Assignment Ten

I believe Language Poetry is a crock. There is no way someone can write something without meaning. Subconsciously there is always a meaning behind it. And even it was possible to write something without meaning a reader can always find meaning behind it. Meaning can always be found even if it takes some digging to find it.

In the poem "China" at first it seems like a lot of nonsense but the last line speaks of dreams and waking up. The poem is erratic with very little coherence but when you remember dreams often that is the way they seem as well. "Chronic Meanings" reminds me of lines in a book chosen at random, maybe even from various books. I can't remember where I saw it but there is a website dedicated solely to taking books, and crossing out every line except for random places and then using those lines, or even words to create a poem. That is what this poem reminds me of.

Here is my attempt to write a poem without meaning, which like I stated above is completely impossible.

Something random
Along the lines
Black shirt stained white
Degree of boiling
Blue sky over brown mountains
Old West pictures
Hair tied back in a bun
Sleeping cats lie
Cleaning products left out
Surgery to save
Balloons rise higher
Flowers set in the ocean
Blue blood spurting
Toxic waste leaks
Plane takes off
Surveillance misses everything
White lab coats close the door forever