[New-Poetry] Aphorisms
TheOldMole
Opus40-01 at opus40.org
Sun Nov 16 18:20:07 EST 2008
Anny -- is there a way you could make the Autumn anthology easier to find?
Anny Ballardini wrote:
> Bravo! Beautiful poems, thanks to all,
> Anny
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:25 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org
> <mailto:Opus40-01 at opus40.org>> wrote:
>
> Or Mark Strand.
>
> 1 If a man understands a poem,
> he shall have troubles.
>
> 2 If a man lives with a poem,
> he shall die lonely.
>
> 3 If a man lives with two poems,
> he shall be unfaithful to one.
>
> 4 If a man conceives of a poem,
> he shall have one less child.
>
> 5 If a man conceives of two poems,
> he shall have two children less.
>
> 6 If a man wears a crown on his head as he writes,
> he shall be found out.
>
> 7 If a man wears no crown on his head as he writes,
> he shall deceive no one but himself.
>
> 8 If a man gets angry at a poem,
> he shall be scorned by men.
>
> 9 If a man continues to be angry at a poem,
> he shall be scorned by women.
>
> 10 If a man publicly denounces poetry,
> his shoes will fill with urine.
>
> 11 If a man gives up poetry for power,
> he shall have lots of power.
>
> 12 If a man brags about his poems,
> he shall be loved by fools.
>
> 13 If a man brags about his poems and loves fools,
> he shall write no more.
>
> 14 If a man craves attention because of his poems,
> he shall be like a jackass in moonlight.
>
> 15 If a man writes a poem and praises the poem of a fellow,
> he shall have a beautiful mistress.
>
> 16 If a man writes a poem and praises the poem of a fellow overly,
> he shall drive his mistress away.
>
> 17 If a man claims the poem of another,
> his heart shall double in size.
>
> 18 If a man lets his poems go naked,
> he shall fear death.
>
> 19 If a man fears death,
> he shall be saved by his poems.
>
> 20 If a man does not fear death,
> he may or may not be saved by his poems.
>
> 21 If a man finishes a poem,
> he shall bathe in the blank wake of his passion
>
>
>
> and be kissed by white paper.
>
>
>
> Halvard Johnson wrote:
>
> And let's not forget Harry Mathews:
>
> "When the omelet's away,
> The eggs will play"
> --French proverb
>
> You can't make an omelet with good intentions:
> Too many cooks are better than no bread.
> One man's meat, as good as a mile,
> Once burned, spoils the broth.
> Too many cooks are worth two in the bush--
> You can't make an omelet on the other side of the fence.
> Half a loaf is better than two in the bush--
> Half a loaf in a storm!
> It's an ill wind that spoils the broth.
> You can't make an omelet--but few are chosen:
> A fool and his money are better than no bread.
> One man's meat gets the worm--
> Look before you spoil the broth!
> Too many cooks take the hindmost.
> (One man's meat is greener on the other side of the fence. . . .
> Half a loaf is better than no silver lining.
> Half a loaf is better without breaking eggs:
> Man proposes, and spoils the broth.
>
> You can't make an omelet, and God disposes.
> One man's meat is better than no bread.
> One man's meat is worth two in the bush.
> (Sticks and stones spoil the broth.)
> Too many cooks, twice shy.
> Half a loaf is better than the other side of the fence.
> Half a loaf is as good as a mile.
> Half a loaf has its day.
> Many are called, but spoil the broth.
>
> --Harry Mathews
>
> fr. /Selected Declarations of Dependence/
>
> [Calais, Vermont: Z Press, 1977; repr.
> Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1996]
>
>
> Hal
>
>
> "Everything should be made as simple as possible,
> but not simpler."
> --Albert Einstein
>
> Halvard Johnson
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>
> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
> <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ehalvard/vidalocabooks.html>
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