12-15-2022, 11:15 PM
edit;
...So I March
I could have been a dancer
or a drummer–
I’ve got rhythm
struggling too weakly
to step out...
Thanks to all critics, especially @Mark. It's apparent that's just what the poem needs to clarify what's supposed to be going on.
The Soviets used to say "Quantity has a quality all its own." Perhaps we can say that in poetry (or just writing?) "Simplicity has a complexity all its own."
...So I March
I could have been a dancer
or a drummer–
I’ve got rhythm
struggling too weakly
to step out...
Thanks to all critics, especially @Mark. It's apparent that's just what the poem needs to clarify what's supposed to be going on.
The Soviets used to say "Quantity has a quality all its own." Perhaps we can say that in poetry (or just writing?) "Simplicity has a complexity all its own."
Non-practicing atheist

