Benediktas Januševičius

Writing the hollow

Now we can take a poem. A short one, of course, will be more handy. Let‘s cross out a word from it, the most unnecessary word. Another one, not the most essential, should be erased. And let‘s try to cut out a third one, also inessential for this poem. Done. So we can‘t replace it with any other unnecessary word, even if we want to. There is no obstruction for throwing out some more unnecessary words. See, the poem will be better when we get rid of them. We suggest as many various methods of word elimination as possible. This way we will realize the variety, splendor and beauty of eliminating mistakes. Finally, with just a few (say, four or three) words left in the poem, it won‘t be difficult to get rid of them either. The poem thus cleaned will be nearly perfect.

Translated by A. Fomina, K. Sh. Keys

(Review for the book “……….works (name, surname)” by Mantas Gimžauskas.

“Atolas”, proyouth literary writings n.1. Vilnius, 1998)

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