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your
useless poetry.
Even if
it is
not
playful.
I know nothing, really, about poetry except that I enjoy it. Thanks for sharing your poem today.
I was asked recently by a fellow writer to pass along a few things I've learned. One of those things is that daydreaming is a good thing. So is yardwork and hiking and long drives to nowhere. Activities that engage the body only seemingly disengage the mind; sometimes, my mind is free to wander the world of my story even as my arms and legs are pushing the lawnmower around the backyard. That may not be fun to most people, but (shrug) I make no claim on sanity.
prayer
a little death
that makes room
in the heart
a place
for life
I think I know what Marcus means.
Yes, poetry must be useless, in the sense that we Americans use that word. For me, poetry is pure writing. Just for the sound of it. Well, there is meaning but the sound is so paramount. In that sense, the poem is above use.
But of course, pure art has its uses, so you can't ever say something is without use.
Marcus, do you know what the French phrase "little death" means? Did you intend that?
Don't know if you did, but it works.
It's play had great use.
Just thought I'd come back and tell you.