Mnemonics
I write to remember
things needed from the grocery,
plans for the disposition of time,
what about experience matters
to the mind, remembering.
I write to remember
in the language of lips and ears
what pictures speak in the language of eyes.
I write to frame and film with words
scenes from the theater of imagination.
I write so that stark symbols
scratched across a scrap of paper
or tapped across a screen
can vivify the patterns
particles and waves make
falling and bouncing inside
the bone-bound hall
of my being and recollection.
I write to make visible my small
assertions against impermanence.
But, mostly, I write to remember
all that I choose to remember.
things needed from the grocery,
plans for the disposition of time,
what about experience matters
to the mind, remembering.
I write to remember
in the language of lips and ears
what pictures speak in the language of eyes.
I write to frame and film with words
scenes from the theater of imagination.
I write so that stark symbols
scratched across a scrap of paper
or tapped across a screen
can vivify the patterns
particles and waves make
falling and bouncing inside
the bone-bound hall
of my being and recollection.
I write to make visible my small
assertions against impermanence.
But, mostly, I write to remember
all that I choose to remember.
i love the second to last line here. i just read this aloud to someone and the whole thing had a great sound to it, but that second to last line really got me. thanks!
i love the second to last line here. i just read this aloud to someone and the whole thing had a great sound to it, but that second to last line really got me. thanks!
oh, oh, "falling and bouncing inside the bone-bound hall
of my being."
You, my friend, have just described consciousness. This is one of your best, ever.
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Thought provoking. I write because I can't stop. I can't even take a vacation. *
"can vivify the patterns
particles and waves make
falling and bouncing inside
the bone-bound hall
of my being and recollection." Great power and understatement within.*
I love the last four lines. *
Absolutely. The echo in this piece carries a punch. Effective. Good writing. *
This resonates. *
Thank you all very much.
love all of that and its reflective and honest mood.
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Well made.
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The ending. Yes. Nice.
Great stuff as usual Gary.
"I write so that stark symbols
scratched across a scrap of paper
or tapped across a screen
can vivify the patterns
particles and waves make
falling and bouncing inside
the bone-bound hall
of my being and recollection."
Says it all.*
I want the same. Well written and said.
Thank you, Paul.