First, plain speech in the mother tongue.
\nHearing it you should be able to see,
\nAs if in a flash of summer lightning,
\nApple trees, a river, the bend of a road.<\/p>\n
And it should contain more than images.
\nSingsong lured it into being,
\nMelody, a daydream. Defenseless,
\nIt was bypassed by the dry, sharp world.<\/p>\n
You often ask yourself why you feel shame
\nWhenever you look through a book of poems.
\nAs if the author, for reasons unclear to you,
\nAddressed the worst side of your nature,
\nPushing thought aside, cheating thought.<\/p>\n
Poetry, seasoned with satire, clowning,
\nJokes, still knows how to please.
\nThen its excellence is much admired.
\nBut serious combat, where life is at stake,
\nIs fought in prose. It was not always so.<\/p>\n
And our regret has remained unconfessed.
\nNovels and essays serve but will not last.
\nOne clear stanza can take more weight
\nThan a whole wagon of elaborate prose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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