In all myriad of possible chances,
On how unlikely you have been
To discover such an obscure place
Buried deep under the cesspool
Among the unprolific and the ubiquitous:
The unpopular and the nonsensical;
It was no accident that you are here.
My frozen heart and soul touches
The blazing hearts of the reader
With feeble voice and shortened range:
A despaired mind filled with genial thought
Of self-righteousness and self-absorption
With one pang from your seething soul
Shall grant me benign eternal fire
That shall thaw this frozen heart
With your burning endeavor
From your responses and flattery
That seems belittled but precious
To the forsaken poet and his chilling poesy
of grave nothingness and haunting vanity.
I think that all poetry– published or unpublished, found online or in a faded journal, finished or in revision–has mystery and wisdom to share with us. Then it falls on us to find it. And some surely speak poetry better than others. . .
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Excellent input, Pat! Appreciate the comment!
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And thank you for the acknowledgment.
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I CAN’T REMEMBER WHY I TOLD YOU TO THROW ROBERT FROST
IN THE TRASH CAN
YOU SHOULD THROW ALL BOURGEOIS POETRY IN THE TRASH CAN
how do you know if it is “bourgeois” poetry ?
—————-anything published
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authentic poetry:
freedom from the grave
the desperate desire to be free from the grave
in the grave Misery becomes mud
it likes to suck your knees
can’t recall the last time you saw your toes ?
standing there in the grave
at first there was obsession with revenge
but that grew thin—what was the point ?
increasing barbarism in love
you’ve known it for years
the beast constantly covering its teeth
corruption in slow motion
seemingly private,
your mind pictures itself 10 feet tall
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in the daily struggle of life
the soldier who stops
to ask
“why should I ?”
will find himself no longer in the battle
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I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO THROW ROBERT FROST IN THE TRASH CAN
AND READ SOMETHING MORE MODERN—SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE CAUGHT
UP IN READING REALLY DIFFICULT MATERIAL.
WISH YOU THE BEST !!!
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My question would be then, ‘why should I?’
Thanks for the advise nonetheless.
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