poetry reflections
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Creativity and Language
You begin this way:this is your hand,this is your eye,that is a fish, blue and flaton the paper, almostthe shape of an eye.This is your mouth, this is an Oor a moon, whicheveryou like. This is yellow.
Outside the windowis the rain, greenbecause it is summer, and beyond thatthe trees and then the world,which is round […]
SynchroBlog on Utopia: Being Content in the Present
The Bright Fieldby R. S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break throughto illuminate a small fieldfor a while, and gone my wayand forgotten it. But that was the pearlof great price, the one field that hadtreasure in it. I realize nowthat I must give all that I haveto possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to […]
Poetry Reflections - "Spelling" Part 3
“Spelling” Part 3 - Birth
Read the poem - here
And Part 1 and Part 2
Regarding how women can have a voice, Virginia Woolf once said that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” In other words, to write, to have a voice, a woman must […]
Poetry Reflections - "Spelling" Part 3
“Spelling” Part 3 - Birth
Read the poem - here
And Part 1 and Part 2
Regarding how women can have a voice, Virginia Woolf once said that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” In other words, to write, to have a voice, a woman must […]
Poetry Reflections - "Spelling" Part 2
“Spelling” Part 2 - Identity
Read the poem - here
Read Part 1 here
Margaret Atwood’s poem “Spelling” starts
“My daughter plays on the floorwith plastic letters,red, blue & hard yellow,learning how to spellspelling,how to make spells”
The idea of making spells connotes the mystical nature of language. Spells can […]
Poetry Reflections - "Spelling" Part 2
“Spelling” Part 2 - Identity
Read the poem - here
Read Part 1 here
Margaret Atwood’s poem “Spelling” starts
“My daughter plays on the floorwith plastic letters,red, blue & hard yellow,learning how to spellspelling,how to make spells”
The idea of making spells connotes the mystical nature of language. Spells can […]
Poetry Reflections - "Spelling" Part 1
“Spelling” Part 1 - Denial
With this post, I start a series of reflections on some of my favorite poetry. I have always loved poetry and have found that many poems speak into my life spiritually. I’m starting with a three part look at Margaret Atwood’s poem “Spelling.” (I suggest you read the […]
Poetry Reflections - "Spelling" Part 1
“Spelling” Part 1 - Denial
With this post, I start a series of reflections on some of my favorite poetry. I have always loved poetry and have found that many poems speak into my life spiritually. I’m starting with a three part look at Margaret Atwood’s poem “Spelling.” (I suggest you read the […]