05-14-2011, 02:21 PM
This reminds me of this short poem by Philip Larkin:
This is the first thing
I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.
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Like Billy I enjoyed the concept, but I think it needs fleshing out more. Something this short should work like an aphorism. Something that doesn't have to be clarified but grabs the reader with its wisdom right away.
This is the first thing
I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.
***
Like Billy I enjoyed the concept, but I think it needs fleshing out more. Something this short should work like an aphorism. Something that doesn't have to be clarified but grabs the reader with its wisdom right away.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe