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  Orchid
« on: November 25, 2009, 02:11:12 PM » by Ken Robson
power-house
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The craft of angling is catching fish. The art of angling is a
receptiveness to those connections, the art of letting one
thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily,
you realize some small completeness.

                                  Ted Leeson
  Re: Orchid
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 04:36:53 PM » by StellaR



this made me smile, Ken
unique

Stella
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“Logical argument is what destroys poetry because poetry is beyond logic.” Robert Graves
  Re: Orchid
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 07:26:39 PM » by Ken Robson
Stella,

I'm glad! Yesterday I was at my office and have a new orchid on my desk.
I looked at it a long time and suddenly thought "My god, what an engine it
took to make that model run!"  Thus, the poem--

                                                                      Ken
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The craft of angling is catching fish. The art of angling is a
receptiveness to those connections, the art of letting one
thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily,
you realize some small completeness.

                                  Ted Leeson
  Re: Orchid
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 04:31:20 AM » by David C. Man
Great idea, Ken. Does it have to be "horsepower", though? That sets up (in me, anyway) an expectation of some horse-related significance - or a pun, at least.

There's clearly power under the hood, but could it be something else?

Just a thought.

Actually, it's just occurred to me that in Britain we would say "under the bonnet", and that would work as well, although it would need to be reworked slightly.

Cheers

David
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  Re: Orchid
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 02:10:51 PM » by Ken Robson
David,

Your note put a bee in my bonnet!
How about:



                 power-house


                           Ken                   ?


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The craft of angling is catching fish. The art of angling is a
receptiveness to those connections, the art of letting one
thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily,
you realize some small completeness.

                                  Ted Leeson
  Re: Orchid
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2009, 08:03:50 PM » by Tom Riordan
Quote from: Ken Robson on November 25, 2009, 02:11:12 PM
power-house

I can see this has already been totally overhauled several times, so let me get one avatar quoted here. This is a fascinating genre, the 2 word poem including title, well worth exploring more, Ken, as this thought-provoker proves. Tom
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  Re: Orchid
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2009, 12:00:39 AM » by Ken Robson
Tom,

What if I get to blank paper
and am left with virtual poems
signifying everything based upon
nothing at all? Then it's time to go.

              Ken
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The craft of angling is catching fish. The art of angling is a
receptiveness to those connections, the art of letting one
thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily,
you realize some small completeness.

                                  Ted Leeson
  Re: Orchid
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2009, 10:08:38 AM » by Tom Riordan
Don't know about that, Ken, but there's something here that I find stirring, and it can only be the distance between the two words. If there were more closely connected, it would mean little. If they were more disconnected, I suspect the same. But this distance between "orchid" and "power-house", for me, is powerful. Probably that "golden mean" is different for each reader. Tom
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  Re: Orchid
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2009, 10:25:41 AM » by Ken Robson
Tom,

Well-said, I agree.

Thanks
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The craft of angling is catching fish. The art of angling is a
receptiveness to those connections, the art of letting one
thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily,
you realize some small completeness.

                                  Ted Leeson
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