Listen - 11/7/05

Good book to read to better you writing all around is: Write Tight by William Brohaugh. It's how to keep your prose, and poetry sharp, focused, and concise. You will learn how to better correct your writing.

Thanks, I'll look it up. Are you saying you think it's unfocused? If so, would you mind being more specific? I understand the book could help, I'm just wondering what led you to that recommendation. Thanks again

So, I can see that there's been a good number of people who have viewed this poem. I'd really appreciate it if you would post a short impression, whatever it may be, of what you thought. I almost feel as if what I've been writing lately hasn't even come from me, almost as if even I don't fully understand what I wrote. So that's why I'd really love to hear what you people got from this. If you really got nothing, then fine, don't post. But I know for a fact that this entire website is full of above-average-intelligence people who are capable of thought processes far beyond that of the status-quo.

I'll bite. I just have a few focusing questions:

How does the dream relate to the questions you ask? How do those questions relate to the angels? Trying to put your dream into words, "Am I thinking too hard?" seems like a reasonable question when you can't find those words. But then where does "Am I asking the wrong questions?" come in?

When I sit down to ponder something that's bothering me - not necessarily bad, just on my mind - I ask myself (and God) a lot of questions. But if one doesn't ask the "right" questions, one won't gain the answers they seek. Then again, sometimes God may reward someone simply for the act of seeking. Thus I didn't just leave it at "Am I asking the wrong questions?" but I added "Or not hearing the answers." I wouldn't want to miss something, simply because I wasn't listening.