In his poem, Hubris at Zunzal, Rodney Jones explores the idea of human compulsion. He writes about losing things, but not missing them or realizing their value until they are gone. He writes about regret in throwing possessions away, especially those that can never come back - those that are washed away by the waves. Jones also briefly mentions the idea of language as an extremely powerful image. He even begins his poem by saying, "No image like the image of language." He argues that the words and thoughts he is about write create an image more powerful than any picture or other visual production.
Thank you for your insightful post. I enjoyed reading your thoughts especially because I did not really focus on Jones ideas on losing things. Have you thought about if Jones thinks that words are just more powerful than visual works in general? I'm asking this because you talked about the author creating an image more powerful than any visual work in only this one piece. Do you think he thinks so in a general sense?
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