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(Poem #188) Ars Poetica A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit Dumb As old medallions to the thumb Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown - A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs Leaving, as the moon releases Twig by twig the night-entangled trees, Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, Memory by memory the mind - A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs A poem should be equal to: Not true For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leaf For love The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea - A poem should not mean But be |
In the code language of criticism when a poem is said to be about poetry the word "poetry" is often used to mean: how people construct an intelligibility out of the randomness they experience; how people choose what they love; how people integrate loss and gain; how they distort experience by wish and dream; how they perceive and consolidate flashes of harmony; how they (to end a list otherwise endless) achieve what Keats called a "Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity." -- Helen Vendler, poetry critic Rather unsurprisingly, if you think about it, a number of poets have taken a break from mirroring reality, and turned their gaze inwards, whether upon other poets, other poems, the nature and role of the Poet, or, most reflexively, the nature and role of Poetry. Today's poem is a beautiful example. Titled Ars Poetica - 'the Art of Poetry'[1] - it attempts to prescribe the nature of poetry, and - in a move Hofstadter would have loved - does so in the form of a poem. Furthermore, it does not seek to sidestep the possible pitfalls and inconsistencies this approach leaves it open to - rather it meets them head on, using words like 'mute', 'dumb' and 'wordless' to set up a paradox culminating in the wonderful last stanza, 'a poem should not mean / but be'. En route, the main thread is woven through with several exquisite images, speaking to the reader even as it advocates silence, progressing even as it advocates motionlessness. And yet, at the end, it does resolve itself into a seamless, integrated whole, as perfectly self-contained as the globed fruit, or the timeless, frozen stillness of a winter's night. The reader is free to pick it apart, to tease meaning from the tapestry of contradictions and images. As for the poem, it simply is. [1] and not, as several overingenious students have suggested, 'poetry my a**e' <g> Links: A nice serial analysis of the poem can be found at <http://www.newwinds.com/poethome/stuart06.htm> - I don't agree with every one of his points, but overall he's done a nice job. Biography: MacLeish, Archibald b. May 7, 1892, Glencoe, Ill., U.S. d. April 20, 1982, Boston U.S. poet, playwright, teacher, and public official, whose concern for liberal democracy figured in much of his work, although his most memorable lyrics are of a more private nature. There's an online biography at <[broken link] http://www.poets.org/lit/poet/amacleis.htm> and another at <[broken link] http://www.rothpoem.com/duk_am.html> m.
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"For all the history of grief"
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If this is too lengthy, or too esoteric for your liking, you might try X. J.
Kennedy's "Ars Poetica" ; )
Hello, I am only a junior in high school, but that poem is "The End of
the World". Just happen to be doing work on MacLeish and am specifically
explicating these 2 poems. Thanks for the input, it is a great help.
Just wanted to say I'm so impressed a junior high student is doing work on McLeish. I'm an ancient, retired junior high English teacher. Good for you and your teacher.
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The poem is titled: "The End of the World"
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On the next full moon - go out and watch the moon rise through the branches of a favorite tree - the poem makes us aware of what a magical experience that can be.
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The macleish poem you are looking for is called The End of the World
The End of the World
Quite unexpectedly, as Vasserot
The armless ambidextrian was lighting
A match between his great and second toe,
And Ralph the lion was engaged in biting
The neck of Madame Sossman while the drum
Pointed, and Teeny was about to cough
In waltz-time swinging Jocko by the thumb
Quite unexpectedly the top blew off:
And there, there overhead, there, there hung over
Those thousands of white faces, those dazed eyes,
There in the starless dark, the poise, the hover,
There with vast wings across the cancelled skies,
There in the sudden blackness the black pall
Of nothing, nothing, nothing -- nothing at all.
-- Archibald MacLeish
<[broken link] http://www.cs.rice.edu/%7Essiyer/minstrels/index_poet_M.html#Macleish>
I think the poem you are describing is Constantly Risking Absurdity by
Lawrence Ferhunghetti (my spelling of his name may be off ). He was one of
the beat poets, contemporary of Alan Ginsburg and Jack Keroac.
I hope that helped. If it is correct, it is a wonderful poem, if not, well
it is still a wonderful poem.
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Mackleish has set a example of producing a good poem.What is the quality of a good poem he has shown in his poem.I think he is not absolutely perfect.Actually there is no limitation about a poem.Poem should be boundaryless.
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im also a junior in high school and im doing an essay on this is this an okk into:
The poem ‘Ars poetica’ written by Archibald McLeish is an extremely inspiring poem due to the imagination and wonder; also has a highly interesting title which has a tempting meaning to it. ‘Ars Poetica’ is a Latin word meaning ‘Art of poetry’ or ‘the nature of poetry’ Archibald McLeish attempts to prescribe poetry in an imaginative way, he displays the true and honest meaning to poetry his aim is to let readers know that imagination and passion is necessary in poetry.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
Rules of poetry and imaginations of the poet here in Ars Poetica are beyond description
What does night and winter symbolize ?
Why does the poet compare a poem to the moon?
makes my head hurt dammit!
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“A poem should be equal to:…
For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf”
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