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December 19, 2007
Enclosure: A Final Word
Both systems of enclosure depend on one another. One cannot exist without the other, because whatever product (or lack of product) emerges or doesn’t emerge from the seed must take a journey. As shown, it can travel on a circular road, separate from the path by going in a different direction, and even approach a dead end. Are dead ends valid destinations? This is a question I attempted to answer in the beginning of the semester. I believe that a dead end is always valid. In the nature of poetry, dead ends allow a writer to move on once an idea is exhausted or if it simply doesn’t fit into what is trying to be enclosed. It isn’t about forgetting an idea, but rather, setting it free. My goal has been to track the journeys of the writer, the audience (the reader), and the poem/poam itself. And in doing so, I have seen them moving and working through both systems of enclosure.
Posted by pbali at December 19, 2007 12:45 AM