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...
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