Thoughtings.....: Puzzles, Problems and Paradoxes in Poetry to Think With (The Philosophy Foundation)

Thoughtings..... is a poetry collection with a difference.

The name Thoughtings was inspired by a five-year old who, when asked to explain what thinking is without using the word "think" said, "It's when youre thoughting."

Children love pondering big, philosophical questions like, "Does the universe end?" "Where is my mind?" and "Can something be true and false at the same time?" These verses capture that impulse in the growing mind, and feed it further.

These are not poems, or at least, not in the traditional sense of the word. . . . They are a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry.

Here's to the joy of puzzlement!

"The Thought":

I had a thought
I kept it in my mind
Where's that?
My mind is in my brain
Which is in my head
Which is under my hat.

Peter Worley works with The Philosophy Foundation—a team of enthusiasts who promote and train teachers and young people in philosophy worldwide as part of the charity's work.

Andrew Day has a background in language teaching and a degree in philosophy and social anthropology, the combination of which have sparked his passionate curiosity into the part that language plays in the development of thinking.