thesohoriots@lemmy.world to Poetry@lemmy.world · 3 months agoStephen Dobyns, "Arrested Saturday Night"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
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minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoHmmm, pushing free verse right against the boundary of prose. Nice. I dig that. Almost a word painting as well.
minus-squarethesohoriots@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s an interesting one. “I believe television is the closest mechanical approximation of death available to man” is one of my favorite lines in 20th century poetry.
Hmmm, pushing free verse right against the boundary of prose.
Nice. I dig that. Almost a word painting as well.
It’s an interesting one. “I believe television is the closest mechanical approximation of death available to man” is one of my favorite lines in 20th century poetry.