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Comment 8 of 8, added on March 15th, 2006 at 7:30 PM.
When you are moving and there is no motive, that movement is Divine!
Rao from United States
Comment 7 of 8, added on January 17th, 2006 at 10:56 AM.
It is bizarre to me that people see this as a sad or negative lyric--it is so freshly zen! As fresh now as when I first read it over two decades ago. This poem so serenely expresses the highly integrated role we each play in the environment/on this plane of existence. That we, in fact, HAVE "place," and a place in this place is so comforting to me. Not in the least bit off-putting or sentimentalized or doldrum-inducing; on the contrary! I read this poem to remember that I, too, have a purpose in moving along in this life, and that my passage is not inconsequential. Very IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE/THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT in message, I think...
Bobbie from United States
Comment 6 of 8, added on December 16th, 2005 at 3:32 AM.
the poet pleads for wholeness and perfection against the usual fragmentation that goes on in life. its such a sad poem and it also has such depth of emotions in it.
pannu
Comment 5 of 8, added on September 10th, 2005 at 9:40 AM.
This poem is no Holocaust. It is beautifully profound because it is a split between the narrorator having massive importance and being nothing at all. It is such an elusive feeling and to be able to portray it through words is amazing.He views his life as inconsequential, but he is also of the greatest consequence because he does what he does, to keep things whole.
jess
Comment 4 of 8, added on May 13th, 2005 at 6:30 AM.
I feel that the author is describing a time in his life where he had to deal with hardships. He is basically saying don't dwell on things, bc it will just get you no where, and if you want to stay a sane individual than don't. Dwelling just tears the human mind aprt, and distorts it in many ways
Trisha
Comment 3 of 8, added on April 25th, 2005 at 12:40 PM.
this is in my english book. its one of my favorites
anonomus from United States
Comment 2 of 8, added on December 14th, 2004 at 11:20 PM.
The meaning in this poem is the absence of poem. The poem can only exist wholly when there is nothing in it - therefore, if this poem was in a field, the air would be sucked into it.
steven skyles from United States
Comment 1 of 8, added on December 4th, 2004 at 8:44 PM.
Damn this poem for existing, for giving sad people a touchstone for loneliness and selfishness. Words matter and our thoughts count- this poem is a Holocaust.
Joshua Gibbs
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When you are moving and there is no motive, that movement is Divine!
Rao from United States