Miroslav Holub once said, "I prefer to write for people untouched by poetry. ...I would like them to read poems in such a matter-of-fact manner as when they are reading the newspaper or go to football matches. I would like people not to regard poetry as something more difficult, more effeminate or more praiseworthy."
Holub is known for writing in free verse close to prose which this quote by explain completely. I like the fact that he makes his poems easy to read and not as intimidating. Holub is also known for writing intellectual and hard-hitting poetry.
As for his poem The Cat the simile Holub uses in the first stanza really catches my attention. "Outside it was night
like a book without letters."
This gives a really good image of the poem and sets it up perfectly. In the last stanza of the poem, I think he gives a synecdoche when he says,
"But you can hear her
sometimes,
when it's quiet
and there's a northerly wind
and you listen intently
to your own self."
It is like he is saying the cat is within each of us and is restless inside ourselves.
"'"I prefer to write for people untouched by poetry. ...I would like them to read poems in such a matter-of-fact manner as when they are reading the newspaper or go to football matches. I would like people not to regard poetry as something more difficult, more effeminate or more praiseworthy.'" This is awesome! Great find!
ReplyDeleteYou did a nice look at a theme. What else can you tell me about the structure and, maybe, the word choice? Try to use some of our poetry terms/language with your posts! :)
You totally commented on my blog when I did this poem :) but anyway I agree with you when you say that the cat is inside everyone. We might lose track of it but doesn't mean that it isn't there. That is how I saw it.
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