Realization Poem by D B Versehawker

Realization

Rating: 3.5


Knowledge is happiness

In severe loneliness

I've realized.

Thursday, January 30, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: poetry
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
My Haikus generally do not follow the traditional Japanese system of 17 syllables and often times they do not have a 'cutting line'. I believe that Japanese and English are two separate languages hence syllable counts on our Haikus do not need to tally with their 17 'on' or 17 'morae' count. Besides, according to Wikipedia, ' Modern Japanese haiku (現代俳句 gendai-haiku?) are increasingly unlikely to follow the tradition of 17 on or to take nature as their subject'. 
My Haikus are anecdotal and try not to come to a conclusion. They generally express an opinion in its barest necessity. One might categorize them as micropoetry in general if it bothers them too much. My deviation emphasizes on making sense and content, not just dry humping on form. Cheers!
COMMENTS OF THE POEM

Nice. Joseph Campbell said that such revaluations, in us, initiate the Narcissus myth, again, in us. Buddhism teaches Realization as the 8th of The Ten Worlds doctrine. They say most people hit Realization and immediately fall back or down (for lack of better words) to the World if Anger (the 4th) . This poem seems to be a glimmer of all that and a bag of chips. Beautiful openness.

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