The Art of Attention: A Poet's EyeThe Art Of series is a new series of brief books by contemporary writers on important craft issues. Each book investigates an element of the craft of fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry by discussing works by authors past and present. The books in the Art Of series are not strictly manuals, but serve readers and writers by illuminating aspects of the craft of writing that people think they already know but don't really know. |
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... eyesight goes out of me , seek- ing shelter from itself in them . I could easily fall upon a pun here , and so I will . It may be the oldest pun of all , at least among poets : i.e. , be- tween " I " and " eye . ” To my mind , vision is ...
... Eyesight , in its purity , has no precedent and envisions no aftermath . Its ever- lasting now enjoys time as a medium , not as a measure . " Time is but the stream I go a - fishing in . " The opening stanza of " The Northeast Corridor ...
... Eyesight is erasure widening the eyebeam's way . The Ancient Mariner knew . The lov- ing eye overwhelms poor , sad awareness , and freedom ( freedom is love ) floods in from the outside . Oh happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty ...