You Call That Poetry?! - Poetry Foundation
2007年8月25日 · When Aram Saroyan received $750 from the NEA for his poem "lighght," people were left scratching their heads: How could one misspelled word be considered poetry? Ian Daly explains.
Aram Saroyan - Wikipedia
Aram Saroyan (born September 25, 1943) is an American poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright, who is especially known for his minimalist poetry, famous examples of which include the one-word poem "lighght" [1] and a one-letter poem comprising a …
Aram Saroyan and the Art of the One-Word Poem
2020年9月8日 · Saroyan’s most famous one-word poem, “lighght,” for instance, became famous (or infamous) several years after it was in written in the fall of 1965, and was first published as a 24″ × 36″ poster by Brice Marden in early 1966.
lighght | The Poetry Foundation
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Lighght - Now I Know
2014年5月15日 · lighght. Yes, it’s the entire poem. It was first published in The Chicago Review in the early 1960s, authored by a minimalist poet named Aram Saroyan, then in his 20s.
Aram Saroyan | The Poetry Foundation
Perhaps the most famous of Saroyan’s one-word poems is “lighght.” George Plimpton included it in The American Literary Anthology, an anthology paid for by the newly established National Endowment for the Arts. The poem became the center of a heated debate over government funding for the arts.
Aram Saroyan's "Lighght" | Arun Prasad
2022年4月27日 · One of Saroyan's most famous poems was simply the unconventionally spelled word "lighght" in the center of a blank page. This poem was selected by George Plimpton to be featured in The American Literary Anthology and, like all poems in the volume, received a $750 cash award from the National Endowment for the Arts, then just 20 years old.
Worlds shortest poem - PeopleOfAr
2013年7月2日 · Aram Saroyan was also the author of the most controversial poem that simply read: “lighght” in the center of a blank page. This poem was selected by George Plimpton to be featured in The American Literary Anthology and received a $500 cash award from the National Endowment for the Arts, resulting in a huge controversy involving the US ...
Take a Break and Read a Fucking Poem: "lighght" by Aram Saroyan
2020年5月7日 · That poem is called "lighght," by Aram Saroyan, and you can find it in Complete Minimal Poems, which is available at local bookstores.
Piedmont Poetry Project: The Poetry of "lighght"
A ram Saroyan credits the final line of Archibald MacLeish’s “Ars Poetica” as the inspiration for his controversial, one-word poem, “lighght”. By manipulating the spelling of “light” to “lighght,” Saroyan believes he found a way for his poem to be, not mean.