“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.”
-William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (1865-1939)
Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Rhetoric and poetry
In thought for today on August 15, 2011 at 00:04The Dictionary As Poetry
In thought for today on October 2, 2010 at 00:48
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When I feel inclined to read poetry, I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by the attrition of ages. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., writer and physician (1809-1894)
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A STUPID QUESTION
In poetry, Thought on August 11, 2010 at 20:21
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A STUPID QUESTION
All the good questions have been asked.
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Are you my pork chop?
What’s a guy gotta do to get a drink around here?
I’ve been dreaming about my brother,
who lived on Crete. I dragged him out of the surf,
dead drunk, 150-pound carp, but hairier
& muttering every pariah’s secret,
"I’m a creep. I’m a creep."
Do dreams begin responsibilities?
Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques, dormez vous?
A squalid rented room,
the furniture shrouded in wax paper.
Who’s to blame? A stupid question.
Brother Jon, Jon, my brother, are you sleeping?
On Poetry Again
In thought for today on August 10, 2010 at 00:54Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it. -Diane Wakoski, poet (b. 1937)
On Poetry
In poetry, thought for today on August 7, 2010 at 00:54Poetry, indeed, cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation. But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written, we learn the language. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)
Just a little
In poetry, Thought on July 1, 2010 at 00:11
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Care a little,
Talk a little,
Walk a little,
Enjoy a little,
even sulk a little!
A little joy,
A little happiness,
A little peace,
A little lie,
Slow it may be,
Slow it may appear,
May take a little more time,
But little things count,
and so do little people!
Little can be big!
Just a little bit of loving,
A little bit of liking,
A little bit of everything and you’ll soon forget about belittling little!
- Linus Fernandes
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Have a great day!
The World Will Not Wait
In poetry, Thought on June 28, 2010 at 15:47The world will not wait,
however much you wish,
however much you hope,
however much you try,
however much you cry.
Just as day turns into night and night into day,
the circle of life churns on,
mocking the futility of counting time.
Time can never be kept, just as time cannot keep you,
it’s just grasping sand, and it slowly, surely oozes away.
And so it is , just as time is never enough,
The world is not enough!
- Linus Fernandes
Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM)
