Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Aug 2024

[ I look at the lines ]

I look at the lines

of your hand and I pretend --

that I can read them.

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"

#manners #future #handreading

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Wake up, don't marry ]

Wake up, don't marry

him if you are not yearning --

for him in sweet dreams.

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"

#desire #wishdream #inlove

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Myths are real, they are ]

Myths are real, they are

stronger than facts, tradition --

creating stories.

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act Two

Iris Murdoch uses the myth of 'ius primae noctis' (right of the first night / droit du seigneur) in this play

Collection "Unspoken"

#stories #myths #tradition #untruth

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Something terrible ]

Something terrible

can seem beautiful in art --

Necessity! (Lie?)

Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue (1980, Iris Murdoch)

The imperfection of aestheticisation is preferable to the lie of concealment. To sweeten a bitter pill

Collection "Unspoken"

#art #truth

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Art is a shadow ]

Art is a shadow

play of life, both cannot be --

understood deeply.

Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue (1980, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"

#art #value #perception #mystery

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Our conversations ]

Our conversations

are familiar like talking --

in each other's dreams.

Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"