I am full of heartache, can you hear it?
1.
No imagist likes a riddle, a parable, or an esoteric
passage of Aleister Crowley or David Bowie.
They prefer plain, precise speech and punctuation.
An imagist could be bound in a nutshell,
and as long as the message remained clear,
they would celebrate.
2.
Key Points:
The Oxford comma is an unnecessary device,
except when necessary,
Adverbs are the Clearly the Adversary.
and
e.e. cummings (is
the) fucking (antichrist… : : 🙂
3.
Petulant Response:
be numb and pregnant my tongue
overwhelmed by aspic
any stone downstream can sing a Gershwin tune
how about you!
this is how I feel so sad when you see
me I am leaving
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Love this Manny! I see and hear you!
ehehehehe, tis wicked.
I absolutely love the line ‘be numb and pregnant my tongue
overwhelmed by aspic’!
Great linebreaks!
Incredibly tangible pacing.
Somehow I feel my ears burning 😏
As a high school student, I did see e.e. cummings as problematic—not because his content was unclear (it isn’t) but because his formal experimentation seemed gimmicky and over the top. I have matured since then.
Adverbs are indeed the adversary. As are semicolons 😏
[signed]
The Stone Downstream
Great quote from Edna st. Vincent
I think she agreed with manny about my beloved Edward 😉
” we should give Mr Cummings all the rope he needs, maybe he’ll hang himself with it.” Lol
Ears burning! NO! 😉
Umm, but what if I like both the Oxford comma (and, ya know, a properly place hyphen) AND e.e. cummings?
then you are a fraud and should be shaved, sterilized and destroyed Friend Chelsie, Super Power Priestess!!!!!
Yes to this poem. “this is how I feel so sad when you see /me I am leaving”
I admit, I have been known to vascillate on friend ee sometimes!
it’s one of worst things I’ve ever written