Lorine NiedeckerI was the solitary plovera pencil for a wing-bone From the secret notes I must tiltupon the pressureexecute and adjust In us sea-air rhythm" We live by the urgent waveof the verse
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In us sea-air rhythm" is a poem by the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy, written in Greek. It was first published in a collection of poems from 1915, titled "The Wings". The title translates as "In Us Sea-Air Rhythm", and the poem's meter is octameter, a line of eight iambic feet.
It is about a writer whose creative work is inspired by nature. He uses a phrase that describes his process: "We live by the urgent waveof the verse." The phrase means that the creative act itself is the only thing that matters. The power of art lies in its truth to life, not in its aesthetic quality.
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