It's raining with absolute sincerity.
Therefore the sky is not a rumour
it exists
and so much so that the soil is not
the only solution
as every indolent dead man claims.
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Personal notes:
This poem was published as part of the collection 'We moved next door' (2007).
Although brief, it bears complex ideas about mortality, spirituality, and human perceptions.
The poem's first image involves a natural phenomenon, 'rain', which is often introduced by artists (literally or figuratively) to allude to pessimistic or dark views and gloomy circumstances. The poem's other images (a sky, the soil we use to bury the dead) may suggest that Dimoula is using 'rain' to refer to our negative perceptions about spirituality and our own mortality.
However, Dimoula pairs this phenomenon with the abstract concept of 'sincerity'. What does it mean to rain 'with absolute sincerity'? Sincerity can have a negative and positive effect. It can hurt you, but it can also set you free. The poet perhaps suggests that this is the same with any feelings or perceptions provoked by 'rain'.
The poet continues to verify the existence of a 'sky', a phenomenon that alludes to positive feelings about our mortality. For Christians, heaven is somewhere in the sky, a symbol of hope. It is interesting that what verifies such a positive concept ('sky') is the 'sincere' existence of a perceivably negative concept ('rain').
The poem's next image involves the soil, which here symbolises death or any other feelings and perceptions about the end of things. The poet calls these feelings and perceptions 'indolent'. They are indolent because they take the end for granted, and do not contemplate other 'solutions'. Dimoula has offered the 'sky' as a solution to this 'soil'. She is suggesting that what we may perceive to be a dead end, can be in fact an endless road.
Therefore the sky is not a rumour
it exists
and so much so that the soil is not
the only solution
as every indolent dead man claims.
---------------------------------------------
Personal notes:
This poem was published as part of the collection 'We moved next door' (2007).
Although brief, it bears complex ideas about mortality, spirituality, and human perceptions.
The poem's first image involves a natural phenomenon, 'rain', which is often introduced by artists (literally or figuratively) to allude to pessimistic or dark views and gloomy circumstances. The poem's other images (a sky, the soil we use to bury the dead) may suggest that Dimoula is using 'rain' to refer to our negative perceptions about spirituality and our own mortality.
However, Dimoula pairs this phenomenon with the abstract concept of 'sincerity'. What does it mean to rain 'with absolute sincerity'? Sincerity can have a negative and positive effect. It can hurt you, but it can also set you free. The poet perhaps suggests that this is the same with any feelings or perceptions provoked by 'rain'.
The poet continues to verify the existence of a 'sky', a phenomenon that alludes to positive feelings about our mortality. For Christians, heaven is somewhere in the sky, a symbol of hope. It is interesting that what verifies such a positive concept ('sky') is the 'sincere' existence of a perceivably negative concept ('rain').
The poem's next image involves the soil, which here symbolises death or any other feelings and perceptions about the end of things. The poet calls these feelings and perceptions 'indolent'. They are indolent because they take the end for granted, and do not contemplate other 'solutions'. Dimoula has offered the 'sky' as a solution to this 'soil'. She is suggesting that what we may perceive to be a dead end, can be in fact an endless road.
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