Ars Poetica "The Art of Poetry"

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Archibald MacLeish's beautiful poem

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Ars Poetica :Ars Poetica —Archibald MacLeish. (“The Art of Poesy”)


Slide 2:A poem should be palpable and muteAs a globed fruit


Slide 3:DumbAs old medallions to the thumb


Slide 4:Silent as the sleeve-worn stoneOf casement ledges where the moss has grown -


Slide 5:A poem should be wordlessAs the flight of birds


Slide 6:A poem should be motionless in timeAs the moon climbs


Slide 7:Leaving, as the moon releasesTwig by twig the night-entangled trees,


Slide 8:Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,Memory by memory the mind ---


Slide 9:A poem should be equal to:Not true


Slide 10:For all the history of griefAn empty doorway and a maple leaf


Slide 11:For loveThe leaning grasses and two lights above the sea -


Slide 12:A poem should not meanBut be!


Slide 13:Archibald MacLeish Soundtrack: Arabesque by Debussy


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