Friday, March 4, 2011

Huuklyeand Cinquor on Levity in Poetry

Levity does have a place in poetry—
It has to be somewhere 

Between having your head stuck 
In the ground and your feet 

Ascending in air.

Moderator’s comments: I felt so giddy while reading this poem that at first I thought Cinquor had written “feat” instead of “feet”—but then again, I’ve always been a sucker for puns—like John Donne—or should that be “did?”

2 comments:

  1. or in slang: john don(n)e did it.
    thanks for the laugh.

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  2. Thanks, Andreas--always room enough for another punnyman.

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