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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... peace . The poetry of attention trusts the given , believing trust prolongs , even to the point of profusion , this true peace . In accepting a limited role , a limited originality ( “ hu- mility is endless ” —T . S. Eliot , “ East ...
... peace . But as it turns out , a quiet sense inclines to be rapt , just as peace inclines toward rapture . In our own time , no one has written more gently and more radically of these incli- nations than John Cage . ( I love that his ...
... peace of pure attention can be pro- longed or even plainly advocated in a poem , to just that extent does the poem wage peace , and to just that ex- tent does the poem gain access to the clarity , the virtue , and the immediacy ...