Identity and Imagination
Identity and imagination, two faculties engaged in being,
Defined in conflict and shattered in sickness,
The first securing your bearings in the swell of life's being
The latter your navigation in the past and future of seeming
Where you plan your existence and futurity
Making your life irresponsible or a road to maturity;
Both necessary to poise of stability
And reaches deep to the bedrock of stability.
>>> “IDENTITY UNCOVERED” <<< (Ha-ha....! ! !)
You can’t run and hide any more…..,
We’ve got our crosshairs on you….,
Thought you were slick….,
But we’ve foiled your clever trick…..,
Now listen to the clock tick….,
Cause your time is running out….,
And you’re more nervous every minute….,
Because you put your foot in it….,
Now at the precise moment……,
You will be revealed…..,
And everyone will discover…..,
The identity you’ve concealed…….! ! !
…..Trade Martin,2006.
Identity by A. R. Ammons
1) An individual spider web
identifies a species:
an order of instinct prevails
through all accidents of circumstance,
though possibility is
high along the peripheries of
spider
webs:
you can go all
around the fringing attachments
and find
disorder ripe,
entropy rich, high levels of random,
numerous occasions of accident:
2) the possible settings
of a web are infinite:
how does
the spider keep
identity
while creating the web
in a particular place?
how and to what extent
and by what modes of chemistry
and control?
it is
wonderful
how things work: I will tell you
about it
because
it is interesting
and because whatever is
moves in weeds
and stars and spider webs
and known
is loved:
in that love,
each of us knowing it,
I love you,
for it moves within and beyond us,
sizzles in
to winter grasses, darts and hangs with bumblebees
by summer windowsills:
I will show you
the underlying that takes no image to itself,
cannot be shown or said,
but weaves in and out of moons and bladderweeds,
is all and
beyond destruction
because created fully in no
particular form:
if the web were perfectly pre-set,
the spider could
never find
a perfect place to set it in: and
if the web were
perfectly adaptable,
if freedom and possibility were without limit,
the web would
lose its special identity:
the row-strung garden web
keeps order at the center
where space is freest (intersecting that the freest
"medium" should
accept the firmest order)
and that
order
diminishes toward the
periphery
allowing at the points of contact
entropy equal to entropy.
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(Are these three poems? I’m commenting on the one with ellipses…)
ReplyDeleteI know a lot of people are one thing but put on a façade as if they are someone else. To me, this poem is about when your lies catch up to you and the anxiety one would feel before being revealed. The ellipses and reference to a ticking clock lead up to the grand revelation. This specific poem brings up the sham of a false identity, and I think a false identity isn’t even a real identity.
ummmmmmmm ya, im lost but the middle section was very intresting. it reminds me of an undercover agent whose been apprehended by the enemy and is about to be exposed. it goes to show us that our identity can not only be stolen but also used against us
ReplyDeleteI feel the same as Chevar, I too saw the second poem...I think...to be like a secret agent who has been discovered and is about to get his cover blown (o snap). I like how the author uses the word crosshairs because it adds the feeling that he's going to be snipped, but not literally, its more like he's being closely watched and he's going to be "exposed"...or something...
ReplyDelete*Plays Mission Impossible Music* --Rollls on floor NINJA style---
ReplyDeletewell, this poem is obviously about a ninja. They wear ski masks so no one figures them out. (im not really sure how many poems there were...but yeah) I liked the ellipses..they made me feel sneaky and mysterious. Yes they did.
I like the poem about the spider and how a spider makes its web truly unique. I think its very interesting poem that takes into account the location of the web and the spider web itself. I think the poem has a very interesting tone and it is nice how this metaphor about the spider and its identity can be transfered to the human experience of identity and individuality.
ReplyDeletei see what gaston meant in this poem. the spider metaphor was an excellent one. it portrayed the authors thoughts excellently in a very nice and neat metaphor, also it was very original.
ReplyDeleteTo me, "Identity And Imagination" is providing us with a very important message. It is telling us that we must be true to ourselves because eventually you will be exposed and you may lose yourself in the process.
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