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
Tag: Robert Creeley
Word Put Upon Word
| “Stone | put | upon | stone | |||||
| and | chamber | beside | chamber” | |||||
| D’Arcy | Thompson | |||||||
| “Mud put | ||||||||
| upon mud, | ||||||||
| lifted | ||||||||
| to make | room,” | |||||||
| Robert | Creeley | |||||||
| word | hod | |||||||
| put | ||||||||
| upon | house | |||||||
| word | ||||||||
| shell | ||||||||
| soma | stone | |||||||
| put | ||||||||
| upon | ||||||||
| stone | ||||||||
| put | log | upon | log | cube | upon | cube | ||
| pier | upon | pier | unit | upon | unit | |||
| post | up | & | unus | put | upon | unus | ||
| road | upon | road | ||||||
| page | upon | page | ||||||
| wood | in | face | upon | face | ||||
| paint | put | upon | paint | wall | put | upon | wall | |
| one | part | upon | part | upon | ||||
| slab | on | slab | load | put | upon | load | ||
| hod | word | onus | upon | onus | ||||
| line | put | upon | line | word | upon | stone | ||
| bowl | put | mud | in | |||||
| hand | put | upon | hand | a | pan | upon | a | |
| tone | drum | stone | upon | |||||
| note | upon | note | a | lifted | scuttle | |||
| note | upon | row | in | a | ||||
| sign | sing | stone | mud | call | ||||
| name | put | upon | cut | word | in | |||
| rune | put | upon | stone | bone | lifted | |||
| end | upon | end | a | tune | in | |||
CODA: wind upon wind wave upon wave cloud upon cloud grass upon grass leaf upon leaf sail upon sail hill upon hill cove around cove cliff upon cliff square upon square camp upon camp town upon town city upon city state upon state…wind upon wind wave upon wave cloud upon cloud cove around cove
