DDCPoetry

 Poem found here:   "A fourteen-line poem on Adoration" by Julie Carr In my notes, I reminded myself to remember that this is a definition poem.  The poem defines "Adoration" in different ways kind of like Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird .  This poem also reminded me of a sonnet because of the fourteen lines, and how the idea of adoration would fit well in a sonnet.  But the first line is pretty blunt, "1. It does not take much."   A direct approach based on implication.  The line implies adoration doesn't take much -- which is a good lead into to the next line, "2. Half an hour here, half an hour there."  What time it takes to adore and what is adored, "3. It's not a 'presence' I adore" not a manifestation, rather the actual. "4. The erotically swollen moon" is a direct image.  I feel the language is on the nose for a reason to heavy handedly imply something physical (swollen moon -- pregnant, perhaps)...