DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here:    "Double" by Rae Armantrout Originally read: October 9, 2013 More information about the Poet: Rae Armantrout From the outset the form is duplicated.  Superficial, yes.  But when a poem starts out with "Double" there is an expectation of something either is added or is duplicated.      So these are the hills of home.  Hazy tiers      nearly subliminal.  To see them is to see      double, hear bad puns delivered with a wink.      And untoward familiarity Past me noted things like "duplicitous housing?  Multiples of the same thing?" And after reading this stanza, not so much this.  This stanza is focusing on the interpretation of the "hills" which are of home and so the see the signifier is a match to the idea of bad puns -- as though we are forced to understand the same meaning. The untoward familiarity line plays with the idea of motion.  This li...