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Step 9 of 13 Ways Of Looking At A Poem

Posted on July 10, 2018 by anna mosca

9.

I’ve tried to explain
how the whites around
the words are so important
to me those silences I caress
on paper breaths spaces
make the poem

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2014-04-05 17.16.15

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After Wallace Stevens poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

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Anne on August 1, 2018 at 8:23 am said:

Wow, isn’t this the truth?! Who ever pays attention to white spaces other than poets, graphic designers and dreamers? But we are all the poorer for it if we don’t.

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- anna mosca on August 1, 2018 at 9:30 am said:
  
  Anne, what you wrote is so beautiful! Especially the last line.
  
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  - Anne on August 1, 2018 at 9:31 am said:
    
    Thank you, Anna. You are very kind. 🙂
    
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