This cleave and Three-Way Poetics were first published here at Dennis Kelly’s poetry blog and mentioned here on Ron Silliman’s blog.
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Larry Eigner
—for Diana Manister
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“when you search the
spontaneous thing”
—Larry Eigner, “The Fine Life,”
On My Eyes
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When I search for—the thing
The spontaneous thing—already there
It becomes even more—spontaneous
Do it yourself—try it & see
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What blooms—in drought
Isn’t you or me—it’s intuition
The other radio—the Red Sox one
The Orphée one—just ask Cocteau
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Heurtebise—your chauffeur
Eurydice—your wife
Maria Casares—La princesse
The Land of Dis—Spontaneous now
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Words—your Rolls Royce
Language—your motorcycle escort
Writing—thru the liquid mirror
Runtime—Saturday matinee
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The more—you read
The more—you write
The more—you cleave
The more—you see
Thank you Dennis, for the poem! It enacts the spontaneity it praises. Diana