This came out in time for class tomorrow on enjambed lines. I love to teach O'Hara for what he teaches all poets on the use of the line...Thanks for the quote!
Personism is the only poetic method that allows for gross understatement and invisible overstatement. It is like a grilled cheese sandwich in which you find tomatoes, and you didn't know it came with tomatoes, but tomatoes on a grilled cheese sandwich have always brought you joy. But they weren't poking out the sides when the waitress delivered the plate. Personism is the letter you write to the recipients in your head.
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the new Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara book that came out in March is gorgeous!
This came out in time for class tomorrow on enjambed lines. I love to teach O'Hara for what he teaches all poets on the use of the line...Thanks for the quote!
Personism is the only poetic method that allows for gross understatement and invisible overstatement. It is like a grilled cheese sandwich in which you find tomatoes, and you didn't know it came with tomatoes, but tomatoes on a grilled cheese sandwich have always brought you joy. But they weren't poking out the sides when the waitress delivered the plate. Personism is the letter you write to the recipients in your head.
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