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Tímarit Máls og menningar - 01.11.2012, Page 50

Tímarit Máls og menningar - 01.11.2012, Page 50
Þ o r s t e i n n Þ o r s t e i n s s o n 50 TMM 2012 · 4 í ljóðunum. En fyrst væri ef til vill ráð að líta á kvæðið sem einkunnarorðin eru tekin úr, „Ars Poetica“ eftir bandaríska skáldið Archibald MacLeish. Það kvæði var ort á þriðja áratug 20. aldar.2 ARS POETICA A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit Dumb As old medallions to the thumb Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown – A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs Leaving, as the moon releases Twig by twig the night-entangled trees, Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, Memory by memory the mind – A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs A poem should be equal to: Not true For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leaf For love The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea – A poem should not mean But be. Eins og vera ber í kvæði um skáldskaparlistina getur hér að líta ýmsar meiningar skáldsins um það hvernig kvæði ættu að vera, og ekki að vera. Ljóð ætti samkvæmt þeim að vera hljómlaust og þögult. Án orða eins og fuglar á flugi. Jafnframt ætti það að vera áþreifanlegt og kyrrstætt í tíma. Það ætti með öðrum orðum að vera hlutur. Þetta þýðir þó engan veginn að ljóðið
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