Showing posts with label Black Elk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Elk. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle (Black Elk)

Shortest title is quickly followed by the longest title I've ever had. Figure that. Not sure the title, Everything the Power of the World is done in a circle, counts since it's the first whole line though.

I like that this poem reads almost like prose. There are no "poetic" words. No sentence has poor grammar so as to fit meter or to be a smoother read. It is a marvel that this collection of eight sentences read like poetry. But I think that the power of language is on full display here. Eight complete sentences=a poem of great beauty, truth, and a complete world view.

Favorite line: "The sky is round/and I have heard that the earth is round/like a ball"