Thoughtings
- is a poetry collection with a difference. They are not poems or at least not in the traditional sense of the word
- they are Thoughtings. An entirely new term. A thougthing is a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry. They are more like what in music are called etudes or studies (e.g. Chopins Etudes Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier or perhaps a clearer analogy because of the pedagogical aspect would be Bartoks Microcosmos or Leo Brouwers Estudio Sencillos or Simple Etudes). Each etude has a specific technical or musical aspect that has been singled out for the purposes of study or exercise but each etude is also a st&-alone piece of music in its own right.