art in the shadow

Under the overhang of new and innovative art, in that shadow, other art, equal to what overshadows it, can still be made.

equal levels

Artists should realize the political is no more worthy than the aesthetic of elevation.

not equal

Remember that no poem is equal to a life.

equations

Like: =; as: ≃.

relative value

This one stanza was equal to a thousand other poems.

not equal

Words have meanings and through language convey semantic sense, but in poetry there are no equal signs.