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Deer and Wolf
What do you suppose the deer thinks
The first time it is hunted by a wolf
And realizes
"This is the way the world is."
What do you suppose the deer thinks
The first time it is hunted by a wolf
And realizes
"This is the way the world is."
The poem's brevity emphasizes
The poem's brevity emphasizes the suddenness of the thought, and the brevity of the life in which that thought occurred.
Starward
I'm afraid the poem's brevity
I'm afraid the poem's brevity has more to do with my bias toward short poems; as they often do, your comments elevate my words beyond the mere skill of their author. Thank you.
One of the greatest Poets of
One of the greatest Poets of the 20th century, J. V. Cunningham, specialized in very short, epigrammatic poems. And in his brief poems, he explored vast dimensions of the human experience. He proved that brevity of length did not equate to shallowness of meaning. And I think back to Callimachus, supervisor of the great Library of Alexandria in Ptolemaic Egypt (a library that was, subsequently, damaged and partly destroyed by Julius Caesar)---who believed that the short, epigrammatic poem was superior to the sprawling Homeric epics which had demoninated literature for centuries. Your short poems, as you have posted them here, put you into the company of Cunningham and Callimachus, which is a mighty fine place to be.
Starward