I have faith in words. I don't believe there is anything seen or unseen that is inexpressible, and that, many times, saying that there are no words to describe something is merely a cop-out. I think there must be a poem to go with those times, when sometimes a word won't do. Words have much power, in that even when one must use discrete chunks to form a shape, with such power that as poetry has, one may sculpt finer until a recognizable form emerges. And better, the nuance of how it may smell, sound, and even taste. I think words will do — one just has to understand a little that it is possible to do it, to express down to the micron if need be.
Yes, there may be a misunderstanding between what is meant and how one who reads digests it, but I think there is enough common between people anywhere — throughout all time in fact, ever since the first word was spoken — that if one means something well enough, it will be taken in just the right way. It is an art and a science. The architecture of a meaningful idea wrought in sentences is something few of us are born with. And I think many of us settle for good enough. But those who desire to be heard, they will fight with words and love them at the same time, and if they sing sweetly enough, make them dance to their tune.
Brigid
1:26pm monday, 22nd april
Your words really touched me. As a poet I know them to be true.
Brigid