thinking in books

[rowens]

A lot of voices going at once, sometimes. Trying to give a clear expression through a form of writing is the task. But trying not to make clear one of the voices while stifling another. There's a lot of tension in trying to make that balance, and a lot of room for confusion. I think that spiritual warfare should be held up to replace the political wars that waste lives. I'm reading what youre telling me and telling things about myself and that's one level of communication, then poems are another. With the poems though, there's that talking to ourself aspect, though indirectly. But people can somewhat hear those voices, even when masks, talking to each other. I think if more people let others over hear them talking to themselves, things would start making sense socially in new ways. That's what I think about writing poems. And if someone tells me a poem dont work, I usually write another poem considering what they tell me, and let the old ones remain with their oddities. That's simply what I do. But I admit I haven't been writing much new poetry lately, because haven't felt very stable or calm. So I've just been talking. Talking about poetry.