Foundations

When set as cement in the correct measurements, the ambiguities of the English language can construct glacial insights into any chosen theme - ever shifting yet apparently monolithic. But when carelessly juxtaposed, such cement will not set, remaining a uselessly inert and viscous mixture of yellows and greys.

Much modern poetry utilises a sloppy congress between aesthetics and form in order to create a universe of infinite meaning and meaningless infinity.

Reformulated poetic structure evoking the angst of the writer and justified by killer one-liners and clever sentences will never do. Poetry is Rilke’s naming of the nameless. It is an impressionist artform, but like Cézanne, it requires recognition of laws or else it will forever flounder in the beautiful lagoon of shallow ambiguity.