With or Without Spirit
Scott Michael Potter 1966 (Grand Rapids, MI)
Heart and mind
Body and soul
Of we find
One yet not whole
Render gender
Tale-thin tailspin
Inward in word
Rend her mend her
Pale twin gale-win
Not poor—what for?
Ween thoughts wean oughts
Spirituel gleans
What spirit well means—
When spiritus asper
Turns spiritus lenis
Whether rough and rasper
Churns ‘fortless then hushes—
Felled oughts tilled thoughts
Flamflim shamshim
Derange arrange
Outward out heard
Well him fill him
This range—is change
The store—full for….
Now heart and mind
Body and soul
Join with spirit
To form a whole
One big ear, it
Hears with
One big eye, it
Sees with
Hear, see and find
About this poem
This poem is about psyches movements being parodied by life itself and every religion becoming one easy way to follow if one chooses. The Collective Consciousness meets the Unconscious Collective. The poem contains five more Deftnitions: oughts, rasper, 'fortless, flamflim, and shamshim.
Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by ScottMPotter on May 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aBab cdecdf gggcgcgg hiehif aBxbjkjka |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 622 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 8, 6, 9 |
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