Friday, January 8, 2010

Remedy

“No ideas but in things”
--William Carlos Williams, MD

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Still having trouble digesting
The good doc’s dictum?
Picture yourself eating a Lotus fruit.

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All done? Good. Now imagine all
The things you’ve tasted,
And never thought of again.

4 comments:

  1. An amazing poem, Vassilis. The "Lotus fruit" reference carries me back through Tennyson and all the way to Homer, and the last line makes me think of Williams' plums--the ones I remember are the ones I never tasted, except in print!

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  2. Joe,

    Thanks for the good word and thanks for reminding me of the good doc's plums; I guess the connection was an unconscious one. Having come across that particular poem so many times I know it by heart, it now appeared here under the guise of a Lotus fruit! It's something I would have never thought about had you not mentioned it--very perceptive on your part,as usual.

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  3. I don't know how to put poets' words together to analize or talk about poems dad, but I can trully say that,after reading your poem,my heart started beating faster.I like it.

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  4. Bob aka Efiniki,

    I like the way you put these words together--thanks!

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