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This comic is based on a few lines from the introduction to William Carlos William in The Oxford Anthology of American Poetry that made me laugh:
“I write in the American idiom, “ Williams noted, “and for many years I have been using what I call the variable foot.” One of the secrets of American poetry is that no one knows what “the variable foot” really is.
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
I don't know either so this makes me feel less stupid.
Posted by: Melissa Victor | December 07, 2016 at 03:46 PM