01-28-2013, 03:45 AM
I wonder why I love to scribble
profundities or arrant drivel,
revealing clips of what I know,
concealing bits that I should show?
I wonder where these rhymes will go
when they collide with what you know?
And how you feel.
I wonder if the words I scrawl
intrigue, enrapt, inspire, enthrall
elucidate, attenuate or heal?
I write and mentally ascend
onto clouds, where my best friends
are verbs and preening adjectives
which decorate my narratives
and generate a laxative
effect on my mind.
But other times I descend
into an attitude
that sends
me deep into solitude
and creative constipation.
So, to garner inspiration
I'll find some old quotations
or a dust-filmed hoary cliche
that will maybe take me halfway
to new literary creations.
A story or an ode
hopefully bestowed
with meaning, form and clarity,
a testament to the artistry
of internet forum critters
who, whether sweet or bitter,
(and some are plain outrageous,)
will advise, inform or witter
advantageous...
ly for my art. *
Of course they need revision
and serious attention
to iambs and abstractions,
trochees and inversions.
Then some concentration
on verse - blank or rhyme,
Do my words flow naturally?
Or read better when they chime
harmoniously?
I hurl words at the stars
and await creative echoes.
Rhymes return from Mars,
as unforced as Mexico's
sombrero's.
Sometimes I hear an angel
whisper in my head,
other times the devil
shrieks a curse or two instead.
A swirling and unholy babble:
angelic phrases, devilish words
tangle, flirt, joke and grapple
with all my passions, all my hurts.
So I launch myself unbridled
to mask and unveil a universe.
So, if you catch me fast asleep
with pen and paper in my hand,
Let me be, don't wake me please,
I'll be writing bold ideas
opportunities, dreams and plans.
* (If I offend 'critters'
e'en afore you crit
you'll despise this piece
as a load of shit.
Oops! now mods' tempers will flare,
for posting a poem in which I swear.
They'll probably say the thread must be closed
So as you aren't reading this I see no point in finishing it off properly
profundities or arrant drivel,
revealing clips of what I know,
concealing bits that I should show?
I wonder where these rhymes will go
when they collide with what you know?
And how you feel.
I wonder if the words I scrawl
intrigue, enrapt, inspire, enthrall
elucidate, attenuate or heal?
I write and mentally ascend
onto clouds, where my best friends
are verbs and preening adjectives
which decorate my narratives
and generate a laxative
effect on my mind.
But other times I descend
into an attitude
that sends
me deep into solitude
and creative constipation.
So, to garner inspiration
I'll find some old quotations
or a dust-filmed hoary cliche
that will maybe take me halfway
to new literary creations.
A story or an ode
hopefully bestowed
with meaning, form and clarity,
a testament to the artistry
of internet forum critters
who, whether sweet or bitter,
(and some are plain outrageous,)
will advise, inform or witter
advantageous...
ly for my art. *
Of course they need revision
and serious attention
to iambs and abstractions,
trochees and inversions.
Then some concentration
on verse - blank or rhyme,
Do my words flow naturally?
Or read better when they chime
harmoniously?
I hurl words at the stars
and await creative echoes.
Rhymes return from Mars,
as unforced as Mexico's
sombrero's.
Sometimes I hear an angel
whisper in my head,
other times the devil
shrieks a curse or two instead.
A swirling and unholy babble:
angelic phrases, devilish words
tangle, flirt, joke and grapple
with all my passions, all my hurts.
So I launch myself unbridled
to mask and unveil a universe.
So, if you catch me fast asleep
with pen and paper in my hand,
Let me be, don't wake me please,
I'll be writing bold ideas
opportunities, dreams and plans.
* (If I offend 'critters'
e'en afore you crit
you'll despise this piece
as a load of shit.
Oops! now mods' tempers will flare,
for posting a poem in which I swear.
They'll probably say the thread must be closed
So as you aren't reading this I see no point in finishing it off properly