 Poetry: September 29, 2021 Issue [#11003] |
This week: It's All About Connections! Edited by: Fyn  
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The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. ~~Peter De Vries
Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching. ~~Siddhartha Mukherjee
I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations. ~~Placido Domingo
When the brain is released from the constraints of reality, it can generate any sound, image, or smell in its repertoire, sometimes in complex and "impossible" combinations. ~~Oliver Sacks
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Consider the following word/phrase combinations.
Enchantment/solitude
Collateral beauty
Liquid flame
Fallen flight
Cinnamon harmony
At first glance, the words have little if anything to do with each other. But then, upon further reflection, they, indeed, can. Do. How do they spin around in your mind? What connotations can you bring to them? What might they make you see in your mind's eye? Finding the unusual combinations of words that while normally might not go together, sometimes it is these word combinations that can have a poem simply fall into place.
As writers and poets, we need to seek out those fresh and new connections. Take a concept and twist it to give it an entirely new meaning. We tend to think of the phrase 'collateral damage.' Twisting, manipulating it to collateral beauty gives it an entirely new spin. And that, in and of itself, births a new world of images and ideas. It is in these worlds that the poet can splash through puddles of color, run across a meadow blooming with unique ideas or write a symphony in the colors of green.
This opens us to discovering the poems hiding in a drowned-out yard sale or a discarded origami napkin. It lets us see the moment in a moment too late or the possibilities in taking a step aside from a specific reality. It lets us dance to the silence of an unplayed drum.
Playing with words may lead to new connotations when we use new combinations. These can then lead to fresh metaphors which lead to an enhanced layering to our work. Try not to just write on the surface but to layer your meaning three layers down. Creating symbolism around these combinations lets you play with words on a whole new level.
Scratched spectacles might simply mean scratched glasses, or a canceled event, or a show that isn't perfect. Spilt milk might mean the knocked-over glass. Or the milk of human kindness flooding across a neighborhood. A shattered mirror might be seven years of bad luck, OR someone viewing themselves from a whole new perspective. Digging into and playing with the words we use just might deal you a new hand of poetic expression!
Be bold. Be brave. Be brazen. Be evolutionary!
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care-full asks: What is a ghost writer?
One who writes for someone else. The named one getting the credit, where the gw stays in the background.
🌕 HuntersMoon  says: Hey Fyn... I don't comment often but I found this so true. I'm selfish - I write for me but that doesn't preclude my wanting to improve or provide clarity even if it's for my own consumption  . Thank you for your insights and for finding words for my thoughts.
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