size that doesn't matter

Monumentality impresses too easily. Take a few steps back to consider whether the impact is real or initial intimidation due to scale.

relative value

This one stanza was equal to a thousand other poems.

scale and duration

Pure technical mastery on a large scale or over a long period always commands admiration.

larger than life

The image may be of something small or minor, but becomes monumental by the unique perspective of the seeing.

book of forms

All the world, things immense and small, things static and moving, are possible models for the poem.

fighting up

That lyric could lick almost any long poem.

advice to artists

Go big or be exquisite.

Heidegger’s hut

Small poem: Heidegger’s hut.

lost in performance

Performance tends to enlarge the text to the point that all nuance and detail are lost due to scale.