Tag: notes
Artifacts of Reference, No. 7
from ‘On Theme’ by Mary Ruefle
“You are poets, I assume you think metaphorically. Isn’t that the way you read? True or false: the subject or topic of a poem is never really its subject or topic. Robert Frost never wrote a nature poem. He said that. Meaning: there’s more to me than trees and birds. Meaning: there’s more to trees and birds and I know that, so that means there’s more to me, too.”
Source:
- Ruefle, Mary. Madness, Rack and Honey: Collected Lectures. Seattle: Wave Books, 2012. Print. p. 55.
“my evil is removed/my sin is forgiven”
A pencil marked Post-it found in a lobby in Edison, N.J.
“one of the Seraphs eg
[angel] flew towards me in
his hands was a hot
coal he had taken from
the [altar] with tongs.
He touched my mouth
with it & said Look this
coal has touched your lips
your evil is removed
my evil is removed
my sin is forgiven”
“(H)
Jelmin Caba”