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Free verse № 1167

Cour

Member since 2002 · Posted 6 May 2002 · 7 comments

When I was young I used to read the famous poems The Classic poems, all full of Meter and rhyme. Sonnet, Lyric, Blank Verse and more. And I would scribble my words Hiss in pain Throw them away. I am not a poet, although I work in words, in truth. I write Fiction and essays and email. The essential unknown does not Flow through my pen. I am Too prosaic for that. Yet I sit here, quiet, but Mind like monkey still And I wonder why I try. I am not those whom I read Classic or amateur. I wonder What opiate allows them to publish These frail bits. For me, I climb up and fall off this cliff Because I no longer care.

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[7] ifni 9-May-02/7:16 PM Reply
It's not because you no longer care, but because you no longer _fear_ . =)
[3] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 12-May-02/7:25 AM Reply
When you were young, maybe you could write poems. But you're a very old man now. I think you'd better have a lie down.
[n/a] Cha no Onna › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 8-Oct-02/5:21 PM Reply
Female, actually. Do you think you could say anything with any sort of *content?*
[8] anonymous 16-May-02/1:20 PM Reply
try drinking. ...c. bukowski
[6] deleted user 15-Jul-02/11:55 AM Reply
Confessional and a self depricating, you have the attitude of poet. Your words might gain more power if you used them in a less conventional way. I like your last sentence, maybe you could start a poem with those two lines.
[n/a] Cha no Onna › deleted user 3-Jan-03/3:19 PM Reply
I would like to find poetry in the conventional. Too many people try to use words as unconventionally as possible. It's at times like this that the meanings of words becomes twisted, and the poetry, un-understandable. If you want to see me being "unconventional," check out Autophage. No one got that one at all.
[n/a] kawakurdi 29-Jul-02/10:58 AM Reply
Good advice, I agree.