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Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy, Poem Prompt via dVersepoets

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“And The Idea Is…” : Original philosophical poetry, linked in response to dVersepoets.com site’s prompt post, “Poetics: Poetry and Philosophy.”

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and the idea is… : original philosophical poetry

a “journey of thought”

subtitle inspired by comment from susie clevenger

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if the words endure, they do so because they link the links –

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The Prompt, “Poetics: Poetry & Philosophy,” from dVersepoets

charles miller, the host for this particular prompt at dversepoets, writes, in my view, a super interesting essay-intro into the how and why of poetry and philosophy

included, are these two tidbits,

“Since Plato, poets have used philosophy for both inspiration as well as a greater and deeper awareness of reality. From  Lucretius (Democritus) and Dante (Aquinas) to Borges (Schopenhauer), Stevens (Bergson), and Eliot (Hegel), poets have sought and found inspiration in the rational explanation of reality provided by philosophy.”

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“Poets express the reality of the world in its emotional grip of the soul; thought in the form of an ecstatic awareness of ourselves in the world, so to speak.”

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so i in turn wrote the rambler fun poem below 😉

and feel i’ve paraphrased the last sentence into, “thought in the form of an ecstatic awareness of ourselves within ourselves within ‘a’ world, and so must speak….”

couldn’t have said it without charles’ essay prompt!

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And The Idea Is…

a priori

of course

is the route that

begins

yet ends

with questions

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did i not exist before i believed

i thought i heard a sound

within my heart?

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i am i said and thought

i felt i’d said

with

conviction

my marriage

of

my tested thought

and

survivor’s sentiment

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i am

therefore

i am

i repeated

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will life have lifted me from clay and dirt

and recycled litter, merely to place me

back on the heap to be another’s

treasure, myself now junk

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do we raise a consciousness in ourselves and thus

all others

and thus all things

and then back into the universe

the expanding big bang cosmos coming

out to play among the dark with self made stars

and spirals that smile when called by their maiden

name, galaxy…

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just to one day unseen it’s too far we’re too small

re-contract into the primal black hole of a new

unscheduled big bang breathe

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are we but a breathe in time’s wheezy ways

of wishing walls were wet with tiny

spring time buds that birds

in bands break into the

seeds we think are

thoughts

but feel

are more…

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do we really stop

when we are

buried

or

merely wake to choose

again

if to join the dance of tag

called

a priori…

© 2012 adam light creations / adan lerma

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