Stammer Poem by Koyamparambath Satchidanandan
Stammer
Stammer is no handicap.
It is a mode of speech.
Stammer is the silence that falls
between the word and its meaning,
just as lameness is the
silence that falls between
the word and the deed.
Did stammer precede language
or succeed it?
Is it only a dialect or
a language itself?
These questions make
the linguists stammer.
Each time we stammer
we are offering a sacrifice
to the God of meanings.
When a whole people stammer
stammer becomes their mother-tongue:
just as it is with us now.
God too must have stammered
when He created man.
That is why all the words of man
carry different meanings.
That is why everything he utters
from his prayers to his commands
stammers,
like poetry.
Part 2 And it goes on to state, showcase the decay of man’s culture, civilisation: When a whole people stammer stammer becomes their mother-tongue: just as it is with us now. A sharp incisive comment on the contemporary times..
A very poignant metaphorical write, a profound Statement, on the state on the mankind. Stammer is no handicap. It is a mode of speech. Stammer is the silence that falls between the word and its meaning....
Stammering is no speech defect, but an attempt to explode, to break the silence or a ripple. Man not, God too would have stammered while creating the universe.
God too must have stammered when He created man. That is why all the words of man carry different meanings. smoking the cloud words
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 12:05:17 AM # 1.0.0.1119
I like your idea of stammering being a language or a dialect instead of a handicap. : )