I found poetry through the sweetness that was Allen Ginsberg, one of those very rare beings who were large enough to be able to include the contradictions contained within the human condition with utter sincerity. The attraction of poetry was based in the realisation that the constraints of prose with its grammar and linear form need not apply to the poet. He was free to bring words to life, to allow them to stand alone or marry, to have abstraction, shape and colour in the way that prose with its need of order could never allow. Although poetry can seem less accessible to some, these words free of constraint allow an instantaneous imagery and can be allowed to change shape quickly. If prose was akin to classical music, in poetry we have jazz. As with prose it is not the words themselves but the imagery that they produce which can open the mind to realisations, which may then find their home, to the heart.
If commissioning a piece of original poetry would be of interest please write with a subject, maybe silence, love, death etc. I will be pleased to, and enjoy offering up some words. Although I would make no formal charge for such a thing, I would request a donation on behalf the arunai orphanage. This orphanage is situated opposite the Ramanashram at the foot of the sacred hill Arunuchala in southern India. When I return to the ashram it is always a privilege to serve this small orphanage. www.arunaikids.com |
