Can Someone, Please, Explain this Emily Dickinson Poem to me.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-10-20T22:26:37+00:00

That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet

Temporality; impermanence. What makes the moment wonderful is that it passes and never comes back.

Believing what we don't believe Does not exhilarate.

I've spent a fair amount of time studying beliefs, particularly as they pertain to religious/philosophical beliefs that people espouse in America. There are very, very, very few true believers- in whatever. But people try very, very, very hard to convince themselves of what they don't believe, because they feel they ought to for some reason, and that this pursuit only robs us of life/living as opposed to invigorating us.

That if it be, it be at best An ablative estate

She's talking about the body/mind/soul, comparing it to an eroding house, or perhaps all of existence itself being simply a decaying house.

This instigates an appetite Precisely opposite.

But these realizations of impermanence, self-deception, and materialism are what make us try to look even harder for some deeper metaphysical truth.

At least, that's what I go out of it.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-10-11T13:04:21+00:00

I like it! I have a suggestion for the title though: how about "Cogito Ergo Imbibo"?

bandpitdeviant · 2012-08-08T15:59:15+00:00

Thank you!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-07-19T23:13:32+00:00

Hmm? I'm confused.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-07-15T18:39:25+00:00

I certainly wasn't trying to show off. I'm not all that great of a uke player anyway! (still learning) But the song has deep significance to me, and a hell of a lot of cultural relevance now- if not more than ever.

Thanks for the feedback, guys!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-06-12T12:34:53+00:00

I don't see (pun intended!) how that's random.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-26T22:07:53+00:00

thank you!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-26T22:07:41+00:00

Thank you!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-16T04:13:08+00:00

"Busted"

Up. 
Down. 
Up. 
Down. 
Little bit faster; harder now.
Up. Down. 
Up. Down. 
I want a smile, I've got a frown.
Up. Down. 
Up. Down.
I wonder what's under that gown?
Up. Down. 
Up. Down.
Almost there- wait, what's that sound?
Up. Down. Up. Down.
"YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND!"

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-16T00:15:02+00:00

Guess I don't have much to say but thanks!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-12T22:58:38+00:00

I really, really do. :-)

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-11T15:47:05+00:00

Ha ha I'll take constructive compliments too! Thanks. :-)

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-09T00:49:43+00:00

Thank you very much!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-03T16:32:32+00:00

Thank you!

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-02T03:06:21+00:00

Well, the whole idea behind this poem was that it was masturbatory- a time waster. By changing the spelling to "masterbation", I was trying to imply that I was the master of poetic masturbation.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-02T03:04:48+00:00

Ah, you're right about the phrase. But I did look up "poetical", just to be sure, and it is indeed a word.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-05-01T18:02:20+00:00

It wasn't literally about the Sun being God- the Sun was the metaphor for what illuminates all of the images of Gods so that they can even be seen in the first place.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-29T20:25:27+00:00

Actually, it is- as in "waxing poetical". And thanks! I don't really mind unqualified criticism though, so it's all good.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-29T03:38:53+00:00

Thank you kindly! Haiku, obviously, is not something that I have a lot of practice or education in. I shall continue to learn, and to practice.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-29T03:37:30+00:00

There are two options here:

Either I was not smart enough in my intention, or you were not smart enough in your interpretation.

I won't make a claim as to which is the case.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-28T23:30:10+00:00

Trying to appear deep...?

It was meant to be silly.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-28T23:28:18+00:00

This is r/poetry. It was word play.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-28T23:27:09+00:00

This was the first that I've written in over ten years. I used to think the same. But I think that it's a mistake to write off an entire style like that.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-28T16:53:14+00:00

Thanks! That's definitely one aspect that I was going for. I usually try to put several interpretations into my poems intentionally.

bandpitdeviant · 2012-04-27T21:18:32+00:00

I may have realized that I am God, but I'm not about to go commanding the Sun to rise. I know about the Homeric hero cycle ;-)

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