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The Empirical Poet.
This poem deals with science being born from philosophy and that both classicism and romanticism are synchronous, although science reigns supreme in our understanding of reality in the information age of today.
This is the creative process of a poet described through the eyes of a scientist.
The Hypothesis:
With messy thoughts harbouring within the mind,
Many facets of this life call for annotation.
Reclining in the armchair to ponder for a while.
Devising scenes dreamily; gathering conjecture.
The Apparatus used:
Laying instruments across the cobwebbed bench.
Meticulous in the preparation of creativity.
Momentarily, stillness stirs within the soul.
The spirit lives, by the words that begin to bleed.
The Methodology:
Ephemeral thoughts glimmer at the periphery;
Feeling the exertion as they throb away.
Peeling through the thumbed tomes of nostalgia.
The pen whispers issues that are close to the heart.
The Results/Analysis:
What inference shines through by the topic chosen?
Seeing the proceedings of the play of life reiterate.
Steadily recording these particulars of experience.
Stored away for eternity to be uttered on other's lips.
The Conclusion:
Many a year passes, whereby romantics fall slain.
Deities of reason proud in their lingering reign.
The empirical will always embrace the spiritual,
as the repository of knowledge flows through the senses
Copyright © 2006. The moral right of Haymond Lam as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
A quote from the first empirical scientist Aristotle:
"Nihil in intellectu quod prius non fuerit in sensu"
Translated as: 'Nothing is in the intellect which was not first in the senses"
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Comment by: Elinki - 2006-04-19 19:16
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| very interesting and well done as usual. I havent found a favorite poem of yours yet but all I have read have been damn good. |
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| I really liked the ideology behind this poem and it definitely shows me a different way to look at science.. I've never really considered it as an art form before. Will definitely have to think about that. |
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I love this blend ...
Translated as: â??Nothing is in the intellect which was not first in the senses"
and how you acheive that ..
How I would love to sit in your mind even a day ... |
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Thanks Danielle,
Hmmm, somehow my gut is telling me to add more polish to this one, but
I am so happy that you have enjoyed and understood this poem. There has always been an emphasis on science being the prime method for explaining phenonema in this world, but I think art is just as applicable.
Okay emotions and depictions of forms in creative disciplines may not be counted as facts or principles, but we live in a world of emotions. All life is surrounded by the need to express themselves and to show their presence. Science cannot do this, only art can! |
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| I read through the first comments and was momentarily confused; but then i realised you'd edited since then, i didn't understand what they were suggesting to change. Very different, and yes i understand it, very clever. Keep it up. |
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