December 14, 2003

PHILOSOPHIA DE LORENZO

Se movere is the definition of life.

In the world of philosophy
no test tubes or measurements
are needed. Only a chess board
with a bishop and a king.

Se movere is the definition of life.

In the world of philosophy
no test tubes or measurements
are needed. Only a chess board
with a bishop and a king.

Time is the measurement of change.
Mutatio. Matter is extension
in time and space.

I throw on my robes
and walk by the sycamores.
My brother walks on the wall.
It is May. We have spring fever.

Mind and body, form and matter,
Esse et essentia. What a delightful life!
Vivere, se movere.

What is so free as thought?
Move the queen diagonally
in a show of force. Consolidate
the pawns, rally the horsemen
and the rooks.

For my brother and me
it is time for the exam.
We will go before the board.
Doctors versed in theorems,
professors with objections
to each and every proof.

Speak! Display your arguments,
weave words, and then
you will be free.

Vacation!
I and my brother will play.
Let words go for another day.
Collect mushrooms, observe hawks,
write poetry. Philosophy
is not dead, it only sleeps.

Posted by larrykeegan at December 14, 2003 10:28 PM