Original poem reprinted online here: "Series" by Geoffrey G. O'Brien Originally read: August 14, 2013 More information about the Poet: Geoffrey G. O'Brien Prepositional phrases. Usually meant to indicate where something is located, the poem hinges on how "to ____" something. Note this isn't a command necessarily, this is more of advice. In order to do something, something needs to be considered. For example, "To remember people in the act / Of speaking is to love them" what is considered with this line is to "love them" and in order to love them, "[someone has] to remember people in the act of speaking. However this line is also qualified with, "And not the turquoise substrate / Redon supposed was all there was" I don't know what these lines means. I tried looking them up, but they still don't make sense to me. I do know that there is a definition through negation with the "and not", and proba...
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