Thursday, April 29, 2010

Precisely. What is minimal poetry?

How is it fed?

word count
stick-frame skeleton
bare-bones narrative
obsession with space?

Is it a better bed-woman of lyric or sparse story?



Consider a minimal meal, prepared by the minimal cook. Does the seesaw drop in favor (no matter largess of season) of limited ingredients, simplicity of menu, speed of preparation?

Truly, is an orange more minimal than artichoke? These considerations: do they sweeten, do they savor a meal.

1 comment:

  1. sandblasting your air screen
    the tiger's clavicle made just to grip
    the prey that runs the fastest

    spellbound
    earflaps
    halfway down the hallway

    a helpmate on the plate
    such a thing as grapefruit
    clarifies the palate

    returns the juice to wisdom

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