Ars Poetica

Ars Poetica is a poem that at least seems easy to read and understand.  I could be wrong and there is really a hidden meaning but it seems to me that we are entering into a new age of poetry here. Huidobro simply states that he wants to use poetry to be his key to opportunity.  He believes that poetry can be used to "let all the eye sees be created."  He also says that word choice is of the utmost importance when he states that "the adjective, when it doesn't give life, kills it."  I found this to be a fascinating and extremely true line.  The more we read poetry the clearer it is that word choice is what makes poems and that my changing one words, such as in spain take this cup from me when a line is translated as "it is just a thought" instead of "it is just a saying."  As we saw in class changing the word thought into saying gives the poem an entirely different feel.  I also like the last line of this poem: "The poet is a little God."  While this line is left open to interpretation, I do not think that it is that hard to see what Huidobro was getting at.  He simply believes that since poets write about and create what they want, they are similar to God, only on a much smaller scale.