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A great poem in its simplicity, till later, Anny On 7/3/07, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you, Anny. I wanted to link to it from a blog entry. > > But looking it over, I'd suggest adding this, by Archibald MacLeish: > > > ARS POETICA > > A poem should be palpable and mute > As a globed fruit, > > Dumb > As old medallions to the thumb, > > Silent as the sleeve-worn stone > Of casement ledges where the moss has grown-- > > A poem should be wordless > As the flight of birds. > > * > > A poem should be motionless in time > As the moon climbs, > > Leaving, as the moon releases > Twig by twig the night-entangled trees, > > Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, > Memory by memory the mind-- > > A poem should be motionless in time > As the moon climbs. > > * > > A poem should be equal to: > Not true. > > For all the history of grief > An empty doorway and a maple leaf. > > For love > The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea-- > > A poem should not mean > But be. > > > > > > > > > Anny Ballardini wrote: > > Hi Tad, > > > > Here it is: > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=62 > > > > > > otherwise under Poets: > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content > > > > Look for New Poetry Mailing List, > > Take care, > > Anny > > > > > > On 7/2/07, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> What's the URL for Anny Ballardini's page of definitions of poetry? > >> > >> -- > >> Tad Richards > >> http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ > >> http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ > >> > > > > -- > Tad Richards > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ > http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ >