'Thought Is Surrounded By A Halo' Poem by Gwen Harwood
'Thought Is Surrounded By A Halo'
Show me the order of the world,
the hard-edge light of this-is-so
prior to all experience
and common to both world and thought,
no model, but the truth itself.
Language is not a perfect game,
and if it were, how could we play?
The world's more than the sum of things
like moon, sky, centre, body, bed,
as all the singing masters know.
Picture two lovers side by side
who sleep and dream and wake to hold
the real and imagined world
body by body, word by word
in the wild halo of their thought.
Language is not a perfect game, and if it were, how could we play? The world's more than the sum of things like moon, sky, centre, body, bed, in the wild halo of tought. tony
I actually cannot deal with you anymore tony brahmin. Your interpretations are terrible. I fed chocolate to my dog after reading what you had to say about Thought is Surrounded by a Halo
What are you doing on this website tony! ! ! ! who is this woman gwen! ! ! ! !
'The world's more than the sum of things like moon, sky, centre, body, bed, as all the singing masters know.' - Wonderful! A great message of truth in just three lines! The last stanza epitomizes the beauty of the poem, particularly the last line.
Exquisitely beautiful portrayal of a lover's sentiments- real as well imagined. Thanks.
Side by side! ! ! Muse of love and life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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to me this is an interesting statement about the real and the words we use to summon the real. the image of the two lovers in the last stanza is an excellent one for the intimacy it suggests as well as the part thought plays in that intimacy and the attraction that leads to it. -gk
I dont agree with this interpretation and quite frankly i think it is stupid