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.
Stay with one metaphor
When writing, especially poetry, stay with one metaphor. It may not confuse you, the writer, but mixing metaphors often confuses the readers.
For example, if you start with LOVE IS A JOURNEY then continue with metaphors about roads, signs, bends, distance, loneliness, etc.
A language for the rest of your life
Photographer Nigel Danson described in this video why he has stayed with Nikon cameras for over twenty years. It wasn’t because Nikon is far better than any other camera system out there but rather once you start with one system it is easier to stay with one than to learn a new one.
Your mother tongue is kind of like picking up a camera system – you use it for the rest of your life. Why switch to another system of the one you’re using now when it does the job? Danson rightly points out that a camera is a tool to get the job of taking photos done. Language is also the same. Language is a tool, a means to an end. The end here is communication.
Unless you’re like me moving to a new country with a completely different language for communication then it isn’t necessary to learn a new language. Language learning is resource intensive. Unless you are learning another language for the specific purpose of training your mind for flexibility rather than for practical reasons then it might not be worth all that effort.
Love is not a thing
Love isn’t a thing.
It’s not a
you-either-have-it-
or-you-don’t thing.
It is what you do.
And it is what
someone does to you.
Go do love. Go love.
Go get loved. Be loved.
Then you will understand
what love is. Love is
not a thing.
Just love.
Philosophy kills poetry and art
Does anyone else feel that philosophy kills the creativity needed for poetry and art?
no more love (poems)
to you
it’s the world,
your world,
a kind of
definition
but one day
you will know
it cannot
define you
or even love
(Originally published 22nd November 2013)
lucien freud
they sat for you
waited for you
craved for
your attention
as much as
those numberless
lovers did
that was
your other art —
seduction
and now
they tell their stories
about your genius
and their pains
among other things
(Originally published 14th October 2013)
sand dune
the rain has stopped for you
as you lie there gleaming white
beneath the once more ancient sun
across my wide-field of vision
and people walk all over you
like men in gulliver but still
you lay there lazy
under the strange
grey summer sky of
two thousand thirteen
our day’s trek a daze trek
daughter and son
climb the steepest
part of you while we take
the easy route up
your naked young leg
perfect for black & white art
sexy as the grains
of your worn down
washed up pristine earth
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