Tuesday Morning Cantos Assignment Forum

Yes, I think that's where Dylan Thomas was 'leading' us with his comments - the poet can craft with words his/her art, as the painter with brushstrokes, the musician with notes, but the one who observes and partakes of the 'finished' art infers meaning based on his/her experience.

Your example of how two people relate to the same image in a poem each with their own perception/experience/life history. That's what makes poetry dynamic - and the poet the craftsman, the painter of words, to draw forth the connection

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Kate