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Eulogy for a Poet (Free verse) by Dovina
Up to the mic a poet walks Frost in his belly fire in his heart pictorial at first his chosen words an ordinary scene then changing abruptly elegant, elite his first mistake A touch of melodrama shows he’s childish comically untrained caught in the moment rush of emotion perceptively rushed void of sound structure not carefully penned his second mistake Arrogance and indifference his third mistake naïve street poet ignoring wholesome criticism repeating mistakes reading after reading remaining oblivious Other mistakes deserve mention but these most affected his work through the years til he died without shame or regret thinking his verse had grown stronger not vulnerable and vestigial not easy prey for savage poets A delicate thing he was poet without growth


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Arithmetic Mean: 6.0
Weighted score: 5.119203
Overall Rank: 5813
Posted: June 16, 2005 11:20 AM PDT; Last modified: June 16, 2005 11:20 AM PDT
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[7] Bankrupt_Word_Clerk @ 71.129.180.150 | 16-Jun-05/11:24 AM | Reply
Frost in his belly
fire in his heart


[n/a] Dovina @ 69.175.32.185 > Bankrupt_Word_Clerk | 16-Jun-05/11:25 AM | Reply
Yep, that's what it says.
[7] Bankrupt_Word_Clerk @ 71.129.180.150 > Dovina | 16-Jun-05/11:52 AM | Reply
sorry.. just meant that I like those lines.
[9] zodiac @ 212.118.16.50 | 18-Jun-05/2:06 AM | Reply
Poetry -------------------------- SLAM! Poetry

Compare and contrast. (5 points)
[n/a] Dovina @ 12.72.12.187 > zodiac | 19-Jun-05/6:41 PM | Reply
Not meant as a slam, really. These are mistakes I have made, and that I see many poets making. After we die, what matters?
[9] zodiac @ 213.186.191.33 > Dovina | 20-Jun-05/5:51 AM | Reply
No, I meant where he was performing was a Slam Poetry reading. I see being successful at cafe-performance-poetry as something so different from being successful at poetry that it's like comparing riding a bike to breaking a bike over your head.
[n/a] Dovina @ 69.175.32.185 > zodiac | 20-Jun-05/11:43 AM | Reply
I tend to agree that a poem that is well received at a coffee shop reading is not usually a good poem on close examination. There are performance poems and there are contempation poems. On rare occasion a poem is both.
[9] zodiac @ 213.186.177.253 > Dovina | 21-Jun-05/3:09 AM | Reply
I try to make each of my contemplation poems contain a penis or the word 'fucking'. What are my chances?
[n/a] Dovina @ 69.175.32.185 > zodiac | 21-Jun-05/9:36 AM | Reply
That's a very kind and generous offer, but I try to avoid such goings-on with married men.
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