A poem inspired by the recent flood, made through copy & paste. A poem composed from some quotes, reorganized in a more logical sequence, ...and line breaks...., the whole poem is all quotes.
At first, where I begin with is also a quote, " I apologize if dark humor isn't your cup of tea" LYJiang
I've read more poems on these days than in my whole life. I am drowning in a sea of poems. What is poem? Here is what I came up with: a poem could be a pile of regular or irregular sentences or phrases, inserted with a deep breath by a line break in the middle of a full sentence, with or without rhyme or rhythm, of or off meaning or raving. Of course this is not all about poem. 移花接木
A 'once in a 1000 year' rainstorm had plunged into Henan province ,China, with the strain that had flooded cities, breached dams and claimed dozens of lives.
Using dialectical thinking is what I am trying to express my current sentiment.
【Water】
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water,
yet nothing can resist it.
Thousands have lived without love,
not one without water.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
If there is magic on this planet,
it is contained in water.
In one drop of water,
are found all the secrets of all the oceans.
The cure for anything is salt water:
sweat, tears or the sea.
We forget that,
the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
Water gives life,
and water takes away life.
[Literature]:
https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/8-quotes-that-illustrate-why-water-is-life/
Please let me know whether you feel poetic or not. Appreciated.
If you have not been bothered enough, try this one.