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November 7, 2011/4 Comments/by lsteinglass

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Liz Steinglass says:
November 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm

I am still thinking about William Carlos Williams’ haiku:

So different, this man
And this woman:
A stream flowing
In a field

I’m also thinking about this one by Ezra Pound:

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

I am thinking about what happens when two different images resonate. And, for an audience of kids.
Caroline says:
November 9, 2011 at 4:41 am

I notice that these images are all exploring context, and they imply an interdependence…like when a child begins to differentiate, seeing himself or herself as both a separate individual and a member or extension of a family. How the parts create a whole, and how the whole defines the parts. Something like that?

Do you think Carlos’ man is the stream and the woman a field?
Liz Steinglass says:
November 9, 2011 at 1:37 pm

Hi Caroline. How exciting for me to have your comments! I hadn’t thought about it that way at all so now I’m happy to reconsider from a completely different point of view.
Liz Steinglass says:
November 11, 2011 at 4:44 pm

If I think of the man as the stream and the woman as the field, which, now that you mention it, obviously seems the way to read it, I actually don’t like the poem as much. I had been reading it as a poem about marriage and was thinking of the man and woman together as the stream. I think my reading is incorrect but probably reflects well on my marriage. 🙂
I think I’ll switch my allegiances to the Pound poem for now.

Elizabeth Steinglass

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