Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Words


Big Frank is once again thinking about the longevity and the inadequacy of words. Here's one that you all know from Emily Dickinson. The thrust of it is that while some may think that when a word is said that it is over, yet the intention of that never ends.

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

---Emily Dickinson

Then here's Big Frank on a slight complication introduced into the mix: where's the intention coming from?

Thoughts expressed:
Words that span
Alike worlds of
Heart to heart,
Mind to mind.
But mind to heart
Or heart to mind
Requires an art
Much less refined.

---- Big Frank Dickinson

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