Monday, April 18, 2005
The Empty Mailbox
Number 6 of the Canons of Chinese brush painting is to copy the masters.
6. "In copying, seek to pass on the essence of the master's brush & methods": To the Chinese, copying is considered most essential and only when the student fully learns the time honored techniques, can he branch out into areas of individual creativity
So, is this true in poetry, too. One of my favorite poets is William Carlos Williams. Truly one of the proponents of "less is more", the power of William's poems is that of his being concise. Here's one I did out of his "The Red Wheelbarrow". I entitled it The Empty Mailbox and it goes like this.
a lot of pain suffered
looking at
the chipped off black paint
of my mailbox
baked under the sun
drenched with rain
just evidence of debts, then
nothing
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6. "In copying, seek to pass on the essence of the master's brush & methods": To the Chinese, copying is considered most essential and only when the student fully learns the time honored techniques, can he branch out into areas of individual creativity
So, is this true in poetry, too. One of my favorite poets is William Carlos Williams. Truly one of the proponents of "less is more", the power of William's poems is that of his being concise. Here's one I did out of his "The Red Wheelbarrow". I entitled it The Empty Mailbox and it goes like this.
a lot of pain suffered
looking at
the chipped off black paint
of my mailbox
baked under the sun
drenched with rain
just evidence of debts, then
nothing
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