Words really matter. Blavatsky said 'the universe is never again the same for every word spoken!'. Reading and writing poems and poetry helps me concentrate on words, thoughts, feelings. My first son, Andrew, has Down's Syndrome and he allows me to see the world differently and that's a great source of inspiration - as are my sons Angus, Adam and wife Amelie...........words, poems, feelings ...........Love - of course!!!
I love that poem. That's is exactly how I feel when I can't put my words on paper, from one poet to another. I enjoy your blog. Tell Andrew to keep up the good work!
Love the staccato brevity of this poem. It does have a close likeness to the writer's block I have experienced over the last year - very frustrating when I want to express what is in my head. At the moment occasional poems and regular tweeting is all! "atom by - fizzing - atom equal and equally dissolved" The repetition of "atom" and "eq-" really reflects the way the brain makes a "forward" effort but like a faulty multi-disc player, the mechanism gets stuck and returns to the same position. Thanks!
Sums it up perfectly I think. A great poem indeed.
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I love that poem. That's is exactly how I feel when I can't put my words on paper, from one poet to another. I enjoy your blog. Tell Andrew to keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteLove the staccato brevity of this poem. It does have a close likeness to the writer's block I have experienced over the last year - very frustrating when I want to express what is in my head. At the moment occasional poems and regular tweeting is all!
ReplyDelete"atom by - fizzing - atom
equal and equally dissolved" The repetition of "atom" and "eq-" really reflects the way the brain makes a "forward" effort but like a faulty multi-disc player, the mechanism gets stuck and returns to the same position. Thanks!