The prose form of the paragraph serving as poem reminds me of Karen Volkman. Here's a link to a poem of hers (yeah, it's a tumblr link, so what?)
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/when+kiss+spells+contradiction
I feel like the imagery and alliteration of Volkman's poem allows the poem to really shine through the prose form, whereas Lee's poem is far less obviously poetic. However, I think both of these poems exhibit how form is malleable in poetry. The pacing of Lee's "Loading a Boar" coupled with the concentrated commentary on poetry (theme, if you will) lend themselves to the poetic aspects of the paragraph. The style reminds me of Hemmingway, but you wouldn't call Hemmingway a poet, right? You wouldn't read A Farewell to Arms and say, "Now that was an epic poem". But Lee's concision and topic are what make this poetic to me. The more I think about it, the more Hemmingway keeps coming to mind, actually. Wild boar, colloquialism, drawn out sentences and simple phrasing. Hmm...
Your commentary is interesting, and would be clearer if you'd illustrated a few of your points with quotes from Lee's poem as well as Volkman's.
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