what is white poetry? I
asked you dreamily;
you got irritable
seeing that I was
starting to apply
a meaning that did
not exist. It's
just blank verse
you said concisely
but it was too late
already I was making
it into the poetry
of snow, of frozen
latitudes.
mary angela douglas 1 january 1998
Note on the poem: The phrase for blank verse in the Russian Language means literally "white poetry"
-*(the words in Russian for blank verse mean, literally
translated - white poetry)
