You. Metaphor is the act of renaming. It turns one thing into another thing simply by calling it by that other thing's name. In this poetry shares deep, deep roots with religion and magic, which are also very much in the business of transformation, of changing things by renaming them. Um, I've been thinking a lot this week about how poems operate, because I've been launching my new collection of poems
Nidhin George 🔷
@geo_rhymes · 1:49
But now that you said it, I was just thinking about the poem that I wrote and which is here on Swell as well, titled Love Rhymed Over a Coffee. I had written it for my favorite cafe in town, but it's not really about the coffee or the cafe or even love. I mean, yes, it is about love, but in a different dimension of it
George thanks so much for this comment, Geo. And I remember that poem very well. While you were speaking, that's my parrot in the background. While you were speaking, I was also thinking about our conversation, about titles, and I think that the title of the poem, Love Rhymed Over Coffee also does not specify a specific emotion, but leaves that kind of resonant space in it for a variety of emotions and experiences and meanings to be present
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Nidhin George 🔷
@geo_rhymes · 0:43
Oh, your parrot is absolutely adorable, Katharine. And, yeah, you're right. I think that was the idea behind the title, not to give all of it away. And I was also wondering, Katharine, if your book perhaps might be available for purchase in India? Or is it only in the US. I tried with the Tide Little to see if I might find a copy on Amazon. Amazon, india. But it wasn't available. Or maybe I searched for it
But since I don't like to undermine my publisher, obviously, but since I am pretty sure you can't get the book unless you try thekinglish.com but I actually think that mailing the book from Salt Lake City to India might be just ridiculously expensive. So that might not be a good way to go. If you can't get it, go to the University of Utah English Department website and find me there and send me an email from your email address and we will work something out