From 61baf210a9d0d4fffcd82751ba3419dd2feb349d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:29:46 -0700 Subject: Revise a few poems in Elegies Also add a .gitignore. How is this so late? --- words-meaning.river | 474 ---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 474 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 words-meaning.river (limited to 'words-meaning.river') diff --git a/words-meaning.river b/words-meaning.river deleted file mode 100644 index 97d8912..0000000 --- a/words-meaning.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,474 +0,0 @@ - -how -astonishing -it -is -that -language -can -almost -mean -/ -and -frightening -that -it -does -not -quite -jack -gilbert -opens -his -poem -the -forgotten -dialect -of -the -heart -in -a -similar -vein -hass's -meditation -at -legunitas -states -a -word -is -elegy -to -what -it -signifies -these -poems -get -to -the -heart -of -language -and -express -the -old -duality -of -thought -by -giving -a -word -to -an -entity -it -is -both -tethered -and -made -meaningful -words -are -the -inevitable -byproduct -of -an -analytic -mind -humans -are -constantly -classifying -and -reclassifying -ideas -objects -animals -people -into -ten -thousand -arbitrary -categories -a -favorite -saying -of -mine -is -that -everything -is -everything -a -tautology -that -i -like -because -it -gets -to -the -core -of -the -human -linguistic -machine -and -because -every -time -i -say -it -people -think -i'm -being -disingenuous -but -what -i -mean -by -everything -is -everything -is -that -there -is -a -continuity -to -existence -that -works -beyond -or -rather -underneath -our -capacity -to -understand -it -through -language -language -by -definition -compartmentalizes -reality -sets -this -bit -apart -from -that -bit -sets -up -boundaries -as -to -what -is -and -is -not -a -stone -a -leaf -a -door -most -of -the -time -i -think -of -language -as -limiting -as -defining -a -thing -as -the -inverse -of -everything -is -not -in -this -way -everything -is -everything -becomes -everything -is -nothing -which -is -another -thing -i -like -to -say -and -something -that -pisses -people -off -to -me -infinity -and -zero -are -the -same -two -ways -of -looking -at -the -same -point -on -the -circle -of -numbers -of -the -universe -whatever -maybe -it -is -because -i -wear -an -analogue -watch -and -so -my -view -of -time -is -cyclical -or -maybe -it -is -some -brain -trauma -i -had -in -vitro -but -whatever -it -is -that's -how -i -see -the -world -because -i'm -working -against -the -limitations -that -language -sets -upon -us -i -think -that's -the -role -of -the -poet -or -of -any -artist -to -take -the -over-expansive -experience -of -existing -and -to -boil -it -down -boil -and -boil -away -until -there -is -the -ultimate -concentrate -at -the -center -that -is -what -the -poem -talks -around -at -etc -but -never -of -because -it -is -ultimately -made -of -language -and -cannot -get -to -it -a -poem -is -getting -as -close -as -possible -to -the -speed -of -light -to -absolute -zero -to -god -while -knowing -that -it -ca -not -get -all -the -way -there -and -never -will -a -poem -is -doing -this -and -coming -back -and -showing -what -happened -as -it -happened -exegesis -is -hard -because -a -really -good -poem -will -be -just -that -it -will -be -the -most -basic -and -best -way -to -say -what -it -is -saying -so -attempts -to -say -the -same -thing -differently -will -fail -a -poem -is -a -kernel -of -existence -it -is -a -description -of -the -kernel -it -is -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81