The restlessness of not finding the precise
words for expressing that feeling that creeps up on your guts as the
desperation of the man who is underwater struggling for a gasp for breath. The
inability to convey a corporeal existence to a wide range of inner and outer experiences
due to a rather limited set of words. Doubts, misunderstandings, anger,
forgiveness, all feelings bound to our capacity of making ourselves understood.
The leaf that
falls down
The words
that will not come out
The world
passes by.
Even though it’s true that every so often we
run out of words, some other times we are seized by an unstoppable flood of
words that need to find their way out of our bodies –at least it happens to me-
and it is then when we have to let our hand be guided through the sheet of
paper whichever be the result. And every now and then I wonder what my
relationship with them is, are they mine? What words define me? Do English
words belong to me? To us? What about Spanish words?
Sensations
nab us
Our hearts
start weeping out loud
I hear you
no more.
Words are at our service; they can’t limit us,
or at least they shouldn’t. We produce them and forget them.
The above short poems are called haiku. Haikus are originally from Japan. A characteristic is that they use a very simple grammar and they should have 5 sound units in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the last one. In Japanese, most of the times, if not always, they have a word that refers to the seasons, in English it’s been changed. I challenge you to write one as a comment in which you express how words make you feel. If you cannot think of one, just share a word you like because of its sound or because of its meaning.
Not easy to say
ResponderEliminarit is better to write down
what you feel inside
Lucky you that find yourself seized by words!! You've made reference to an issue that has been worriyng me all this time: I don't know what writing in Spanish is... I fear my writing skill is Spanish is declining while I busy myself trying hard to improve it in English... I think I¡ll start Lengua y Literatura next year... well anyway there is a phrase in Spanish that I love: "pequeños grandes placeres" it makes reference to how we simple everyday things can make us the happiest people in the world!!!
ResponderEliminarThey slid down the tongue
ResponderEliminarplay tricks on my restless mind
mischievous whims they are
Words are fascinating. It's incredible how many meanings and connotations can be attributed to a single word!
A well known phrase that I love is "Don't worry, be happy". Everytime I have troubles I remember this phrase and I start feeling better.
ResponderEliminarSpoken words nested your ears
ResponderEliminarTrying to define who am I.
But what about those you couldn’t hear?