For the reocrd

[ambitious_wench]

For the record:

When I write poetry, I bring my own meaning to the words.
When I read other peoples' poetry, I bring
my own meaning
to the words, and
sometimes
it's different from the meaning
the poet
had in mind
when they wrote the poem.

I feel a certain tragedy
in not being able
to speak
with Robert Frost about
the road less
traveled by
or Wallace Stevens
about a 14th way of looking at blackbirds.

If you feel that same bit of sadness
if you bring your own meanings to my poems
now is your chance to speak with the author
about what the poem means to you.

I hold no copyrights to your interpretation.
please feel free to speak your views
to ask questions of my meanings
and to offer different ways of saying what I mean.

Share what you carry
the spectacles of experience
that helps you make sense
of my free-form ramblings.

Or tell me that it doesn't speak
to you at all,
but be willing
to share poetry
you understand.

Even if it isn't
by your own hand.

Comments

[djfiggy.livejournal.com]

I think this is straightforward.
It means to me that when you use telepathy to write my poetry, you decide to let me use my meaning just so I think it's mine. And sometimes, it's different from the meaning you had in mind when you wrote my poem.
Also, drag increases as speed squared, until you approach the sound barrier.