Derrida Poems - Poems about Derrida

...I used to be ashamed to say that I once wrote for a rather large company, the kind the likes to print up greeting cards, and for some reason, make Christmas movies. Now this caused much conster......Read the rest...

...IT is, is IT? If No, then forget about IT. If Yes, then what is IT? A fundamental question. Multiple fundamentalist answers— Formal and or Functional? For most of us IT is anthropomorphic So......Read the rest...

...“Writing [maketh] an exact Man,” claims Francis Bacon. Macaulay’s Minutes is our bible. Derrida emphasizes the Primacy of Writing. Freedom to write is also guaranteed— by our Indian Constitu......Read the rest...

...Philosophers, down the ages, Have strenuously tried To figure out language: Their numerous narratives polarize Into two Grand narratives, a binary: Language is referential / differential. Th......Read the rest...

...Closure I would aim at, As did the little one In Tagore’s poem Closed Path. But Derrida has warned me: Language is an open system! *** Composed on October 19, 2017 Winner, Poetry contest,......Read the rest...

...The French were proud to say: Ce qui n’est pas clair n’est pas Français! Derrida broke the pride! ***......Read the rest...

...Surd and absurd are – at bottom – synonymous! Absurd? Yes, of course. So are canny and uncanny. Sub- can mean high or (be)low Post- can mean Post- or Pre-! Again, in Tamil, naatram once meant......Read the rest...

...I’m finding Derrida de-structured And Levinas‘ face makes me smile Who would have conjectured That one day I’d lecture On thoughfulness and all its trials? I prefer Kierkegaard to Sartre Who ......Read the rest...

...when he was younger he jammed out on the guitar, bore a fro & then graduated from brown--- following this, him & his hippie gal got married, popped out a few rug-rats & sooner than later he was at gr......Read the rest...