A Poem
This and “Cryptotron” remind me of Whitman’s truly astonishing “This Compost.”
That's an interesting comparison. What do you think provokes the connection?
It’s more clear in Cryptotron—but Whitman’s conceit is just that Life is a terrible, awesome, mysterious force. In these two poems, technology has its limits at genuine life.
This and “Cryptotron” remind me of Whitman’s truly astonishing “This Compost.”
That's an interesting comparison. What do you think provokes the connection?
It’s more clear in Cryptotron—but Whitman’s conceit is just that Life is a terrible, awesome, mysterious force. In these two poems, technology has its limits at genuine life.