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the poem is always a record of failure
Poetry arises from the desire to get beyond the finite and …
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p.299
polysemous »
when a word or phrase has multiple meanings (from…
p.299
virgule »
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p.67
coeval »
(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, …
p.108
proprioception »
(noun) the sense of the relative position of one'…
p.114
palimpsest »
a manuscript or piece of writing material on whic…
p.132
chthonic »
(adjective) of or relating to the underworld; inf…
p.172
somnambular »
to walk or perform another act while asleep or in…
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a ritual destruction of the conditions of viewing
It was impossible, as at most openings, to look at the art;…
overwhelming sense of the world’s possibility
[...] She said she hoped she would see me again, and the ne…
a system of great majesty and murderous stupidity
I would like to say my recognition of this asymmetry led me…
the softening sky reflected in the water
Headaches, disordered speech, weakness, visual disturbances…
one big totaled prosody
With my chopsticks I lifted and dipped the third and final …
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p.22
desultory »
(adjective) marked by lack of definite plan, regu…
p.27
prosody »
(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the sy…
p.33
ekphrasis »
a rhetorical term originally taught to Greek stud…
p.71
virgule »
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p.76
jeremiad »
(noun) a long, mournful complaint or lamentation;…
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contempt as a condition of its possibility
“Poetry”: What kind of art assumes the dislike of its audie…
the poem is always a record of failure
Allen Grossman, whose reading of Caedmon I’m pirating here,…
there is no genuine poetry
If you are an adult foolish enough to tell another adult th…
both an embarrassment and accusation
[...] “poetry” denotes an impossible demand. This is one un…
human beings, not merely criminals
(At the turn of the millennium, when I was the editor of a …