Autopsychography
Fri, 2017-11-17 08:07
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Autopsychography
I read this poem by a Lisbon poet and enjoy it so much I thought I'd put it here.
Autopsychography by Fernando Pessoa
The poet is a faker
Who’s so good at his act
He even fakes the pain
Of pain he feels in fact.
And those who read his words
Will feel in his writing
Neither of the pains he has
But just the one they’re missing.
And so around its track
This thing called the heart winds,
A little clockwork train
To entertain our minds.
yeh, that's good. I'm a faker myself. But I call it fiction.
The more crafted, the more fake, perhaps. There might be mileage in free verse, if authenticity is the thing. But maybe the thing is delightfully crafted stanzas. There ya go: a fake opinion. Nice poem.
Parson Thru
It reminds me of William Wordsworths comment that poetry is, "emmotion recollected in tranquility".
Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.
JoHn