Contradistinction Poems


Sun and Moon Flowers, 1890

...I know belamour means lover;
but a flower too is defined.
Webster puts it undercover -
a flower, who knows what kind?

Gertrude Stein penned famous words we've heard,
"A rose is a rose is a rose."
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Categories: contradistinction, art, flower, poetry,
Form: Ekphrasis

Sensory Disfunction ( Naga-Uta )

...Contradistinction
opposed quality and form
our eye's can fool us...

Contradiction speaks
opposed word choice inflection
our ear's can fool us...

Conventional truth
learned behavior mounts ...
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Categories: contradistinction, people, social
Form: Senryu


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