Letter from a Poet

Poets love to talk poetry as well as write it so it came as no surprise when I received an email from Shisa, one of the Captiva Poets, about Aram Saroyan, a 60's rebel poet. Here's an excerpt from her note and a link:

"a funny thing: they misspell a famous poem of one word in a history of poetry here:

POEM

should be lighght"

Dear Shisa,

What a great poem! The spelling is everything, isn't it?

Doesn’t matter how many times gh is there–it’s silent–but twice is nice, like a blink or a double take. And the "lighght" helps us see poetry in a new way:-) Hate my comments, they seem reductive, but you know me, born to critique.

Thanks for the note.

Carol