with you
love was simple
effortless
without doubt
straight
and immediate
that was all
love needed to be
to answer your love
was easy, it was pure
from some place
called the heart
it asked for nothing
but gave everything
and still it is the
same doubtless love
uncomplicated
and has remained
as easy to replied to
as twenty years ago
Author: Warren Tang
I write about linguistics and philosophy. I also write poetry and take photographs.
cubism
not necessarily blocks
different facets
in view, visible
unnaturally folded
like paper then unfolded
creases can never be uncreased
frozen colours shades shadows
the painter’s shift shown
delineated merged into
something called cubist art
picasso
blue cubic
lovers
unfold easily
creased flesh
of beauty
he knows
how to show
a secret
we now
understand
all too well
Originally published in 2013.
Kurashiki, Japan
reduce
You cannot throw out what you have not bought. This is the purest form of reduction. Choose not to reduce use of something but rather stop usage from the beginning.
Just a thought.
Thoughts on Konmari and sustainability
In a causal conversation that went to the topic of Kondo Mariko the famous cleaner upper guru it was said she quit her system because it cannot cope with the variable of children.
This to me is hilarious and a sad truth of systems we set up. As long as the parameters are within limits it works. Beyond the limits and the system fails.
This, I think, is a great analogy for sustainability. Every since I have had kids the idea of sustainability has been thrown out the window. I simply cannot cope. The effort to bring things within sustainable means will, I believe, end with divorce or in death. I am not saying this jokingly. Today’s reality is without exaggeration beyond sustainability.
Poetry hack for WordPress
Problem: in the iOS app, the “return” key gives you a new paragraph when you only want a single line return.
Solution:
- click the “…” icon on the bottom right;
- choose “Transform block” > “Verse”;
- type your poem;
- choose “Transform block” > “Paragraph”.
This way, you have complete control of the layout of the poem.
inseparable
you three
are inseparable
as it were
from the very
beginning and until
the very end
as dramatic as it sounds
take away one and the world
will come to an end
a triangle
like no other
their names –
matter
space &
time
Changing metaphors
If you do change the metaphor half way through the poem the change should represent change itself. Starting with LOVE IS A JOURNEY e may change the metaphor to LOVE IS A LONG DISTANCE RACE with images of struggle, uphill battles, not lasting the distance, rivalry, etc.
Means to ends
There isn’t a single use for language. Learning a language isn’t just for communication purposes. Just like a rock can be used for building a house it can serve as a chair. There is no set defined limit as to what something is used for. The purpose of any object is the choice of the individual.
So learning a language could be for communication purposes. But it can also be for honing thinking skills. And there is nothing to stop us from learning a language for both purposes, or even have more purposes.
Why kill two birds with one stone when you can kill three.
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