What if the Quest is Greek;
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This year, I began to study Greek and have been fascinated by the language since then. Many things intrigue me about Greek language: the plural endings, the articles, the letter χ… but nothing got me more thinking than the Greek puctuation.
Since it’s a language older than most, their way makes probably more sense. But I like to wonder: in which aspect would a semi colon as a question mark impact a culture? Are their questions just remarks and not questions at all? Are there questions the noise that comes before and after silence, some sort of antagonism complementary? Aren’t all questions that? What is a question anyway?
By the time I started writing What if the Quest is Greek; I was really into bringing ordinary daily wondering into question and making them up until they looked like a philosophical question. I truly believe we should think more that way. It’s inspiring.
We are just self proclaimed poets · The Lyra strings are all broken What if the language disassembled In pieces We can no longer afford to put Together Who would vouch for us; ᨒ There is never silence in the living · Every subatomic wave lives What if I didn’t turn on the fan to hush up The noise Of existence; Would I listen to the sound Without looking at the grain; There’s someone in the unknown sky Who has been turning the noise on all along · It is perpetually monotone. But O how I love jazz; ᨒ What if life is no more than a Thought; The more we think · the more it becomes ᨒ What if we cut the cohesion off language; I would if I won’t, but I will will · A point of view as lopsided as this ᨒ What if the ninth circle fell To the limbo; Loose the robe and the veil · A Beatrice super realistically undone ᨒ Atone O darkness this far and wide ooze; Omnipresent is only this moment Or its surroundings · There are nine strings But one broke when I was first in love What if when Pluto fell Things begun to go wrong; The misconcepts of time · A butterfly nebula left in another Aeon ᨒ What if the day is just a day And the night is just the chapter in The life of a nonchalant couple; What if life is just life and nothing Is more than what it seems to be; Nothing to be spoken after colons Just an ongoing unextraordinary advent · No questions No if’s
Later this week, there will be a compilation of some of my friends and students reading the poems.
What if the Quest is Greek; is available at https://www.amazon.com/What-Quest-Greek-Adora-Williams/dp/B0BBQ4G7XP
Thank you Alien Buddha Press!
Love,
Adora