September 22, 2017
Define Poetry:
Pablo Neruda and Archibald Macleish
Poetry
by Pablo Neruda defines poetry as a journey to consciousness. “Poetry arrived
in search of me,” Neruda is describing the moment his mind opened to something
profound and used diction such as “summed” to convey his mystical awakening
into higher thought. “My eyes were blind,” Neruda is letting the reader know
poetry is not bound to tactile senses, “…something started in me,” can be seen
as a new spiritual sense being activated within him. “There I was without a
face,” voyaging further into poetries mysticism Neruda reveals the ego/identity
of himself being removed and the emptiness presenting fresh vision, a rebirth
of neurological wiring. Further diction such as “deciphering that fire” conveys
the practice of such new found perception fuller and connected to nature’s
quiet cornucopia, a renaissance of cosmic ongoings. After much perception
opening Neruda softly loosens his thoughts onto page showcasing his process of
becoming wise “suddenly I saw the heavens unfastened and open.” Neruda
correlating ethereal expansion within self to poetry creates the imagery of
poetry being telestic, celestial and tactile senses working in collaboration.
Ars
Poetica by Archibald Macleish creates the same imagery of
poetry being soft and closer to nature than, for example, technology,
superficial personas. Poetry is designed to shed falseness of identity and open
a person up to a realm of organic sovereignty–beautiful a person is because the
whole universe conspired to seed their unique breed. In this quote, “A poem
should be motionless in time/as the moon climbs,” Macleish describes poetry as
mindful. In order to witness the moon’s rise and fall a person must have
presence, stillness. Therefore, poetry isn’t an attainment or sought out
ambition. It is closer to a Native American quietly observing a tree while
seated facing its timelessness than a prestigious scholar’s pounding desire.
Poetry is a calm connection to movement of nature not existing for time but is I Am that I Am, open, ever-changing,
mysterious, spontaneous growth without dictation. “A poem should be equal: not
true,” Macleish makes it clear poetry is not fundamental, fixed such as other
writings are presented with rules and formats. It is practical, organized yet
loose, flexible and wise.
Both Neruda and Macleish express poetry
as wholehearted in its ability to seep mindfulness. “A poem should not mean but
be” by Macleish and “My heart broke loose on the wind” by Neruda both
communicate poetry as fluid, honoring nature’s loyalty to peace. They provide
the imagery of a poet receiving a glimpse behind the curtain between human and
nature. Looking through a person witnesses the spaciousness of consciousness. Poetry
showcases the invisible alteration of perception, the neurological expansion,
bio-chemical adjustment, subtle or angry, something has shifted and a poem
captures the process of that opening.
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