On Love and Anger

A proverb in the making.

Love is known by its effect on the heart,

Endured by the heart's effect on our love,

Anger is known by its effect on the mind,

Dispelled by the mind's effect on our anger,

When one falls in love the mind disengages.

When one rises to anger, the heart disconnects.

Author's Note

I just realized something. You can read this poem several different ways. Read it line by line. Then read only the left hand lines or just the right hand lines. Read the 1st and 4th then 2nd and 5th finishing with the 3rd and the 6th. cool.

I changed the title to better reflect the poem. My first draft spoke of hatred rather than anger, hence the original title.

Reviews

[mope]

There are enough permutations of love and anger to fill the web. Yep, it is cool.

If you don't mind me playing with the countless variations of this nicely proverbial piece, an arcane version...

By its effect on the heart, love is known
By its effect on the mind, anger is known
The mind disengages, endured by the heart
When one falls in love, when one rises to love
The heart disconnects, dispelled by the mind
when one rises to anger, when one falls in anger

[LA Lorena]

I love the way you have formatted this, not just the words. The words are always subject to the readers interpretation, but this simply shifting of the lines serves to play with the mind a little, cause the reader to be a little unsettled and unsure how best to read it. I guess it's my convoluted way of saying it kept me guessing and made me think. That's a good thing!

[writernubbin]

Wow. I like this because because it has depth and meaning without being convoluted. It has essence. You say so much here--simple, universal truths--and quite effectively imho.

[Devons]

A very neat and intelligent little epigrammatic poem. With the two lines opposing one another, it leads the mind along more complex routes than would a single line alone. The result of this means the reader comprehends the depth of each part far more carefully, as by reading it at a normal pace there is much more to take in than at first appears.
Very nicely done.

[just rose.]

I love poetry that plays with structure and builds in lots of welcome ambiguity, and within that ambiguity, a sense of concrete truth and revealing wonder - which also becomes paradoxical. In this piece, whether you take it apart or leave it together, the narrator has a way of invoking these universal understandings that is fresh and thought-provoking. This can be read again and again and something different can be drawn from it each time - the way in which our minds and hearts and spirits interact is indeed fascinating.

[Michael X]

this is a sincerely well written poem, the thought and depth behind the
meaning draws the reader to an infinite ponder inm light of three aspects,
the heart, love and anger, which in ways boils down to love and hate.
and the minds way of racting to situations, is it's ability to balance the two
when making rational descions that are heart based. Excellent job

[Ed Hart]

the heart is always now; the mind is always when...

[forrestcook]

That's great! I love the idea of two sets of lines. I just read a palindrome which reads the same backwards as forward...here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=42E2fAWM6rA
And now I will look forward to YOUR creation, because I can tell you will love
this challenge.

[Truly Ross-Wisehart]

Love endured
Anger dispelled
When one falls, one rises...

Just another view of these wonderfully placed words. This is fantastic any way one chooses to see it.

~True

[Liza]

you did a great job on describing loves power to connect heart and mind
and anger's and hates' power to disconnect heart and mind