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 +//The Serpent and the Fire// (pp. 25-28) \\
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 ====== A Paradise of Poets ====== ====== A Paradise of Poets ======
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 **Two things drew us to this poem, the beauty -- the aliveness -- of the language** **Two things drew us to this poem, the beauty -- the aliveness -- of the language**
  
 "Flowers" and "Songs" **are** poetry in this poem. They are not metaphors in the traditional sense of the word. "Flowers" and "Songs" **are** poetry in this poem. They are not metaphors in the traditional sense of the word.
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 //Technicians of the Sacred// (XXV), “…A major point throughout this book is that these peoples (& they’re likely too diverse to be covered by a single name) are precisely “technicians” where it concerns them—specifically in their relation to the “sacred” as something they can actively create or capture…”  //Technicians of the Sacred// (XXV), “…A major point throughout this book is that these peoples (& they’re likely too diverse to be covered by a single name) are precisely “technicians” where it concerns them—specifically in their relation to the “sacred” as something they can actively create or capture…” 
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 +//What is a metaphor? Does it bring us closer or separate us from a concept? In this case, the original language did not have a word for poetry so these images serve a different role than they would in English. They are not a substitution. What are they? To the original writers? To us? Can we touch the same source of meaning?//
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 +**and the collaborative aspects of its creation**
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 +Visit the other pages from week two in-class work:
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 +  - [[Kiche]]
 +  - [[Origins of Human Language]]
 +  - [[durkheim-on_ritual_and_theater|Durkheim]]
 +  - [[Tzara]]
 +  - [[Radin]]
  
  
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-**and the collaborative aspects of its creation**{{:omnipoetics:screen_shot_2025-01-29_at_8.36.38_pm.png?200 |}} From //Cantares Mexicanos//+  * Image of flowers from Pixabay.com 
 +  * Image of text from //Cantares Mexicanos// 
  
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