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Original poem reprinted online here:   "A Long Dress" By Gertrude Stein Originally read: October 30, 2013 More information about the Poet: Gertrude Stein Cinquains.  The first stanza of the poem feels more of discussion on process, and the second stanza discusses more of the output of the process. In the first stanza, the word, "current" is punned upon many times in order to show the flow and question it:      There is the current that makes machinery,      that makes it crackle      what is the current that presents a long line and a necessary waist      What is this current      What is the wind, what is it. Note the use of current that creates objects (machinery) and sound (crackle).  And from this the production is a "long line" (which the line itself is a pun) and a "necessary waist."  I think the key here is how the rhetorical questions work in this stanza. The lines question what curren...

Original poem reprinted online here:  " Landscape After Years With Yourself," West Texas by Shamala Gallagher Originally read: January 25, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Shamala Gallagher, and Youtube video This poem to me is reminiscent of Gertrude Stein's style of repetition; however, I wouldn't put this poem squarely in the branch off of Gertrude Stein -- L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry.   When I think of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry I think of early Lyn Hejinian and Charles Bernstein whose works tried to deconstruct the purpose and limits of language.  Of course, when times change so does meaning and poets. Why do I bring up L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry in the first place.  Well, I feel this poem is in conversation with the past ethos of the style.  Well now I do actually. Past me looked at how the language is used in the poem what words were used and how the word was used.  For example, "heat" in the poem comes up six times in the poem -- four times "hea...