Reference R E F E R E N C E (o r
(or Subject Matter)
S U B J E C T
M A T T E R)
What is this poem about? I’ll not rhyme with roundabout, but get to the point: I must discourse upon aboutness, or about uponness — if that’s a word. Subject . . . I will flout. Again, I do refer to reference. Depth in poetry is ill-understood, except by those who know that a good un must work on at least eight-and-a-half levels, ascending, be subtlysmooth semantically, with some joke on level two, sex on stanza three, and beauty holding fourth.
“Owls & Barnwood” By E. A. Hanninen, 2012
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