(7 May 1892 – 20 April 1982 / Glencoe, Illinois)

poet Archibald MacLeish
#293 on top 500 poets

Ars Poetica

A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit

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  • Kin Zweb (7/31/2012 12:11:00 AM)

    He all-time best poem ever written. The epitome of Imagist verse. Contains seven vignettes unparalleled in succinctness of expression. The reader must, of course, 'flesh out' the bare bones MacLeish lays out, but what a pleasure to reread, from the opening lines!

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  • Jessica Fay Harding (4/4/2010 12:09:00 PM)

    I love this poem! It's one of my favourite ones that embodies the free spirit of poetry and how this freedom is ruined by scrupulous examination of its' verses.

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  • Mackenzie Keane (3/4/2010 4:52:00 PM)

    'a poem should not mean, but be' :)

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  • Jalisa Harbin (12/18/2007 9:28:00 AM)

    how many lines is the poem composed of?

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