that changes the weather." That's one of the problems addressed in "I Would Like to Describe." Can a poet measure meaning? Can that measurement influence thought? And if a poet can measure meaning, can a poet describe even the "simplest emotion" from the intimate to the political in the service of understanding humanity?
[by Zbigniew Herbert]
I Would Like to Describe
from David Biespiel: The Oregonian: Poetry: 'I Would Like to Describe' by Zbigniew Herbert
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