Any, or: Everything

Posted on May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 by ben Alexander

My 2^nd gogyohka

I do not write
about everything
because I do not know
anything about it,
let alone something

19 thoughts on “Any, or: Everything”

memadtwo May 10, 202114:39 Reply

Excellent. (K)
1. ben Alexander May 10, 202116:14 Reply
  
  😘🤗
Carol Congalton May 10, 202101:48 Reply

Great insight! I can relate!
1. ben Alexander May 10, 202109:04 Reply
  
  😘🤗
Jeff Flesch May 9, 202120:04 Reply

I adore that last line, David. “let alone something” awesome, my friend. ❤😊
1. ben Alexander May 10, 202108:59 Reply
  
  💜 Jeff 💜
Cindy Georgakas May 9, 202118:16 Reply

Oh that was short and to the point! many claim to know something about everything. 👏👏👏
1. ben Alexander May 9, 202118:55 Reply
  
  Yeah, Cindy, don’t count me among them 😀
  1. Cindy Georgakas May 10, 202116:21 Reply
    
    🤟Never❣️
Diana May 9, 202116:06 Reply

This was definitely SOMETHING! 😉🤗❤️
1. ben Alexander May 9, 202118:52 Reply
  
  🤗😘
jewishyoungprofessional May 9, 202115:06 Reply

But do you know something about anything? Anything about anything? Everything about something? Anything about something? 😉
1. ben Alexander May 9, 202118:52 Reply
  
  🙃🤷‍♂️🙃
Barbara S May 9, 202115:00 Reply

btw – have been editing some of my short autobio essays today and some are scheduled for publication today. It seems knowing something and knowing-it-in-your-bones (embodied experience I think is the fashionable expression?) can be two very different things. Alternatively, if those who say Simone Weil was on the AS spectrum are right – then that may be something I have in common with her: issues with executive functioning. As for you, I hope you don’t get lost in the labyrinth of all those poetic forms. Can’t keep up 🙂
1. ben Alexander May 9, 202118:51 Reply
  
  💖
murisopsis May 9, 202114:36 Reply

The gogyohka allows so much freedom – almost defies the regular Japanese standards… hehe! Looks like you not only mastered the form but ran with it!!
1. ben Alexander May 9, 202118:51 Reply
  
  I agree – I really like this form 😀
  Thanks, Muri!
filipamoreiradacruz May 9, 202111:59 Reply

WOW! David, you achieve everything ! ❤👌🏻 You turn any challenge in something great! 😊
1. ben Alexander May 9, 202112:01 Reply
  
  That is so kind of you, Filipa, truly. Thank you very much ❤
  
  -David