tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357360.post8881681565424274131..comments2023-05-15T04:16:08.419-04:00Comments on VERSE: NEW! Poem by Marcus E. DarnellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357360.post-41327703728854673752007-11-29T06:21:00.000-05:002007-11-29T06:21:00.000-05:00I think "understanding" can be reductive as a prim...I think "understanding" can be reductive as a primary goal. One is confined to trying to fit all that Jesus and Ra and suicide into some familiar statement of condensed "meaning" or cozy/creepy feeling of personal relevance. The threads I see here are violence, transformation, salvation, loss of boundaries. . . . and an oddly buoyant narrative voice that manages to survive the scenes described. <BR/><BR/>The breaks are choppy yet this matches the violence and shifting scenes. <BR/><BR/>I don't think it's stupid to not understand. I think I am often left feeling stupid after reading a poem. This one happened to work very well for me. I have a harder time with less object-strewn, less palpable work that assembles abstractions from which meaning may be more easily derived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357360.post-39764232542011880112007-11-28T02:09:00.000-05:002007-11-28T02:09:00.000-05:00I don't understand this poem at all. What, if any...I don't understand this poem at all. What, if any are the parallels between cats + Ra vs. pigs + Jesus? The only common thread I can see is that all of these meats are considered edible in China, and no, that is not a racist remark. Why use tercets? I don't understand the breaks. If I'm being stupid, let me know, I'd love to correct that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com