
244 | life | ||
245 | requires | ||
246 | a | ||
247 | lot | ||
248 | of | ||
249 | brainpower | ||
250 | a | ||
251 | good | ||
252 | reader | ||
253 | will | ||
254 | have | ||
255 | this | ||
256 | brainpower | ||
257 | a | ||
258 | good | ||
259 | poem | ||
260 | will | ||
261 | not | ||
262 | require | ||
263 | it | ||
264 | what | ||
265 | this | ||
266 | means | ||
267 | is | ||
268 | a | ||
269 | poem | ||
270 | should | ||
271 | be | ||
272 | self-extracting | ||
273 | it | ||
274 | should | ||
275 | be | ||
276 | a | ||
277 | rare | ||
278 | vanilla | ||
279 | in | ||
280 | the | ||
281 | bottle | ||
282 | waiting | ||
283 | only | ||
284 | for | ||
285 | someone | ||
286 | to | ||
287 | open | ||
288 | it | ||
289 | and | ||
290 | sniff | ||
291 | it | ||
292 | and | ||
293 | suddenly | ||
294 | there | ||
295 | they | ||
296 | are | ||
297 | in | ||
298 | the | ||
299 | orchid | ||
300 | that | ||
301 | vanilla | ||
302 | came | ||
303 | from | ||
304 | in | ||
305 | the | ||
306 | tropical | ||
307 | land | ||
308 | where | ||
309 | it | ||
310 | grew | ||
311 | next | ||
312 | to | ||
313 | its | ||
314 | brothers | ||
315 | and | ||
316 | sister | ||
317 | vanilla | ||
318 | plants | ||
319 | they | ||
320 | feel | ||
321 | the | ||
322 | pain | ||
323 | of | ||
324 | having | ||
325 | their | ||
326 | children | ||
327 | taken | ||
328 | from | ||
329 | them | ||
330 | a | ||
331 | good | ||
332 | poem | ||
333 | leaves | ||
334 | a | ||
335 | feeling | ||
336 | of | ||
337 | loss | ||
338 | and | ||
339 | of | ||
340 | intense | ||
341 | beauty | ||
342 | the | ||
343 | reader | ||
344 | does | ||
345 | nothing | ||
346 | to | ||
347 | achieve | ||
348 | this | ||
349 | they | ||
350 | are | ||
351 | merely | ||
352 | the | ||
353 | receptacle | ||
354 | of | ||
355 | the | ||
356 | feeling | ||
357 | that | ||
358 | the | ||
359 | poem | ||
360 | forces | ||
361 | onto | ||
362 | them | ||
363 | in | ||
364 | a | ||
365 | way | ||
366 | poetry | ||
367 | is | ||
368 | a | ||
369 | crime | ||
370 | but | ||
371 | it | ||
372 | is | ||
373 | the | ||
374 | most | ||
375 | beautiful | ||
376 | crime | ||
377 | on | ||
378 | this | ||
379 | crime-ridden | ||
380 | earth | ||