In Search of the Opposite

Since before the word ‘relativity’ came into common usage, the concept of relativity has been applicable in all domains. The full purport of an idea is only understood when it is placed beside something which is in stark contrast to it. The qualities of the words bright, tall, heavy, and wide hold no meaning without their counterpoints dim, short, light, and narrow. Even […]

Homonym

Layer upon layerSheet below sheetOnce upon a timeHistory repeatsMe upon youOld below new You are no moreNeither is your homeBut I am hereTracing you on my ownSearching for glimpses of youOld below new In the cracks of the plaster, new upon oldIn the lanes and the gulleys, a tale untoldIn the courtyard, sunken below layers […]