Summary: Tonight's poem has to be posted as a graphic, because of non-roman characters, but it is about language and its impact on meaning.
Poem of the Day, April 15: "Language Is a Fence"
BLOT: (15 Apr 2016 - 09:56:22 PM)
Poem of the Day, April 15: "Language Is a Fence"
Inspired by a) a conversation about understanding others, b) making fun of Ezra Pound's "Cantos", and c) an actual fence, this poem harkens back to a theme I've talked about before: that language forces us to approximate ourselves, but only in approximation can we communicate. Written in 10 minutes, like the others, this one required me to do some very rapid Google translating, and enlist the help of one friend, as well as remember every little bit of other languages I could drudge up. Note, posted as a picture because the non-roman characters would require me to unicode them, and I am in a rush to get this posted before midnight.
OTHER BLOTS THIS MONTH: April 2016
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