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Romance/Love: July 04, 2007 Issue [#1805]

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Who would have thought that a little girl from a small Texas town would get to write the Ro/Lo newsletter two weeks in a row? With love in my heart I offer you a twist on romance/love. Last week we talked about different types of love, this week we take on the opposite of love.


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What is the opposite of love? The answer has always been most interesting because it’s rarely the correct answer. Right now you are looking at the screen saying (with or without “duh”), “It’s hate.” This is one of those times when the obvious is not the correct answer; the opposite of love is indifference. Indifference doesn’t recognize the need for any emotional response to another person. With hate, the person must make the conscious decision to feel something toward the other person. The person must put forth an effort to feel. With indifference there is no choice because the person doesn’t hold the object, or person, worthy of the effort necessary to ascertain a feeling. Indifference is not caring to the nth degree. Writers spout poetry about love just as often as they profess undying hate. Love and hate fit poetry like a kid glove because poetry is driven my emotion and both love and hate are very powerful, life altering emotions. Indifference however requires a certain finesse from the poet, or prose writer. Indifference may be the lack of emotional commitment but it is hardly boring.

One way to think about indifference is to take unrequited love from the other person’s point of view. We often think of unrequited love from the point of view of the “victim,” the person who feels rejected. Think about the object of that love, is the lovee really the bad guy just because the lover wants a relationship? What happens when both parties just fall out of love with each other? Does it always have to be some gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, done-me-wrong type of story, or poem?

I would like to challenge you to write a piece that centers on indifference. Remember the idea is to create a reality that suggests the person doesn’t care. Below you will find a sestina that starts out with the main character in love but at the end she moves on to someone else. She isn’t evil incarnate, doesn’t have someone on the side, she just doesn’t love the guy anymore. In fact, the poem's inspiration came from a remark made by one of twenty year olds at work. She came in one morning mentioning that she had broken up with her boyfriend. When questioned she answered quite honestly and matter a factly, "I thought I was in love, but I got over it."

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