11-23-2015, 01:37 PM
Metaphor is in the mind of the beholder.
That they inspire a reader to expand them into her/his world is hit and miss.
It depends on how they were feeling when they read it, what had happen to them the
very day they read it, how creative a reader they are, what they daydream, what
they wish or hope, how the narrative of their life has unfolded -- their flower?
I realize I can't begin to predict what thoughts, emotions a poem will arouse in others;
but I do think, by now, that I can recognize a poem that will do it well.
This is a poem fully capable of these powers; it functions on a grand scale.
Does a writer have to consciously create on this scale? No, they're subconscious
(what some call a muse) writes the poem and has access to a world their conscious
mind is oblivious to.
Farmers force -- aren't we all farmers?, does our society work against nature?, do we
loose our virginity?, did someone harm you?, was it rape?, or did you break yourself?
And from such simple words...
That they inspire a reader to expand them into her/his world is hit and miss.
It depends on how they were feeling when they read it, what had happen to them the
very day they read it, how creative a reader they are, what they daydream, what
they wish or hope, how the narrative of their life has unfolded -- their flower?
I realize I can't begin to predict what thoughts, emotions a poem will arouse in others;
but I do think, by now, that I can recognize a poem that will do it well.
This is a poem fully capable of these powers; it functions on a grand scale.
Does a writer have to consciously create on this scale? No, they're subconscious
(what some call a muse) writes the poem and has access to a world their conscious
mind is oblivious to.
Farmers force -- aren't we all farmers?, does our society work against nature?, do we
loose our virginity?, did someone harm you?, was it rape?, or did you break yourself?
And from such simple words...
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions