for me at the time of composition and, I hope, for the reader--is the imaginative leap in the second section of the poem. Here the questions take on an emotional weight as they address the human form, the body and its inevitable diminishment. The poem is an elegy, but in rereading it, I can't help but think of it as a statement about poetry itself.
from The Washington Post: Poet's Choice: 'Elegy with a Mute Bell' by Brian Barker
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