When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
All the corners that are left
Langston Hughes poet and novelist, was born on 1 February 1902 in Joplin, Missouri.
The meaning of this short poem is twofold, in my opinion.
1 In our lives we all look for changes when we want to avoid our own demons but in the end, we will have to deal with ourselves again-
2 In a self- discovery journey, when we meet ourselves again after the last corner, this means that we have reached our goal.
What do you think?
La curva finale
Quando giri l’angolo
e ti imbatti in te stesso
allora sai che hai svoltato
tutti gli angoli rimasti.
Il significato di questa breve poesia รจ duplice, secondo me.
1 Nella nostra vita cerchiamo tutti cambiamenti quando vogliamo evitare i nostri demoni ma alla fine dovremo affrontare di nuovo noi stessi.
2 In un viaggio alla scoperta di sรฉ, quando incontriamo noi stessi, dopo l’ultima curva, significa che abbiamo raggiunto la nostra meta.
Qual รจ la vostra opinione?
Image – Wikimedia Commons: L. Hughes in 1902
Mostly agree: The goal is to find ourselves. Not sure we’re running from or running to our demons though.
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I also like this hypothesis very much
Thank you ror your lovely comment!
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interesting thoughts on this, I immediately responded to #2. Kinda like a conch shell turning in on itself to nest inside of your own self. Just a thought, good day!
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The second hypothesis is the more positive. I like it too.
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Conoscere e accettare se stessi รจ il nostro piรน importante viaggio…๐
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Vero, Dani! Importante e anche difficile…
Un caro abbraccio๐ค๐๐ฅฐ
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Difficilissimo….ricambio l’abbraccio, buona serata Luisa ๐ค๐๐
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Intrigante citation !
Buona serata, Luisa !
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Merci!
Bonne soirรฉe Jean-Louis ๐
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molto bella e interessante sia la poesia che la tua duplice interpretazione, che mi vede d’accordo anche se credo che quanto finalmente ci troviamo non siamo veramente arrivati alla meta, ma forse inizia finalmente il vero viaggio, questa volta senza piรน angoli da svoltare ^_^
Un abbraccio carissima ๐
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Le tue parole mi hanno trasmesso l’immagine positiva di qualcosa che comincia , si innalza e e si espande, senza piรน intoppi
Un abbraccio a te, Sara ๐๐๐
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Molto interessante credo che la vita in sรฉ sia dentro e fuori di noi dunque occorre ispezionare a fondo tutti i lati se desideriamo vivere e non morire un pezzetto ogni giorno
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E’ una riflessione profonda, Paola cara, Ti ringrazio per averla condivisa qui
Buona serata, con un abbraccio
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A great quote. I take the wheel of life from it ๐
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Thank you for your comment!
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… che dietro l’ultimo angolo c’era uno specchio! ๐คฃ๐
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Beautiful lines and interesting warm comments. What about a play upon words? You turned all the corners left, but not the corners to the right. It’s turning in the same direction that brings you back (360ยฐ) to yourself… Maybe exploring the world means that you take (dare to take) the right turn now and then…?
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What an interesting interpretation! Thanks for sharing it
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That’s exactly what I thought – that if you turn the last corner and meet yourself you must be going around in circles like a dog chasing its tail. ๐
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Your observations are really valuable.
Thank you again for sharing them here ๐๐บ๐๐บ๐๐บ๐
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Thank you for informing me ๐
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i’ve just received a mail from your grandad Guido who said the comment was his,
So there was no hacking of any sort.
A big hug from Italy
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Thanks for the hug. I also received an email. Iโm very happy there wasnโt any hacking.
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lo specchio puo essere un momento di “self-reflection” prima di ricominciare il viaggio e da qualche parte prendere la svolta a destra (the right turn)
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Grazie, trovo sia questo sia l’altro commento molto interessanti!
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It’s interesting that you mentioned demons. T.S. Eliot mentions the devil when talking about turns in โAsh Wednesdayโ.
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Thank you for this wonderful connection to TS Eliot ๐๐๐
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Yes wherever there is good mentioned there must be evil mentioned also unfortunately we are amongst evil this Earth is referred to as the devil’s footstool and my goodness, I am in America you can’t drive on the road without meeting one devil or another you certainly can’t walk down the streets as you could 10 years ago without meeting one loony or another we have a columnist here, dear Abby that once said, drive your car on the road as if the other driver was either high on drugs high on alcohol or totally mentally unstable . no matter how badly you want to feel positive and think only the good you must also see the bad !
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I think that columnist was right!
Have a nice day, dear Sharon
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The reference to T.S. Eliot is indeed an interesting one. In Little Gidding (Four Quarters) he wrote the well known lines
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” It brings me to the following idea. The coming back to the starting point par excellence (oneself) in both poems could be regarded as the point where we establish our relationship to whatever we explored, the point that we convey (re-tollere,-latus) the meaning of that explored item/creature to ourselves. In this respect and for that explored element we then have reached our goal and the title The Final Curve can be accounted for.
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What a great insight into TS Eliot.
I’m so grateful for your sharing this very interesting and profound connection here
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Thank you for your interesting idea. I think we (ok, not all of us but someone) never completely reach our goals so ‘In my beginning is my end’ (‘East Coker’).
I’d like to offer your attention a musical palindrome by Guillaume de Machaut ‘Ma fin est mon commencement’: https://youtu.be/dcfPr4IN2MM
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Thank you very much: I found it wonderful and amazing
PS I need to ask you something: where can iI find your blog (if you have one)?
The message from WordPress reads “flumenhabitans.wordpress.com is no longer available.
The authors have deleted this site.”
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No, I don’t have a blog now.
I’m better reader than writer)
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Thank you for letting me know. Then I will wait for you as a reader and commentator
Have a good day๐น๐น๐น
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Thank you!
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Prima o poi dobbiamo fare i conti con noi stessi. (Langston Hughes, il poeta della “negritudine”, รจ anche uno dei miei preferiti, ma questa poesia non la conoscevo. Grazie )
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Grazie a te! Questa poesia, quasi un aforisma, รจ davvero poco nota
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Quite profound ๐
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Thank you for this appreciated feedback! ๐
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Very much a pleasure Luisa๐
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Le fughe da noi stessi falliscono sempre miseramente
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Purtroppo รจ cosรฌ
Buona serata, Flavio
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il cerchio si chiude con l’ultimo angolo.
Serena serata
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Sรฌ, un ciclo… come la vita
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buona serata
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Buona serata a te!
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Io opto per la prima domanda.
Mi รจ capitato diverse volte di voler cercare un cambio di passo, una svolta.
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Grazie per la tua considerazione personale, Marzia carissima
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per me รจ come voler dire che alla fine quando ti cerchi e ti riconosci รจ perchรจ hai vagliato ogni tua predisposizione, ogni tua mancanza, ogni tua positivitร , ogni tua negativitร ….sei alloscoperto e non puoi piรน barare con te stesso. ogni angolo รจ la parte nascosta di noi che non vorremmo vedere.
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Che bella riflessione! Ti ringrazio sinceramente di averla voluta condividere con me e con i nostri amici ๐๐๐๐๐
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I wonder if Richard Ashcroft had this on his mind when he wrote “Lucky Man.”
“But how many corners do I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind? …”
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Who knows!
Thank you very much for this wonderful connection๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐
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Well…I think that’s a beautiful girl right there.you need to know yourself and you will never ever have corners to turn
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Impressive of words
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Thank you for appreciating this short poem by Langston Hughes as much as I did ๐
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