Original poem reprinted online here: "Change" by Wendy Videlock Originally read: February 5, 2013 More information about the Poet: Wendy Videlock This is a definition poem. Well, not like the ones I described before. This is more like a variable poem where x=y, y=/=x or something like that. So in the first three lines, the speaker redefines "change" as "god." Furthermore, the tone is like an infomercial trying to sell me a new definition. And just like some infomercials, I just want to read how the redefinition works out. Since god and change have a dual definition, change and god do the following: 1) lovely enough to raise a song 2) implicate (line break) 3) implicate a sea of wrongs 4) mighty enough (? the comma after enough confuses me -- I think the line should read "mighty enough / like other gods [changes]") 5) shelter 6) bring together 7) estrange us The only line that isn't straightforward is the "implicate" line which I...
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