tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post7103208164862952369..comments2024-01-03T20:27:23.695-05:00Comments on <i>ursprache</i>: one's time as poetJforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-68679969232172343782011-08-10T03:43:42.426-04:002011-08-10T03:43:42.426-04:00There's a wonderful passage in an essay by Jac...There's a wonderful passage in an essay by Jacques RĂ©da where he says something like a poet is not always a poet, but only for a few years, and in those years, only for a few months, and in those months, only for a few days, and so on, until one is only a poet for a few seconds. <br /><br />So here's one of mine from a while back, a little ditty:<br /><br />THE DAY AFTER WRITING A POEM<br /><br />Yesterday, I was a poet.<br />Today, I still don't know if I'll be one again.<br />And if I am, I will not know it<br />until tomorrow. But will I be one then?Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-7054825135788810022011-08-10T01:09:12.457-04:002011-08-10T01:09:12.457-04:00As in "Let it speak now or forever remain sil...As in "Let it speak now or forever remain silent?" :-)vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.com