verb theories

verb theories

 

 

 

 

split tenses,

past/

uneasy

 

hopeful

present/

wary

 

i love the thought of you

when it is just a thought

but shifting infinitives

 

to love

to lie

to love

to lie

 

serenity

mistrust

future

entrust

the heart to another

 

time shadows

darkness to light

and vice-versa

 

a journey through split tenses

mood shifts

belief shifts

 

in the afterlife

we might understand the semantics

correct the essay

that is love's title

 

and allow a revision

to find some composite grade

a happy medium

edited just enough

we might 

 

but this is now

and the split

keeps shifting

the thought----

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/29/16

Reviews

[William Gardner]

in the afterlife we might. but it keeps drifting doesn't it? Be well my friend and merry!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, William,
j.

[mou]

light even can shadow the time or past time..yes it's truly vice versa..love the line specially "a journey through split tenses

mood shifts

belief shifts"
it is a theory of life indeed where many pages are unread,some of them are entirely own and some of it is completely unknown,,though sometime it is good to be unfamiliar with something..and wonderful theory and thanks for sharing with us J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, unfamiliar can be a good thing...newness...taking chances...thanks for the review and insight, mou.
j.

[mou]

it's my pleasure

[andrew mitchell]

I hope your teaching this new language without verbs but please mention we are still nouns but according to Stephen Fry we are not nouns we are verbs as we are not things we write we act... etc An excellent write with the usual finesse I have come accustomed to J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and your reviews are always clever and insightful---i am reminded with what you said of Steve Martin in one of his skits...he was talking about his new novel..one where he had finally started to use verbs...said his novels really started picking up after that...:)

j.

[...]

So, I don't know anything about sentence structure, unless you're talking about a prison sentence, and my muse takes frequent naps, sometimes extended vacations. But, I am very familiar with loving the thought of something and the metaphorical costuming of what we imagine a love to be. Thing is, love isn't hope. We are.
This is another example of your outstanding, jacob

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, lynn.

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Wow! I was thinking of casting the verbs into a heap, try the universality of now and see if human beings can evolve a new language.

Jacob this could serve as an inspiration for me. See you on the other side of tomorrow!

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Al....always hopeful our words might inspire others...

j.

[Gee]

Now I realise how thick I truly am. Was expecting to read about, sage, parsley, thyme, perhaps a long held family scone recipe that included one or all of the afore mentioned verbs.........

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks,Gee.
j.

[B]

We think of language and all its rules
Love and life goes through a bunch of unwritten ones
going backwards and foreward
only very few could understand that
it takes tons of white here to get there

i love this piece

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your very kind words, PoetryWorld.

j.

[William Gardner]

How do you allow the rawness and function in this world? I have never found a way.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it's not easy...the line blurs.
thank you, William,
j.

[Olivia]

beautiful
i missed reading your work
very inspiring

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Olivia.
j.

[Miss Sharon]

(in the afterlife we might understand the semantics
correct the essay that is love's title) One can only hope. Beautifully expressed and expertly crafted as per your forte Jacob. ~Sharon

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Sharon.

j.