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6/6/2017 6:07:38 PM Tahlia MacKenzie Posts: 1	I can't seem to understand this poem by Marty McConnell called Queerer Weather. The part I need help with is Language is the locus of all tyranny. Also, love offered like water, the mouth giving and giving before coming to silence, before saying I could give you all the noise in this body and still the door wouldn’t close. Note: this is not my poem I just want to understand it Thanks!
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12/12/2020 6:13:15 PM Paul Schneiter Posts: 7	The poet is saying that he/she could give a loved one everything within his/her power and still it wouldn't be enough ("the door wouldn't close"). The first line suggests that like love, speech has unlimited power.
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1/31/2021 12:00:01 PM Geraldine Brag Posts: 4	I have never heard about this poem before, but I like it. You know, when I am not sure about the meaning of works I usually look for some sites with review or summary. You can try to do it too)
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5/18/2021 12:27:18 AM Eduardo Richardson Posts: 65	It seems to me, on the contrary, the poet in this verse says that language is the basis of tyranny and self-restraint. In our thoughts, we are free and when we start to speak, blocks of self-restraint are immediately put in front of us, which are dictated by society, parents, upbringing, genes and the like.
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