From the Free Dictionary:
tumultuous adjI would like to be this boisterous when it comes to writing in general, writing blog posts in particular. Alas, turmoil generally makes me cringe. But having poetry that 'greatly agitates, confuses or disturbs'? That would be awesome.
1. uproarious, riotous, or turbulent a tumultuous welcome
2. greatly agitated, confused, or disturbed a tumultuous dream
3. making a loud or unruly disturbance tumultuous insurgents
tumultuously adv
tumultuousness n
It also seems the antithesis of haiku, the form I've been doing the most writing in of late. Then again I think of the poems of Issa, and know there is room for all types of reflection in even the shortest of poems.
Issa Poems
the toad! It looks like
it could belch
a cloud.
the snow is melting
and the village is flooded
with children.
all the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes.
hey, sparrow!
out of the way,
horse is coming.
where there are humans
you'll find flies
and Buddhas
.
1 comment:
Ah, Issa has such fun haiku. Tumultuous would indeed be awesome - which is, of course, what every poet wants. To be awesome. A thwack-on-the-head Thursday might work, too - poetry that thwacks us on the head? Oh, the possibilities.
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