that poem that

That poem that does that. You’ll know it when you hear/read it.

poetry not poem

One could recognize the poetry in the language, even if no poem emerged from the language.

[Thinking of Lucie Brock-Broido's poetry.]

no line drawn

The prose poet willingly risks even the genre for the good of the poem.

poem qua poem

The poem lacked presence.

mark making

Stone, paper, pixels, air, mind…poems will try to fix upon anything

piecemeal

Six fragments in search of a poem. [after Pirandello]

category error

All the better because it wouldn’t be a poem.