__ about the world and poetry __

" the look of the poem: i've always

liked the

idea of a poem or a word as a single

( arp-like image )

alone on a page

( an object of contemplation )

i like white spaces &

i like to see a vertical

column centered

sometimes vertically helps in

another way

image follows image

as frame follows frame

on a film

vertically helps the

poet withhold his

image until

( through earlier

images ) the

mind is prepared

for it.

_ in 1975, the Amercain poet

robert lax spoke about his work

in a letter to susan howe. this is an excerpt

of his letter.

the photograph belongs to:`John Bohannon

(c) 2010