Gary,
Great thoughts!
In relation to the first, yes, there may also be a
coded meaning in times of political tension or
censorship (Was it Paulin or Muldoon: This poem about
a .../ is not a poem about a ...?) And there's lots of
politics behind our nursery rhymes if we believe our
Opies.
Love the second of these and the way you've expressed
this. I was thinking that this applied to the rhythm
metre too as 'Caribbean' can be pronounced with the
stress on the second syllable (quite a common place
for the stress to go in English). I and most people I
know were brought up to place the stress on the 'be'
of 'Caribbean'.'Oregano' throws up a similar
problem.Maybe what I'm saying is platitudinous so I
will sign off, cheers, cara
--- garydawg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I
notice at readings, too,
> poets usually spend far too long setting the scene
> for their poems.
>
> Sall-ee, nothing like haiku introduced with five
> times the words in the ku.
>
> Nope.
>
> First, the finest contain some mystery, may give us
> alternative reads.
>
> Second, like pitch not everyone has their metaphor
> meter calibrated the
> same.
>
> Third, then where is Dada, surreal, experimental,
> even Elliot, Dylan and the
> Dame?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gary
>
> Should all poems be clear in meaning (I think that
> was where this started)?
> Feb guest is TE Ballard and Gar does garbage at:
> http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html,
>
> Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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