| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 04/04/07 at 06:37 PM Hi Chris,
Good one. I see what ya mean, I looked it up too. I didn't go to any other words. I sum up as the meanings to many different words. If that makes any sense. LOL. Good question? Now, lets see what others think too. |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 04/04/07 at 06:39 PM I'm so sorry for the loss of your good friend. I feel your pain. I have lost a good friend too, little over 3 years ago. I feel your pain. Lots of hugs. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 04/04/07 at 09:28 PM "the ultimate avatar of psychobabble" I really like that phrase. I think I've looked paradigm up before and obliviously it didn't stick with me cause I can't remember what it said. I like your definition. In fact I think it that defines more than just paradigm and I see no reason to drag out the ole webster when the sorrenti does so well. Enjoyed this. |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 04/05/07 at 01:30 PM Now I am even more confused over what paradigm means! Yet you explained it so well! |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 04/06/07 at 11:19 PM A word that defines only itself - a self-fulfilling heresy? :) |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 04/07/07 at 02:07 PM LOL!! Loved this bit of lightly sarcastic view of definitions! Great last line! |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 04/08/07 at 04:49 PM I find, at 44, that the more I age, the less I seem to know. What I once thought I knew for SURE is now a new question. It's a funny paradox, eh? Nicely written!! |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 04/08/07 at 05:07 PM Chris! me too! - me too! - me too!
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| Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 04/09/07 at 02:37 PM Within the given paradigm, it's a pretty good poem. I always hated that nondescript word - thanks for taking it to task! d:-)
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| Posted by Glenn Currier on 07/17/10 at 01:08 PM I love those last two lines. And... deviant that I am... I also like paradigms. They make life so simple - kinda like a narrative plot or a good movie. The postmodernists hate paradigms, but most of them (at least the ones I know of) are bores anyway. Dictionary definitions are usually unsatisfying - that is the reason for poetry. This one a good example. I am surprised I had not seen this poem before now. One last thing, my friend Charlie Morgan regularly pronounces the word: para-didg-um. It is a word he loves to mock - or use laughably. Thanks. |
