- collecting basin for area precipitation and a series of channels to conduct the water out of the area and toward the sea. - an interconnected group of streams. - collects water over a large area. - drains water toward the ocean.
A A A. Email. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. The first poetry slam competition was held in Chicago in 1984.
The poem opens with the speaker comparing a poem to a globed fruit that's mute and silent. He then goes on to stress the idea of a poem being wordless as a flight of birds.. It should also be motionless in time, leaving all memories of the mind behind.A poem should also avoid so-called truths.e then goes on to stress the idea of a poem being wordless as a flight of birds.. It should also be motionless in time, leaving all memories of the mind behind. A poem should also avoid so-called truths.