[New-Poetry] Re: confusing concision with brevity: W/S/Merwin

[Graham, David]

It's seven words, not seven lines. Poem is below.

David Graham
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:50 AM, "stephen russell" <poet_in_hell_files at yahoo.com 
 > wrote:

>
> i'm new to the list. can't find Merwin's 7 liner ... he wrote a  
> beautiful homage to Berryman,
>  2nd stanza:
>
> don't lose your arrogance yet he said
> you can do that when you're older
> lose it to soon and you may
> merely replace it with vanity
>
> ---
>
>
> > Elegy
> >
> > Who would I show it to
> >
> >
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