Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Good mystic poetry is great, it really can fire up the base, and bring seekers to the search. It gives a taste of the blessed state, but a mystic poet can overdo it. Mystic poetry can't be mass produced and become our daily bread. Take a clue from the great. Their poem were generally short, and their compiled works only a thin volume or two. Verbosity is the assassin of art. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: > > Good mystic poetry is great, > it really can fire up the base, > and bring seekers to the search. > It gives a taste of the blessed state, > but a mystic poet can overdo it. > > Mystic poetry can't be mass produced > and become our daily bread. Take a > clue from the great. Their poem were > generally short, and their compiled works > only a thin volume or two. Verbosity is > the assassin of art. > > Pete > Ever see " Leaves of Grass " or the complete works of Rainer Maria Rilke or Rumi? Generalizations about the ineffable are nonsense. toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 On 5/11/06, Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: > Good mystic poetry is great, > it really can fire up the base, > and bring seekers to the search. > It gives a taste of the blessed state, > but a mystic poet can overdo it. > > Mystic poetry can't be mass produced > and become our daily bread. Take a > clue from the great. Their poem were > generally short, and their compiled works > only a thin volume or two. Verbosity is > the assassin of art. > > Pete > I generally agree. Lao Tzu would be a supporting example. A counter-example, though, seems to be Rumi. I believe his oeuvre is really quite large. And his poems aren't particularly brief, either. To write a mystical poem just to be writing one is certainly out-of-atunement. A really good mystical poem is one that taps the poet on the shoulder and says, " Get a pencil! " In this sense real mystical poety can never be a *craft*. It is not something one *does*. It is something *passing through*... and the priviledge of the poet is simply that of the first hand witness. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nisargadatta , " Bill Rishel " <illusyn wrote: > > On 5/11/06, Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: > > Good mystic poetry is great, > > it really can fire up the base, > > and bring seekers to the search. > > It gives a taste of the blessed state, > > but a mystic poet can overdo it. > > > > Mystic poetry can't be mass produced > > and become our daily bread. Take a > > clue from the great. Their poem were > > generally short, and their compiled works > > only a thin volume or two. Verbosity is > > the assassin of art. > > > > Pete > > > > I generally agree. > Lao Tzu would be a supporting example. > > A counter-example, though, seems to be Rumi. > I believe his oeuvre is really quite large. > And his poems aren't particularly brief, either. > > To write a mystical poem just to be writing one > is certainly out-of-atunement. > > A really good mystical poem is one that taps > the poet on the shoulder and says, " Get a pencil! " > > In this sense real mystical poety can never be a > *craft*. > > It is not something one *does*. > It is something *passing through*... and the > priviledge of the poet is simply that of the > first hand witness. > > > Bill > The one who reads.........is the one who writes. toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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