poetryUsually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. Mark Strand That’s the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous. I’m looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long. Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing. Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life. Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science. Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody. I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn’t poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
That’s the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing.
I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn’t poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.