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2.10.2009

I can't seem to find the author of this poem. But i found it interesting.

I want these to be words that affect you.
Words that have meaning, evoke feeling.
Words that are not self-important.
I want them to have meaning for us.
I want to feel them, experience them.
I want them to be not just words.
Posted by srs at 4:09 PM
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2 comments:

Scot said...

Harking back to the legendary exchange between expatriate and alex: is it possible for a poem to be un-poetic?

For me, I like the idea in these 6 lines. But I think the cover illustration for 11.40.7 volume 4.1 is more poetic.

February 11, 2009 at 11:58 AM
lkw said...

i like this. i tried, but i couldn't find the author, either. it came up on a lot of myspace profile, actually, but nowhere with an actual author. regardless, the sentiment is still the same, and i think it says something for the (what i think is an) innate human longing to express...everything. life. self. perceptions. especially for those of us who are writers, there's always a struggle to choose words that represent entire galaxies of shades of meaning beyond the few trite lines in the OED.

February 19, 2009 at 6:37 PM

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