7. Thoughting

A Thoughting is a new kind of poetry for something that is not quite poetry and not quite philosophy while, at the same time, being both poetry and philosophy for the classroom. They are light-hearted exercises for the brain, or, etudes for the mind, (mostly) in verse.

This is an example of a Thoughting – it’s called The Talking Poem:

Hello, I’m a poem,
A poem that talks to you
But a poem that also
Talks back

A poem that says what it wants to
Then says what it thinks you’ll
Say back.

„What do you mean?“
I hear you say out loud.
Well, something a little
Like that!

„Like what?“ you shout out
(Whether you do or not)
Then you reply by saying:
„___________________“

/ Peter Worley, Guardian 1.10.