Father brought me to our first house,
the one I can't remember, but that he assures me
was where I spent my first night.
I don't know if that accomplishes what I mean't...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Week 7 - Hass
I rather like Robert Hass's "Dragonflies Mating". The way each section, pretty much, just jumps right into it. The first section, for instance, places us in a place, but we don't know where, and in relation to people, but we don't know who, but it is written in a way that doesn't care. It assumes familiarity. I really love that first section. The "probably" in line five that adds a colloquial, personable aspect to the beautiful imagery and lulling pull. Here's an attempt at imitating:
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I'd like to know more about you perceive Hass's poem "places you in a place." I know he does that, but it would be a stronger comment to mention HOW the poem works in the manner you claim it does. That entails a longer entry and more quotes from the poem.
ReplyDeleteYour poems seems a nice start, but I'd like to see more, to see how you work out the narrative details, and how you link those details or let them accumulate--which is Hass's special trademark, letting details accumulate in seeming random ways yet making them feel connected.