Great Poetry Does Not Have To Be

The Lullaby Is The Spell Whereby The Mother Attempts To Transform Herself Back From An Ogre To A Saint.

I Don't See That A Single Line Can Constitute A Stanza, Although It Can Constitute A Whole Poem.

Some Of My Educated Filipino Friends Were Aspiring Poets, But Their Aspirations Were All In The Direction Of The United States. They Had No Desire To Learn From The Bardic Tradition That Continued In The Barrios. Their Ideal Would Have Been To Write Something That Would Get Them To Iowa, Where They Would Study Creative Writing.

At Somewhere Around 10 Syllables, The English Poetic Line Is At Its Most Relaxed And Manageable.

English Poetry Begins Whenever We Decide To Say The Modern English Language Begins, And It Extends As Far As We Decide To Say That The English Language Extends.