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There Are No Words by ~Alias101:iconAlias101:

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There Are No Words

There are no words
My friend, there never were. Their soft
Absences caught you, us, at hot randoms
Uncertain what followed.

But still out here, burrowed
In plain view, are the scrawls of life
Not adding up, and adding up to life.
There are no words,

My friend you never were
Mapped by inks that drew kingdoms,
But perhaps in the dust thrown aloft
By the winding wind

I’ll stand here
Shorter by design, hot, absent, and
Riddled with rhyme, and in my hand
Some words I might find.
©2004-2009 ~Alias101
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~rose-tree Dec 9, 2004, 8:56:50 AM
Find a copy of Mandelshtam's 'Silentium' in English and look at the last line

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catch the smell of rain
:iconalias101:
~Alias101 Dec 12, 2004, 10:06:55 AM
I have tried and failed to find one. Perhaps you could explain?

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You could say thanks, or spread news of my undeniable greatness

Ceci n'est pas une autographe...
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~sanpako Dec 13, 2004, 4:25:00 PM
[link]).htm I found one but I don't know the reference...

I LOVE the last stanza of this. it's powerful. I love the expression "riddled" with rhyme, it seems to allude to words (like a riddle) and also to being infested like rhymyness is a disease you just can't get rid of.

very cool.

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say something worthwhile.
:iconalias101:
~Alias101 Dec 14, 2004, 3:16:52 PM
Thanks - and thanks for the link. I like the idea of words being 'fused to what exists,' it's something i've looked at in English Language - various theories about whether words have some kind of innate connection to the thing they label or describe, and how far language is a representation of the world at a deeper level than simple tags to identify things.

(My personal favourite, if this doesn't seem too arrogant to be quoting myself, is 'In plain view are the scrawls of life / not adding up, and adding up to life. It's the absolute core of this.)

I just sent this off to a university as part of an application portfolio, by the way. Wise choice, d'you think?

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You could say thanks, or spread news of my undeniable greatness

Ceci n'est pas une autographe...
:iconsanpako:
~sanpako Dec 14, 2004, 4:00:56 PM
I really do. you needed an application portfolio for a university for english?

crazy.. I've never heard of that. usually only graduating portfolios.

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say something worthwhile.
:iconalias101:
~Alias101 Dec 15, 2004, 4:49:28 AM
It's for a Lit/Creative Writing course, so I have to send off some creative stuff. But also critical essays for Oxford or Cambridge.

--
You could say thanks, or spread news of my undeniable greatness

Ceci n'est pas une autographe...
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~GlitterFrogs Dec 19, 2004, 10:05:01 AM
yes there are. they're right there.
:iconalias101:
~Alias101 Dec 19, 2004, 10:06:53 AM
No there aren't. *furtive glances*

They're BEHIIIND YOU!

--
You could say thanks, or spread news of my undeniable greatness

Ceci n'est pas une autographe...
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