What do you think?
I'm starting to read and make notes about Jane Hirshfield, and I came across these lines in her poem, "Mathematics":
Does a poem enlarge the world,
or only our idea of the world?
I posted some ideas on my blog -- I'd love to read other opinions...
posted by teabird at 10:39 AM
2 Comments:
Poetry enlarges our idea of the world. It reveals a truth that was there all along, that we were not peceptive enough to see on our own. That's why we have that "a-ha" feeling we read a great poem.
But...I am sure if I think about it long enough I could see it the other way too.
It enlarges our idea of the world. The world itself is a fixed size finite in its scope. We have but a miniscule view, poetry enlarges that view so that it's our view/idea of the world that grows. While the world itself stays it same size.
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