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Resources => Poetry [Public] => Topic started by: nichi on November 14, 2006, 12:50:46 AM

Title: In Broken Images
Post by: nichi on November 14, 2006, 12:50:46 AM
In Broken Images

He is quick, thinking in clear images;
I am slow, thinking in broken images.

He becomes dull, trusting to his clear images;
I become sharp, mistrusting my broken images.

Trusting his images, he assumes their relevance;
Mistrusting my images, I question their relevance.

Assuming their relevance, he assumes the fact;
Questioning their relevance, I question their fact.

When the fact fails him, he questions his senses;
when the fact fails me, I approve my senses.

He continues quick and dull in his clear images;
I continue slow and sharp in my broken images.

He in a new confusion of his understanding;
I in a new understanding of my confusion.


~ Robert Graves ~
Title: Re: In Broken Images
Post by: niamhspark on November 14, 2006, 01:48:56 AM
Which exlempfies the confusion people must have in order to see. I don't think it's easy for anyone to do.