About Dizzyrambic Imaginings:
Dizzyrambic Imaginings
Looking for connections and meanings: poetic, pathetic or profound? Or just drivel?
The dithyramb was an ancient Greek hymn. It was sung and danced in honour of Dionysus the god of wine and fecundity.
Plato thought dithyrambs to be poetry in which the poet is the only speaker; while Socrates wrote “… not by wisdom do poets write poetry… but… like soothsayers, they say many fine things, but do not understand the meaning of them.”
Maybe dithyrambs are just that – mindless wanderings of the imagination – or dizzy ramblings of it – dizzyrambic imaginings!
A notable example of a more modern dithyramb would be: “Alexander’s Feast; or, the Power of Music” by John Dryden.
When I attempted to arrange this collection of poetic musings various groupings occurred to me: nature; destiny; love and hate; future; past, and so on. In the end the alphabetic arrangement of the titles seemed to be just as appropriate as any, so there you have it. Twenty five dizzy ramblings for your consideration: frivolous; serious; pertinent; hopefully never irrelevant.
Targeted Age Group: 12 – 18
Written by: G J Griffiths
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Author Bio:
G J Griffiths is a retired science teacher with some early working experience of the photographic industry. Born in the UK he enjoys reading most genres of fiction such as sci-fi, crime/detective thrillers, historical and wildlife stories. Non-fiction reading mainly includes scientific or historical books. Walking in the English, Scottish or Welsh countryside with binoculars ready for bird-watching or other wildlife is a particular pleasure.
His first novel was Fallen Hero and the So What! series of three books followed and which are all focussed around the fictitious Birch Green High School. More recent works include poetry: Dizzyrambic Imaginings, two illustrated children’s sci-fi stories about ant-size aliens and historical novels based upon real characters from the Industrial Revolution period: The Quarry Bank Tales. During the commemoration of the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester Central Library, 2019, G J Griffiths was honoured to read out the chapter about this from his novel, ‘Mules; Masters & Mud’ – a book from the Quarry Bank Tales series.
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