Posts Tagged ‘hypnosis’

Altered States in Poetic Dreams

There is one
difference
in my use
of hypnotic
patterning
in poetry...

I do not write
a poem
with one reader
or listener
in mind.

I write
those things
that have
altered
my consciousness
in the most
intense
ways.

So, the question
is not
can you be
hypnotized,
the question is
can I find
the language
patterns
that will
be most effective
in altering
your
consciousness.

By Bruce Whealton
June 24, 2009

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Guidance

Hypnotic patterning
can be useful
and effective
as a language tool
for any poet.

Those who say
they cannot
be hypnotized
will be pleasantly
surprised
to discover
the way
a poem
can alter their
consciousness.

While hypnosis
is no different
than anything else,
we can learn
to create poems
that elicit
more intense
responses
from people...
using hypnosis
	we can do what it is
we do
	as hypnotists....
as poets...	and have
a greater		impact.

by Bruce Whealton
June 16, 2009

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Poetry is hypnosis

Poetry is hypnosis,
whose success
is measured
by its ability
to alter
one's consciousness -

and yet
not every good
poem will
create the same
trance in everyone...

sometimes it's the
reader's voice
and the empathy
between reader, poet
and listener.

June 9, 2009

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