Juggling
by Bill Yarrow
It is a matter of felicitous __________.
I met __________'s daughter at a theater party the other evening.
Life is meager with me; I am unsatisfied and left always __________ for beauty.
Anything for some __________now.
I met __________'s daughter at a theater party the other evening.
I like __________ __________ in a certain way.
Anything for some __________now.
In my own work I find the problem of __________ and __________ becoming more and more difficult.
I like __________ __________ in a certain way.
I too have a __________ in the last century.
In my own work I find the problem of __________ and __________ becoming more and more difficult.
I admit to a slight leaning toward the__________.
I too have a __________ in the last century
Life is meager with me; I am unsatisfied and left always __________for beauty.
I admit to a slight learning toward the __________.
It is a matter of felicitous __________.
I met __________'s daughter at a theater party the other evening.
Life is meager with me; I am unsatisfied and left always __________ for beauty.
Anything for some __________now.
I met __________'s daughter at a theater party the other evening.
I like __________ __________ in a certain way.
Anything for some __________now.
In my own work I find the problem of __________ and __________ becoming more and more difficult.
I like __________ __________ in a certain way.
I too have a __________ in the last century.
In my own work I find the problem of __________ and __________ becoming more and more difficult.
I admit to a slight leaning toward the__________.
I too have a __________ in the last century
Life is meager with me; I am unsatisfied and left always __________for beauty.
I admit to a slight learning toward the __________.
It is a matter of felicitous __________.
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Author's Note
This poem was published in Otoliths.
"Juggling" is a pantoum made entirely from redacted lines from The Letters of Hart Crane 1916-1932, edited by Brom Weber, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1965. Out of copyright. Internet Archive.
Juggling. Frost's. Begging. Money.
Frost's. Marianne Moore. Money. Style + Form.
Marianne Moore. Toe-nail. Style + Form. Esoteric.
Toe-nail. Begging. Esoteric. Juggling.
This poem appears in "Against Prompts."
https://www.amazon.com/Against-Prompts-Bill-Yarrow/dp/1943170282
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So creative, Bill. I like this.
Interesting piece.
A tad esoteric for me, friend, but I admire the craftsmanship.
Thanks, Sam, Gary, and Matt!
Clever fun! Heisenberg's uncertainty principle demonstrated.
I immediately thought of those writers in the 19th c. who obscure some of the details either to increase the sense of their reality and protection of identities or to increase mystery. I used blanks in a section of a piece kept here on Fictionaut called "Unmailed Letter to B'go" and it was that portion that Barry Basden scouted to appear in _Camroc Press Review_ and then he even paid $100 for it! I like the use of blanks here. There is a treasure hunt sense that the proper nouns and other words that fit in the blanks can be found in the letters for which you give citation. I like the form of the poem, pantoum, as well. I had to study it a bit to see where it leads. Overall, the challenges in appreciating this poem are worth it! *
Thanks, Ed. Thanks, Ann.