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A Poison Tree, by William Blake. Let’s talk about what this means
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:13 pm
I’m…torn.
Is it about how hate forgiven frees us?
About how hate fostered condemns us?
Or about how if we plant the seeds that our enemies will take the poisoned fruit and allow us an opportunity?
This isn’t my own palp but that of a recognized master.
Digest and discuss.
Or digress with disgust
William Blake Poems
In text if you prefer
This post was edited on 6/10/22 at 10:41 pm
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Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:16 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:17 pm to fr33manator
quote:
Or about how if we plant the seeds that our enemies will take the poisoned fruit and allow us an opportunity?
I like this
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:18 pm to fr33manator
First of all, Blake was mentally ill. It’s why a lot of his poems suggest he was drugged out of his gourd.
Second, this poem is at least partially about anger, and not holding it in. Anger needs to be let out, to be expressed and seen instead of held in, poisoning you.
As I recall, it’s original title had something to do with Christianity.
Second, this poem is at least partially about anger, and not holding it in. Anger needs to be let out, to be expressed and seen instead of held in, poisoning you.
As I recall, it’s original title had something to do with Christianity.
This post was edited on 6/10/22 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:19 pm to fr33manator
Seems to be about suppressing your anger and how letting a disagreement (or hated, conflict, etc) fester with a “foe” will lead to poisoned thoughts. Like being glad to see them dead instead of settling your conflict.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:19 pm to fr33manator
is just like a story I know called ‘The Puppy Who Lost His Way.’ The world was changing, and the puppy was getting...bigger."
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:21 pm to fr33manator
Kill your enemies and bury them under trees
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:23 pm to SuperSaint
quote:what do you do with their chairs?
Kill your enemies and bury them under trees
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:33 pm to fr33manator
No, he poisoned that no good son of a gun.
- Norm Macdonald
-- Michael Scott
--- junkfunky
- Norm Macdonald
-- Michael Scott
--- junkfunky
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:34 pm to SuperSaint
quote:you call that killing?
Kill your enemies and bury them under trees
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:34 pm to fr33manator
If we keep our hatreds and wrath secret, rather than expressing and resolving them, they grow inside of us. (My wrath did grow)
In growing, they inflict suffering on the one who harbors the wrath (fears, tears) and evolve into obsessions (smiles, deceitful wiles).
But sometimes, these hidden, obsessive hatreds also serve as motivation and yield gratifying vengeance (an apple bright, glad I see).
Ultimately, unspoken wrath destroys both the hater and the hated.
In growing, they inflict suffering on the one who harbors the wrath (fears, tears) and evolve into obsessions (smiles, deceitful wiles).
But sometimes, these hidden, obsessive hatreds also serve as motivation and yield gratifying vengeance (an apple bright, glad I see).
Ultimately, unspoken wrath destroys both the hater and the hated.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:35 pm to DmitriKaramazov
quote:what the frick are you doing in a literary pretension thread
DmitriKaramazov
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:38 pm to fr33manator
quote:
I’m…torn.
Is it about how hate forgiven frees us?
About how hate fostered condemns is?
Or about how if we plant the seeds that our enemies will take the poisoned fruit and allow us an opportunity?
This isn’t my own palp but that of a recognized master.
Digest and discuss.
Or digress with disgust
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:38 pm to CPTDCKHD
quote:
Use your words
Words are worthless,
Ain’t worth shite,
Action tastes best,
Stewed a bit,
And the taste,
Of words stewed well,
Will serve the feckless,
Down in hell.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:42 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:
First of all, Blake was mentally ill. It’s why a lot of his poems suggest he was drugged out of his gourd.
Yeah…we call that poetry
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:49 pm to fr33manator
You are your own enemy
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:52 pm to OWLFAN86
quote:
The Puppy Who Lost His Way
You got a dog. You got a responsibility. You gotta get up off your arse and find that fricking dog.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 11:18 pm to fr33manator
We used to over analyze these in high school. I tried to explain to my teacher why did it have to mean anything. Maybe Blake was just spouting off dribble that rhymed. He did not like that.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 11:19 pm to fr33manator
Thievin' bastard got what he deserved
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