11-09-2017, 02:45 PM
(11-09-2017, 01:48 PM)QDeathstar Wrote: I have read the poem several times. It seems like a pleasant read and it is almost profound. I can't make a lot of sense (shocking, i know) out of
"this shiny system"
No matter what scenario i use to assume meaning to the poem, i can't make this line work in any of them.
I really like the second half of the second stanza.
It just doesn't feel like a poem about a person or a canal. There is a lot of imagery: canals, railways, dustbins, shiny systems, culture. Infrastructure.
Hi, QDeathstar
I was thinking shiny reflected perfection, almost sarcastically
or perhaps it could even fit the quality of anonymity (a play-on words, shyness = shiny)
just a few thoughts
-nibbed
there's always a better reason to love