Ars Poetica

Staff poem (ars poetica means poetic art in Latin) is dedicated to poetry, is a kind of reflection on this, What is it, What should it be. Liryka, We read in the poem, It grows primarily from feelings, from the bottom of the heart, not from cold speculation, rational reflection, accepting such and not other assumptions. Its sources are deep somewhere, just at the bottom of the heart. The first stanza talks about elusiveness, the transience of this art, Poetic images appear in the author's imagination and disappear quickly, pale. Sometimes they are lost without a trace, The poet may not be able to save them:

Echo from the bottom of the heart, elusive,
Will: "Cap me, I will like it,
Before I am wrong, I will become blue,
Silver, transparent, none!"

It is not easy to reach these hidden areas of the psyche, where poetry is born. It is difficult to find poetic images, but even harder to do it, by The shape became a moment, whether to note these states of the spirit, give them the right language form. Such That you would understand me, So not strange, shocking, but at the same time simple and beautiful, precise (faithfully reflecting the states of the soul of a lyrical subject, his feelings, thinks, Ways to see the world) and readable for poetry recipients. Poems are not written for themselves - that they live, they have actually needed, They must have readers. The second poem is already dealing with this stanza:

I fish in a hurry like a butterfly,
NO, that the world would be surprising,
But that the shape would become a moment
And that you would understand me.

For Staff, poetry is not, At least first, The great record, breakthrough historical events, social, but a way of consolidating individual and flickering, fast transient states of the soul, psyche. The poet should listen carefully to his quiet internal voice and be able to tell you straight about his experiences to other people. His poem must be clear and Simple as a hand, noble works of former poets:

And let the poem, what the strings are going on,
Will be, After the rhythm and sounds,
As bright as a look in the eyes
And simple as shaking a hand.

Leopold Staff wrote many poems devoted to poetry itself, her tasks and the role of the poet. A good complement to his beliefs inscribed in the song Ars Poetica is the poet poet. Being a poet remains in this last poem a kind of mission, Therefore, it is the poet's duty to overcome his own weaknesses, Never, Even in the face of defeat, He can't feel readers, that it is Always down, He is always beaten. He should not give the impression of a carefree cheerful, but he also has to bring comfort, hope – even difficult:

Wherever it happens, any defeats, And I am always a mountain, I am always victorious.