The circle - Don Paterson

Cards (16)

  • “the circle” is a symbol of the eternal cycle of life, death, and not perfect
  • “my boy“ poets pride in his son
  • “paining outer space” trying to understand it , simple but difficult
  • “heavenly design” god, perfect
  • “he screws it up” childish language , childish frustration
  • “the shakes” something wrong w him
  • “thank god” religious , blaming god for his sons disability
  • “he’s all the earth” means a lot to poet
  • “flutter in his signature” a slight imperfection in his identity , conveys poets frustration
  • “nothings what we meant” uncertainty, relying on fate
  • “to keep our arrows halfway straight” once we let go its in fates hands and we have no control over it
  • “the target also draws our aim” still worth aiming for something even if you miss, do it for the sake of doing it
  • “our will and natures are the same” we are as we are meant to be
  • “muddy water jar” fate
  • “filling with the perfect ring” natural perfection, perfection has been there all along
  • key themes - nothings perfect , fate