It’s not poetry,
but ‘spiritual exercise’
(Hadot)—-learning the
truth of sentences
by living with them—-can lead
to poetry. “E-
ternity stands with
time.” Two abstractions, one i-
mage. They fall apart
otherwise. Stay with
the image and see the point
of the evening star.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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Talk about nested meaning! Thank you for these luscious layers.
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