Word put
upon word,
drooped
Robert Creeley said,
or almost said.
What Creeley said
in his poem “The House”
was:
Mud put
upon mud,
lifted
Mud is better
than Word,
but drooped is good.
a bit of lit crit
Published
Joe Linker
It is interesting how one verse will sail across the seas with a wind at heel, whilst another drowns like a stone into a black hole.
I guess each style has beauty with the latter serving a purpose in time of reflection.
Either way, packing the mud will always count for nought should the mud be made watery.B
Thx, B. Not sure if this one sailed or drowned…
But here is the complete poem by Robert Creeley.
I thought you might like it, given your interest
in architecture, arrangement, building:
The House
for Louis Zukofsky
Mud put
upon mud,
lifted
to make room,
house
a cave,
and colder
night.
To sleep
in, live in,
to come in
from the heat,
all form derived
from kind,
built
with that in mind.
by Robert Creeley