A Rebirth of Wonder
Sophocles Papavasilopoulos
Have you ever been in a funk and suddenly, even briefly, you feel like you can do things again? During the down times, these brief awakeningsdon't make sense. It feels irrational to WANT to do anything. But when they come, they can bring … Read More
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Have you ever been in a funk and suddenly, even briefly, you feel like you can do things again? During the down times, these brief awakeningsdon't make sense. It feels irrational to WANT to do anything. But when they come, they can bring real hope and a chance to reopen yourself to the world. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 1958 poem "I Am Waiting" contains both social critique and hope in the same breath. The poem's modulated refrain "I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder" points to an aspirational state of mind, one that yearns for optimism and reaches toward it. I assume Ferlinghetti was thinking of bigger social, political, cultural elements in need of rebirth (true today as in 1958). However, I'm choosing to see it as a smaller, personal, even temporary rebirth. And the "wonder" is the curiosity that keeps us interested in and connected to the world. "A Rebirth of Wonder" begins in restless, bubbling anticipation and works toward a sense of opening up. An anxious energy persists along the way, perhaps the fear that even this glimmer of hope will recede. But the piece ultimately arrives at a bright, ecstatic conclusion, embracing an outside world eager to be experienced and shared.