Aphorisms by David Giannini

Posted on February 24, 2013
Filed Under Aphorisms, metaphor, wit | 4 Comments

Thanks to Jim Finnegan, proprietor of the ursprache blog and author of the aphoristically amazing Tramp Freighter, for alerting me to 42 Aphoristics by David Giannini, published recently in Talisman:

 

Some echoes are spitefully returned
to themselves unheard

 

Who marinate in spotlights
are condemned to be burnt

 

Infinity is the last
of its kind

 

Let your own arms hold
you first

 

Down close to certain flowers
all excesses are sufficiencies

 

Wit defies death
but death defines wit

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4 Responses to “Aphorisms by David Giannini”

  1. David Giannini on February 25th, 2013 9:32 am

    I am grateful to you, James, for selecting some of my aphoristics (as I call them) and grateful to
    James Finnegan for having passed them on to you–
    sincerest thanks! David G.

  2. The man who knew nothing about Tuco! on February 25th, 2013 11:54 am

    Brilliant! If writing aphorisms was a competition, this man would win the prize for excellent aphorism writing –poetic style!

  3. marty rubin on February 26th, 2013 10:03 pm

    Very nice. Arranging them as couplets gives a nice added touch.

  4. marty rubin on February 27th, 2013 9:25 pm

    Every drop of dew before it fades must think itself immortal.

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