In One Word

I'd like to note that I was not aiming for any audience but myself. I wrote this when I was twelve and in a heavy depression. I never write for any particular audience, I write about the urgent emotions that are flowing through me at that time, putting it into either a story or just words that may make no sense to anyone other than myself. I appreciate the feedback, though. Keep it coming!

I had to make a double take, come again? Now Peace is NOT all the above INCLUDING love??? <P>

Without looking at the Biography of either of the ladies rowan or Amy I could tell (I did check later; I was right) for them LOVE = PEACE were stories and pictures, not current events. That’s life but for me the word

“Peace” is still heavily, culturally and I believe Generationally (+/- The baby-boomer) loaded with all the list you negated in your poem. <P>

Should you care? Well it all depends on what we mean by “should”

And who is the target reader. If you have in mind readers who might be in the range of the ages, say: 45 to 65, then it would be savvy to be aware of the impact of these words on this generation, and then do with it what ever you want. It could be that you consciously took the common connotation (for that generation) and turned it up side down. Somehow I suspect that you have not. It seems more likely to me that you took ‘Peace’ as a synonym to ‘restful’ ‘effortless’ ‘in equilibrium’ ‘in harmony’. <P>

If that is the case then you missed opportunity to do something with it while you are deconstructing that layer of connotations. I am thinking - a credo like: ‘I am of a different age/ generation; for me, unlike you, “Ex –Woodstockers”, love is a struggle’ or something to this nature. <P>

If the poem was done with the intention to write to this age group with out being aware of the special connotation of these words, I am afraid you have not done a good field work. <P>

If you aimed at the twenty something and the thirty something crowd, then other than limiting your message (and that is totally legitimate of course), what usually happens is that over time readers learn which poet invites them to his/her work and which asks them to stay away.

and interesting.

An ultimate in the reading experience of austere poems; interesting little piece.