poemranker ::#16 by mikejedw

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#16

by mikejedw

Member since 2002 · Posted 26 Sep 2002 · Edited 26 Sep 2002 · 9 comments

Would today's new chill, its drizzle and graying light, be here if I weren't?

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9 comments

[8] Nicholas Jones 26-Sep-02/6:41 AM Reply
Hmm, the old if a tree falls in a forest does it make a noise conumdrum. The answer in this case is yes. This is an ironic deconstruction of the solipsism caused by the atomisation of society as a result of neo-liberal free market economics. Or possibly just a beautiful peace of whimsy.
[n/a] deleted user › Nicholas Jones 27-Sep-02/6:31 AM Reply
you really have to end a comment like this with something absurd or the idiocy of it seems almost serious.
[8] Nicholas Jones › Nicholas Jones 29-Sep-02/4:23 AM Reply
The point is, it's pretty selfish to assume the world wouldn't exist without you. I took the poem to be an ironic assertion of this fact. I also think it is pretty whimsical, somehow, which I think is often a good thing in poetry.
[4] <~> 26-Sep-02/8:03 AM Reply
yep.
[8] INTRANSIT 26-Sep-02/9:41 AM Reply
I like it? What the hell did NJ say? OH, I got it.
[1] Tintagiles 3-Oct-02/10:45 AM Reply
This question has been asked for centuires, and formulated much better than you do.
[4] Dark Angle 5-Oct-02/1:42 AM Reply
again, i cant relate, maybe if you wrote more about porn or stars, or porn stars!
[6] GregDeEgg 23-Jan-03/4:10 PM Reply
An interesting image. A contemporary drowsy take on an age old question. The pessimistic wording is what intrigues me the most, as the question is rather cliche.
[10] Robert K Foster 10-Jun-03/9:49 AM Reply
Yes it would.
perhaps. a very zen-like poem. excellent job! 10 atrs