DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Hospital for the Ear & Neck" by Shanna Compton Originally read: January 21, 2013 More information about the Poet: Shanna Compton With this poem, I listen for the sound of the poem (which I get from the title).  And here's something that past me mentioned in stanza 2, "This is a mouthful"  However, when I read the line, "cluster flocklike" out loud today, I mixed two words together.  And I think this poem does a lot of play with sound. In stanza one there's "tones" and "tune."  In stanza three there is "knobs" and "notes."  In stanza four there is "grass" and "groups."  These words sound similar when read out loud; however, when I read them over and over again, I understand them as separate entities. Yet, still the poem plays with sound in a different way, anaphora.  In stanza five, the repetition of "we are" brings in a group feel; howev...