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08-15-2008, 01:36 PM | #1 (permalink) |
infamous nimbus
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orange and brown
I watched as it came out
it was all orange and brown And I can see a little piece of me on the ground I watched as it came out it was all orange and brown you'd never guess if you tried your best if you heard the sound i watched as it came out it was all orange and brown if you want to look down by the brook it might get you down its all orange and brown its all orange and brown Last edited by Jadix; 08-19-2008 at 07:08 PM. |
08-20-2008, 01:00 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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It's open to interpretation. I could take a whack at it, but I know it was probably a stream of consciousness turned into a poem. That doesn't damage the integrity of the piece, it just means that it wasn't over-the-top.
I love pieces like this because they really show how vulnerable the human mind is and how truly banal our thoughts are. Nobody "thinks" of poems; they use their cognitive abilities to pick and choose how to express themselves. But when it comes out so unblemished and unedited, that I think is when the vibrance really shows. I love this poem because there isn't anything to overanalyze or criticize. It's just...there, and you can draw on the writing over and over but you won't find some enduring symbol or metaphor. And that's great, really great, when all the **** is absolved and you can write poetry like it really was YOURS.
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08-20-2008, 04:19 AM | #6 (permalink) |
infamous nimbus
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ya thats kind of the idea. i wanted to make it ambiguous so that whoever tried to interpret it would get their own image of what they thought was orange and brown.
The image or feeling i get when i read it is one of sickness, despair, and shame. |
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