http://www.continuumarts.com/2009/12/30/poetry-as-play-kay-ryans-elephant-rocks/ Engaging Culture with Culture Through Acts of Creative Excellence Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.continuumarts.com/2009/12/30/poetry-as-play-kay-ryans-elephant-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Kent Smith Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:56:42 +0000 http://www.continuumarts.com/?p=394#comment-105 There is something oddly alluring about the efficiency of the second poem. It is so difficult to establish such depth of meaning in such simple metaphor, and with such an economy of words. Too often, it seems, the poet forgets that, though words are his playground, their abundance should not be viewed as such. Rather, each should be treated as though it were a scarcity - a rarity of the highest order. It is from this paucity that the poet draws out the essential and lets the extraneous fall to the wayside. There is something oddly alluring about the efficiency of the second poem. It is so difficult to establish such depth of meaning in such simple metaphor, and with such an economy of words. Too often, it seems, the poet forgets that, though words are his playground, their abundance should not be viewed as such. Rather, each should be treated as though it were a scarcity – a rarity of the highest order. It is from this paucity that the poet draws out the essential and lets the extraneous fall to the wayside.

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