{"id":1317,"date":"2014-01-31T15:58:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2014-01-31T16:03:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T21:03:17","slug":"poem-word-jonesing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/31\/poem-word-jonesing\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Word Jonesing"},"content":{"rendered":"

She said<\/span>
\nYour poetry seems like a lot of work<\/span>
\nI said<\/span>
\nIt’s less wordsmithing<\/span>
\nAnd more wordjonesing<\/span>
\nOr sew it would seam<\/span><\/p>\n

There is little doubt that reading my poetry takes some work.\u00a0 It is commonplace in my poetry to have multiple meanings (puns), multiple parallel narratives, quickly shifting mixed metaphors, and erudite references, whether scholarly or from obscure pop culture.\u00a0 This often makes for a highly alliterate reed, demanding enough flexibility to bend with the shifting winds of meaning, and seeing passed the tides of meanness.<\/p>\n

In this poem, the launching point is from the reader’s perspective, implying that it is both difficult to read and difficult to write, or “wordsmith.”\u00a0 While the former may be obvious, this poem shifts the focus from mere difficulty of work to the underlying passion fueling such effort, “word jonesing.”\u00a0 At its best, in writing poetry there is an irresistible pull from the allusive muse.\u00a0 Sometimes I even experience the poem writing itself, from whence I dare not say!\u00a0 Thus, transforming the Smith and Jones of words into something transcendent.\u00a0 The concluding line, Or sew it would seam<\/em>, references how this process results in a seamless body of work, where I typically hold out some healing message, even to be unfrayed in kneading knot keep up with the joneses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She said Your poetry seems like a lot of work I said It’s less wordsmithing And more wordjonesing Or sew it would seam There is little doubt that reading my poetry takes some work.\u00a0 It is commonplace in my poetry … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8,9],"tags":[553,516,428,497,449,486,86,552,494,354,658,291,94,90,7,53,547,380],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-top-pun","category-funny-poems","category-poems","tag-alliterate","tag-culture","tag-experience","tag-healing","tag-literate","tag-meaning","tag-metaphors","tag-muse","tag-passion","tag-perspective","tag-poems","tag-poet","tag-poetry","tag-pop-culture","tag-puns","tag-short-poems","tag-transcendent","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Word Jonesing | About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Poems | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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