Encapsulates both?
In Latinate languages, the verb form encapsulates the actor. So veni vedi veci is “I came….” Where does your conversation encapsulate you both?
:- Doug.
Archive for the 'Conversations' Category
Not a place we go
Not a place we go
Not a thing we are
Not a state we attain
Not a noun
Not a verb
Not an adjective
Weaving, woven, raveled
:- Doug.
Can’t catch me
Conversation eludes us
Plays and hides
Na na na na, na na
Can’t catch me
Revels in finally being found
:- Doug.
Devouring so-blue sky
What beauty in that so-blue sky
from richness on it goes to richness
I lose my way devouring
:- Doug.
Work out think
In conversation we try to work out what we think and maybe even what we mean.
:- Doug.
Deciding our world
Let us decide in what world we want to live. We do this in conversation, in meeting. We will not get it, not all of it, but what we get will wonder us.
:- Doug.
Credo: aliases
Credo
I give my heart to
searching for aliases
for God
for conversation
for me
:- Doug.
Recognizing it, greater
Becoming one with another
Is a work exceptional
Recognizing it, greater
:- Doug.
Malted vinegar
I cannot have a conversation replete of rhythms and retracings, forward movements and invention, of complexity and echoes and integrity. Maybe you can. But we can all have a conversation with one particular person. Attend foibles, wounds, and a specific crinkle and humor. All the other is salt, pepper, and malted vinegar.
:- Doug.
Argue with your metaphors
To learn conversation, read metaphorically. Then argue with your metaphors.
:- Doug.
Randomly nose
Conversation frees persons to randomly nose around their every dynamic opening.
:- Doug.
Thankful, last week
Let’s shorten the reach of the usual Thanksgiving question. Ask instead, What are you thankful for, from last week?
:- Doug.
