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? --- words-irritable-reaching.river | 823 ----------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 823 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 words-irritable-reaching.river (limited to 'words-irritable-reaching.river') diff --git a/words-irritable-reaching.river b/words-irritable-reaching.river deleted file mode 100644 index 22b984c..0000000 --- a/words-irritable-reaching.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,823 +0,0 @@ -somewhere -i -remember -reading -advice -for -beginning -writers -not -to -show -their -work -to -anyone -at -least -that -in -the -early -stages -the -author -argued -that -it -took -all -of -the -power -out -of -the -idea -like -a -pressure-release -valve -before -any -of -that -creative -power -got -to -be -applied -to -the -page -it -made -me -think -of -meditation -at -legunitas -when -hass -writes -that -each -particular -erases -/ -the -luminous -clarity -of -a -general -idea -as -a -self-confessed -general -idea -person -i -identify -with -the -remark -it -does -seem -as -though -no -matter -how -lofty -the -idea -i -originally -have -for -a -poem -once -i -sit -down -to -write -the -thing -i -quickly -get -bogged -down -in -the -details -the -particulars -i -guess -the -writer -of -that -lost -article -must -work -the -same -way -leading -to -their -advice -if -the -luminous -clarity -of -a -general -idea -is -so -fragile -that -just -beginning -to -write -it -down -ruins -it -somehow -telling -people -about -it -is -even -worse -but -back -to -that -robert -hass -poem -while -he -does -say -that -thing -about -the -luminous -clarity -of -a -general -idea -and -he -adds -to -it -that -a -word -is -elegy -to -what -it -signifies -his -tone -is -lightly -chiding -this -philosophy -he -opens -his -poem -with -all -the -new -thinking -is -about -loss -/ -in -this -it -resembles -all -the -old -thinking -which -to -my -mind -lampoons -both -the -new -and -the -old -thinking -for -not -having -anything -new -ultimately -to -say -he -attributes -these -thoughts -to -a -friend -whose -voice -carried -a -thin -wire -of -grief -a -tone -/ -almost -querulous -about -that -loss -of -luminous -clarity -the -speaker -of -hass's -poem -remembers -a -woman -he -made -love -to -once -and -this -image -takes -over -the -poem -in -all -its -specificity -from -her -small -shoulders -to -his -childhood -river -/ -with -its -island -willows -to -the -way -her -hands -dismantled -bread -even -in -disproving -his -friend's -remarks -through -his -imagery -the -speaker -of -meditation -at -legunitas -admits -that -it -hardly -had -to -do -with -her -and -here -is -the -heart -of -what -hass -is -saying -about -poetry -a -poem -hardly -has -to -do -with -what -it -is -written -about -on -the -surface -level -as -richard -hugo -says -it -in -a -famous -essay -a -poem -has -a -triggering -subject -and -it -has -a -real -or -generated -subject -which -for -hugo -in -meditation -at -legunitas -is -something -about -the -way -that -not -only -general -ideas -but -particulars -such -as -the -body -or -hands -or -the -thing -her -father -said -that -hurt -her -which -is -such -a -beautiful -generality -that -is -somehow -also -a -particular -truth -are -luminous -to -poetry -and -to -life-as-lived -the -philosophers -can -say -what -they -want -but -we -experience -the -world -bodily -and -particularly -to -ourselves -there's -still -a -problem -with -language -however -to -which -hass -speaks -by -the -end -of -his -poem -with -those -repetitions -of -blackberry -blackberry -blackberry -in -that -as -jack -gilbert -says -in -his -poem -the -forgotten -dialect -of -the -heart -how -astonishing -it -is -that -language -can -almost -mean -/ -but -frightening -that -it -does -not -quite -there -is -still -that -irritable -reaching -after -fact -reason -that -language -as -communication -requires -i -think -keats -would -agree -that -he -wrote -about -a -near-unattainable -ideal -in -his -letter -that -only -shakespeare -and -maybe -coleridge -and -a -few -others -could -achieve -this -negative -capability -gilbert -furthers -keats -in -asserting -that -no -matter -what -we -write -the -words -/ -get -it -wrong -that -utterance -is -itself -that -irritable -reaching -in -gilbert's -poem -though -he -does -reach -after -something -in -the -second -half -of -the -poem -he -begins -to -imagine -what -the -mysterious -sumerian -tablets -could -be -as -poetry -instead -of -just -business -records -my -joy -is -the -same -as -twelve -ethiopian -goats -standing -in -the -morning -light -o -lord -thou -art -slabs -of -salt -and -ingots -of -copper -as -grand -as -ripe -barley -under -the -wind's -labor -her -breasts -are -six -white -oxen -loaded -with -bolts -of -long-fibered -egyptian -cotton -my -love -is -a -hundred -pitchers -of -honey -shiploads -of -thuya -are -what -my -body -wants -to -say -to -your -body -giraffes -are -this -desire -in -the -dark -this -is -my -favorite -part -of -the -poem -and -i -think -it -is -because -gilbert -like -hass -reaches -for -the -specific -in -the -general -he -brings -huge -ideas -like -the -lord -or -love -or -joy -into -the -specific -images -of -salt -copper -or -honey -or -like -he -says -at -the -end -of -his -poem -what -we -feel -most -has -/ -no -name -but -amber -archers -cinnamon -horses -and -birds -this -ultimately -is -what -keats -was -getting -at -and -hugo -too -that -the -real -subject -of -any -poetry -is -not -capturable -in -the -words -of -the -poem -but -that -rather -a -poem -speaks -around -its -subject -to -be -honest -all -art -may -do -this -what -sets -a -poem -apart -is -its -honesty -about -that -fact -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81