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1somewhere
2i
3remember
4reading
5advice
6for
7beginning
8writers
9not
10to
11show
12their
13work
14to
15anyone
16at
17least
18that
19in
20the
21early
22stages
23the
24author
25argued
26that
27it
28took
29all
30of
31the
32power
33out
34of
35the
36idea
37like
38a
39pressure-release
40valve
41before
42any
43of
44that
45creative
46power
47got
48to
49be
50applied
51to
52the
53page
54it
55made
56me
57think
58of
59meditation
60at
61legunitas
62when
63hass
64writes
65that
66each
67particular
68erases
69/
70the
71luminous
72clarity
73of
74a
75general
76idea
77as
78a
79self-confessed
80general
81idea
82person
83i
84identify
85with
86the
87remark
88it
89does
90seem
91as
92though
93no
94matter
95how
96lofty
97the
98idea
99i
100originally
101have
102for
103a
104poem
105once
106i
107sit
108down
109to
110write
111the
112thing
113i
114quickly
115get
116bogged
117down
118in
119the
120details
121the
122particulars
123i
124guess
125the
126writer
127of
128that
129lost
130article
131must
132work
133the
134same
135way
136leading
137to
138their
139advice
140if
141the
142luminous
143clarity
144of
145a
146general
147idea
148is
149so
150fragile
151that
152just
153beginning
154to
155write
156it
157down
158ruins
159it
160somehow
161telling
162people
163about
164it
165is
166even
167worse
168but
169back
170to
171that
172robert
173hass
174poem
175while
176he
177does
178say
179that
180thing
181about
182the
183luminous
184clarity
185of
186a
187general
188idea
189and
190he
191adds
192to
193it
194that
195a
196word
197is
198elegy
199to
200what
201it
202signifies
203his
204tone
205is
206lightly
207chiding
208this
209philosophy
210he
211opens
212his
213poem
214with
215all
216the
217new
218thinking
219is
220about
221loss
222/
223in
224this
225it
226resembles
227all
228the
229old
230thinking
231which
232to
233my
234mind
235lampoons
236both
237the
238new
239and
240the
241old
242thinking
243for
244not
245having
246anything
247new
248ultimately
249to
250say
251he
252attributes
253these
254thoughts
255to
256a
257friend
258whose
259voice
260carried
261a
262thin
263wire
264of
265grief
266a
267tone
268/
269almost
270querulous
271about
272that
273loss
274of
275luminous
276clarity
277the
278speaker
279of
280hass's
281poem
282remembers
283a
284woman
285he
286made
287love
288to
289once
290and
291this
292image
293takes
294over
295the
296poem
297in
298all
299its
300specificity
301from
302her
303small
304shoulders
305to
306his
307childhood
308river
309/
310with
311its
312island
313willows
314to
315the
316way
317her
318hands
319dismantled
320bread
321even
322in
323disproving
324his
325friend's
326remarks
327through
328his
329imagery
330the
331speaker
332of
333meditation
334at
335legunitas
336admits
337that
338it
339hardly
340had
341to
342do
343with
344her
345and
346here
347is
348the
349heart
350of
351what
352hass
353is
354saying
355about
356poetry
357a
358poem
359hardly
360has
361to
362do
363with
364what
365it's
366written
367about
368on
369the
370surface
371level
372as
373richard
374hugo
375says
376it
377in
378a
379famous
380essay
381a
382poem
383has
384a
385triggering
386subject
387and
388it
389has
390a
391real
392or
393generated
394subject
395which
396for
397hugo
398in
399meditation
400at
401legunitas
402is
403something
404about
405the
406way
407that
408not
409only
410general
411ideas
412but
413particulars
414such
415as
416the
417body
418or
419hands
420or
421the
422thing
423her
424father
425said
426that
427hurt
428her
429which
430is
431such
432a
433beautiful
434generality
435that
436is
437somehow
438also
439a
440particular
441truth
442are
443luminous
444to
445poetry
446and
447to
448life-as-lived
449the
450philosophers
451can
452say
453what
454they
455want
456but
457we
458experience
459the
460world
461bodily
462and
463particularly
464to
465ourselves
466there's
467still
468a
469problem
470with
471language
472however
473to
474which
475hass
476speaks
477by
478the
479end
480of
481his
482poem
483with
484those
485repetitions
486of
487blackberry
488blackberry
489blackberry
490in
491that
492as
493jack
494gilbert
495says
496in
497his
498poem
499the
500forgotten
501dialect
502of
503the
504heart
505how
506astonishing
507it
508is
509that
510language
511can
512almost
513mean
514/
515but
516frightening
517that
518it
519does
520not
521quite
522there
523is
524still
525that
526irritable
527reaching
528after
529fact
530reason
531that
532language
533as
534communication
535requires
536i
537think
538keats
539would
540agree
541that
542he
543wrote
544about
545a
546near-unattainable
547ideal
548in
549his
550letter
551that
552only
553shakespeare
554and
555maybe
556coleridge
557and
558a
559few
560others
561could
562achieve
563this
564negative
565capability
566gilbert
567furthers
568keats
569in
570asserting
571that
572no
573matter
574what
575we
576write
577the
578words
579/
580get
581it
582wrong
583that
584utterance
585is
586itself
587that
588irritable
589reaching
590in
591gilbert's
592poem
593though
594he
595does
596reach
597after
598something
599in
600the
601second
602half
603of
604the
605poem
606he
607begins
608to
609imagine
610what
611the
612mysterious
613sumerian
614tablets
615could
616be
617as
618poetry
619instead
620of
621just
622business
623records
624my
625joy
626is
627the
628same
629as
630twelve
631ethiopian
632goats
633standing
634in
635the
636morning
637light
638o
639lord
640thou
641art
642slabs
643of
644salt
645and
646ingots
647of
648copper
649as
650grand
651as
652ripe
653barley
654under
655the
656wind's
657labor
658her
659breasts
660are
661six
662white
663oxen
664loaded
665with
666bolts
667of
668long-fibered
669egyptian
670cotton
671my
672love
673is
674a
675hundred
676pitchers
677of
678honey
679shiploads
680of
681thuya
682are
683what
684my
685body
686wants
687to
688say
689to
690your
691body
692giraffes
693are
694this
695desire
696in
697the
698dark
699this
700is
701my
702favorite
703part
704of
705the
706poem
707and
708i
709think
710it's
711because
712gilbert
713like
714hass
715reaches
716for
717the
718specific
719in
720the
721general
722he
723brings
724huge
725ideas
726like
727the
728lord
729or
730love
731or
732joy
733into
734the
735specific
736images
737of
738salt
739copper
740or
741honey
742or
743like
744he
745says
746at
747the
748end
749of
750his
751poem
752what
753we
754feel
755most
756has
757/
758no
759name
760but
761amber
762archers
763cinnamon
764horses
765and
766birds
767this
768ultimately
769is
770what
771keats
772was
773getting
774at
775and
776hugo
777too
778that
779the
780real
781subject
782of
783any
784poetry
785is
786not
787capturable
788in
789the
790words
791of
792the
793poem
794but
795that
796rather
797a
798poem
799speaks
800around
801its
802subject
803to
804be
805honest
806all
807art
808may
809do
810this
811what
812sets
813a
814poem
815apart
816is
817its
818honesty
819about
820that
821fact