Tuesday Morning Cantos Assignment Forum

Yes, did you ever notice that reading the same poem a second, or third, time sometimes creates a different sense of what's happening - that either the images or the impression/sensation is more vivid.

I think that has to do with the poet's craftsmanship of the art. Leaving enough unsaid to allow the reader/listener to see with his or her eyes rather than that of the writer - I think that's what makes poetry ever alive and dynamic in all its formal and informal permutations.

Thomas used the word 'mystery' - implication that clues are planted by the poet for the listener to discover - a guided journey with unique dynamic resolutions.