OddWritings
Dust to Dust

This Ethereum word-unit palindrome poem was first published in Rattle. It explores the themes of war, fate, death, and multiple forms of cowardice. Like all word-unit palindromes, it can be read both backwards and forwards word-by-word. There is only one copy of the digital collectible.

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SO WHAT DOES THIS POEM LOOK LIKE?

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QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT.

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There is no one "right way" to interpret a poem; it can be interpreted many ways, depending on how the poem is written and what experiences each individual reader has had in their life. I'll outline here some notions I had while writing the poem, as a way of spurring your own ideas on interpretation and meaning.

• What might 'dust' signify?


• How are 'mice' and 'men' connected in popular culture? In literature?


• What is DNA?


• What are tortoises known for?


• What might the relationship be between a tortoise and its shell?


• What might the relationship be between a shell and a coffin?


• Why might youth be disembodied?


• What might 'poppies' signify?


• What is a dithyramb?


• Why might the word at the very center of the poem be the word 'still'?


• Is it logical for a word to be both the beginning and the end of a thought simultaneously?


• Is it logical for a non-word to represent thought?


• What does it mean to 'lie'?


• How might contradictions arise?


• What are the killing fields?


• What is fertilizer?


• What are oracle bones?


• How might men "spend" their lives?