From 61baf210a9d0d4fffcd82751ba3419dd2feb349d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:29:46 -0700 Subject: Revise a few poems in Elegies Also add a .gitignore. How is this so late? --- arspoetica.river | 380 ------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 380 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 arspoetica.river (limited to 'arspoetica.river') diff --git a/arspoetica.river b/arspoetica.river deleted file mode 100644 index ceda69a..0000000 --- a/arspoetica.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,380 +0,0 @@ -what -is -poetry -poetry -is -inasmuch -as -life -is -so -is -poetry -here -is -the -problem -life -is -very -big -and -complex -human -beings -are -neither -we -are -small -simple -beings -that -do -not -want -to -know -all -of -the -myriad -interactions -happening -all -around -us -within -us -as -a -part -of -us -all -the -hours -of -every -day -we -much -prefer -knowing -only -that -which -is -just -in -front -of -our -faces -staring -us -back -with -a -look -of -utter -contempt -this -is -why -many -people -are -depressed -poetry -is -an -attempt -made -by -some -to -open -up -our -field -of -view -to -maybe -check -on -something -else -that -is -not -staring -us -in -the -face -so -contemptibly -maybe -something -else -is -smiling -at -us -we -think -so -we -write -poetry -to -force -ourselves -to -look -away -from -the -mirror -of -our -existence -to -see -something -else -this -is -generally -painful -to -make -it -less -painful -poetry -compresses -reality -a -lot -to -make -it -more -consumable -it -takes -life -that -seawater -and -boils -it -down -and -boils -it -down -until -only -the -salt -remains -the -important -parts -that -we -can -focus -on -and -make -some -sense -of -the -senselessness -of -life -poetry -is -life -bouillon -and -to -thoroughly -enjoy -a -poem -we -must -put -that -bouillon -back -into -the -seawater -of -life -and -make -a -delicious -soup -out -of -it -to -make -this -soup -to -decompress -the -poem -into -an -emotion -or -life -requires -a -lot -of -brainpower -a -good -reader -will -have -this -brainpower -a -good -poem -will -not -require -it -what -this -means -is -a -poem -should -be -self-extracting -it -should -be -a -rare -vanilla -in -the -bottle -waiting -only -for -someone -to -open -it -and -sniff -it -and -suddenly -there -they -are -in -the -orchid -that -vanilla -came -from -in -the -tropical -land -where -it -grew -next -to -its -brothers -and -sister -vanilla -plants -they -feel -the -pain -of -having -their -children -taken -from -them -a -good -poem -leaves -a -feeling -of -loss -and -of -intense -beauty -the -reader -does -nothing -to -achieve -this -they -are -merely -the -receptacle -of -the -feeling -that -the -poem -forces -onto -them -in -a -way -poetry -is -a -crime -but -it -is -the -most -beautiful -crime -on -this -crime-ridden -earth -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81