It's very title is the kind of vague nonsense I was mimicking. As is the majority of the short poem. I love that after the so-dull-it's-almost-funny title, the poem immediately goes to "Could have been / otherwise", but well kind of. It easily could have been a more specific title, but then it would not have been a good title for this type of poem.
Then it starts to be a little bit specific, in that it starts using understandable nouns. But again, the nouns he picks are so commonly nonspecific - "flowers", birds and "sunsets" - it's almost a mockery.
The last bit finally uses unusual language in unusual ways. It's shocking, almost stumbling to read.
Favorite line: "Could have been / otherwise"
Could have been
otherwise
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