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Original poem reprinted online here: "A Fable" by Louise Glück Originally read: January 20, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Louise Glück After rereading this poem, I remember how I try (with every blog post) to separate Poetry and Prose.  Now I think I've argued why certain poems should be prose; however, not the reverse, some prose should be in poetry form.  I wonder why. In any case, this is a poem that I think would be better off as a flash fiction piece.  All the qualities are there for a flash fiction piece: short, plot, character development.  I look at the form and the line breaks and wonder what is gained by them. For example, "Two women with"  ending with "with."   I remember back that writer's shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition.  I never fully understood the reason why.  However, in this poem, I have a reason why.  Ending with a preposition forces to reader to go to the next line or sentence as though the ...

Original poem reprinted online here: "No Art" by Ben Lerner Originally read: December 25, 2012 When I think of "towers" my mind automatically goes to 9/11.  It might be a habit.  Or perhaps that the image is so iconic that it might take a generation to shift the connotation.  There you go -- mind block out of the way. So, oddly enough, I think the title is effective if you don't know or infer the allusion to "One Art."   It's difficult for me because "One Art" is one of my favorite poems of all time.  "I shan't have lied. It's evident  / the art of losing's not too hard to master / though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster."  I almost was able to quote this from memory...someday. Anyway, the struggle to get over loss happens in the poem "No Art" as well, but not clearly. If you read a poem through images, then this poem isn't for you or maybe it is.  The strong image is "tower" and th...