Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Water Music (poem) by Robert Creeley


The words are a beautiful music.
The words bounce like in water.

Water music,
loud in the clearing

off the boats,
birds, leaves.

They look for a place
to sit and eat—

no meaning,
no point

This poem talks about how music sometimes can mean anything or nothing at times. Some people could take words differently than others, so this poem also talks about how word could jump around. Although people could have different perceptions about the poem, there may be times that the poem may have no meaning or no point, and that's what I really like about the poem. It's true, no matter how many people can put it, sometimes music and poems can have absolutely have no meaning at all.
Creeley was known as the most important poets of the twentieth century.He was also known for his concision and emotional power. I do like reading some of his other work because some of his work involves how things could mean nothing, and I found that pretty cool.