Words
and
Meaning
are not synonomous
Words
are
simply
sounds
placed
together
consonants and vowels
making love
falling over each other
until they
c
o
l
lapse
exhausted into their post-coitial places
Meaning
is
something
d
e
e
p
e
r
almost
intangible
unreal
what we are left with
when the words have
f
a
d
e
d
a
w
a
y
and the memory
is nothing more
than a feeling you
almost
had
once
Author notes
This is very much what poetry means to me. It is an important way to express myself, but also a communion of words.
Written April 21st, 2005
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Saraphina,
I enjoyed this piece. Thank you for entering it into the contest. I particularly enjoyed the structure and the image of "consonants and vowels making love". Very well done.
Doc -
Beautiful
Beautiful structure. I agree pretty much completely with what you’re saying here. This is a brilliantly imagined piece. The tone, pace and choice of words all work well together. -
Fun! That poem was so much fun. ^-^ You get my last applause.
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This piece is excellent. Congrats on winning! I love the style, and you actually put some time into the format as well. Not only that, but the subject is wonderful as well. Nicely done!
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what's syntactical rhythm?
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Very good style..
I always adored these types of poetry but i seem to suck at them... I have read poetries by ee. cummings but i can't come up with any idea.. Nice poem!
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forgive me, but I dropped a book by wittgenstein while reading eco yesterday, so i have to say "prove it". but that's more along the lines of a joke. not generally fond of trailing letters, but they are easy to read here, so no objection, and you did select the appropriate terms. Pretty sure I don't actually agree with this, but then few people buy into my perception of language... but are words the purely physical manifestations, when we lose the words to express does the meaning still remain?
Thought provoking, smooth reading. Nicely done.
Brian -
Awesome use of spacing- I wish more poets would do this to convery mood and emotion. Very true, you make the distinction clearly and by using understandable metaphors and similes. Really great job- good luck in the contest!
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Great job! I love how you used the words to make a picture of their meaning ... good job indeed!
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I enjoyed this, and I agree with it. Great job. Very inventive.
Best of luck to you in the contest.
Love and Blessings, Ashlee
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I must say I like this one very much. I love the style and the use of 'different' positions of letters.
And the meaning. Well, all in all, a great write.
Especially I like the use of word 'colapse'.
Thanks for entering and thanks for all your comments!
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