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There Is No Such Thing As A Poem

by Aetius

Member since 2004 · Posted 30 Apr 2004 · 7 comments

There is no such thing as a poem: There are truths bled out through ink-stained hands; there are Amish tables polished clean through much erasure; there are puddles of words, vomited forth in ecstatic catharsis; there are monsters, unleashed by Frankensteins with pens; there are wild apples, sown by the mad; and tame roses, forced to fit syllabic trellises; but there is no such thing as a poem.

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[7] nentwined 30-Apr-04/11:53 AM Reply
I really like half of the lines, here. And the idea behind it. Actually, the more I read it, the more I like the idea behind it. moving a six to a seven.

favorite bits: monsters, ecstatic catharsis, and the syllabic trellises. :)
[n/a] <~> 30-Apr-04/11:58 AM Reply
the bleeding is very nicely done, aetius, and i like the analogy to amish tables but the words "polished clean through much erasure;" don't fitwith it--they trip them selves up. give them harder sounds to match the table's angles.

vomit--vomit. monsters unleashed--yesyes--

wild apples sewn by the mad--are you mad? why not the birds? why not by orchard-raiders chased off the land by athe tenant-farmer??

tame roses--ah, now that thorn soothes ,me. now you're back on track...

[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 30-Apr-04/12:31 PM Reply
Frankingsteins are much too thick to hold a pen.
[n/a] <~> › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 30-Apr-04/12:37 PM Reply
they have their butlers hold them. to sully their hands with an instrument such as that--no, never!
[8] richa 30-Apr-04/1:31 PM Reply
'There are truths bled out through ink-stained hands;' I think you are probably thinking about philosophers, poetes just write pretty words.
[9] deleted user 30-Apr-04/4:10 PM Reply
Actually, you have described a number of poems I have read here recently and may be saying they are not really poems, but something less. On the other hand you may be catagorizing what you consider good poems, though some verses belie this. 9 for irony.
[10] tadpole 6-Nov-04/10:29 PM Reply
Nice poem! ;)