New Jersey - Arizona: yes, they do seem like opposites, but your mind savors them as complementary, just as age
and youth, past and present, thoughts and sensations are complementary. I think your opening stanza does this wonderfully: in your thoughts are the deciduous forests of NJ, but in the immediacy of your senses are the saguaros! That is one of the amazing qualities of our minds, that we can hold opposites in perfect poise.
Poems are the property of their respective owners. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors, and is provided at no charge...
New Jersey - Arizona: yes, they do seem like opposites, but your mind savors them as complementary, just as age and youth, past and present, thoughts and sensations are complementary. I think your opening stanza does this wonderfully: in your thoughts are the deciduous forests of NJ, but in the immediacy of your senses are the saguaros! That is one of the amazing qualities of our minds, that we can hold opposites in perfect poise.