Comments on: “Sharks’ Teeth,” by Kay Ryan http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/sharks-teeth-by-kay-ryan/ On Poetry, Politics and Philosophy - A Sketch, An Intersection Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/sharks-teeth-by-kay-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-1885 Amanda Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:09:07 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/sharks-teeth-by-kay-ryan/#comment-1885 This is like what makes much of life worthwhile, ups and downs. Like, y'know?? =P Speech isn't really discernable without rests, at least no sort I'm familiar with. Music would be torture without starts and stops. Had there been no silence to fill, who would have made it in the first place? But good times are boring without bad, I can see that "Noise gets its zest from the small shark’s-tooth shaped fragments of rest angled in it." There's something on my fingertips, but I just can't quite find the words for it... it has to do with monotony and how the opposite of monotony can be so wonderful even if it's horrible. =/ This is like what makes much of life worthwhile, ups and downs. Like, y’know?? =P

Speech isn’t really discernable without rests, at least no sort I’m familiar with. Music would be torture without starts and stops. Had there been no silence to fill, who would have made it in the first place? But good times are boring without bad, I can see that
“Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark’s-tooth
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it.”
There’s something on my fingertips, but I just can’t quite find the words for it… it has to do with monotony and how the opposite of monotony can be so wonderful even if it’s horrible. =/

]]> By: lilamae http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/sharks-teeth-by-kay-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 lilamae Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:11:35 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/sharks-teeth-by-kay-ryan/#comment-1882 I find it interesting that the poet equates silence with a killing machine. The metaphor is apropos I believe because the shark moves silently in for the kill without wondering muchly about its prey. Yet, to equate silence with something dangerous--why do we fear it so much? Have you seen the movie The Piano? The ending contains an interesting essay on silence. I find it interesting that the poet equates silence with a killing machine. The metaphor is apropos I believe because the shark moves silently in for the kill without wondering muchly about its prey. Yet, to equate silence with something dangerous–why do we fear it so much?

Have you seen the movie The Piano? The ending contains an interesting essay on silence.

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