tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post787507240902563626..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Visual God Haiku by Ben Moeller-GaaChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-20735723433068548542014-12-22T11:33:58.621-05:002014-12-22T11:33:58.621-05:00For avid readers and library users, Ben's effe...For avid readers and library users, Ben's effective jux. of "one god after another" and "library bookshelf" (symbolizing the preservation, display, and dissemination of knowledge) forms a concrete and relatable image that sparks the reader's reflection on the meaning(s) of theology and its relation to religious practices.<br /><br />Note: Below is Ben's original haiku published in Moongarlic, 2, 2014:<br /><br />one<br />god<br />after<br />another<br />library<br />bookshelf<br /><br />Evaluated in the aesthetic context of visual/concrete poetry, the vertical form of the original adds little to the poem while the typographical arrangement of the revision (,which looks like "a row of books of different sizes" on the bookshelf) is effective in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem.<br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com