And He Talked And Talked And Talked

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poeticdreamer
Junior Member

since 2002-01-17

Posts 46

0 posted 2002-02-12 08:16 PM

Note: Dedicated to a critic, name withheld to protect his stupidity!

And he talked and talked and talked:

Ears listening to only his lies,

And his lies spoke only to him,

Trying to be quiet yet still screaming,

Drowning in rants never heard,

So concise but not too clear,

Imprisoned in thoughts of obsession,

Muttering useless ancient literary rules,

In love with yet hating poetic expressions,

Foreign to his limited imagination,

Trapped behind walls of old thought,

Grasping yet never holding reality,

While visions of punctuation and conformity crowd his tiny unexpanded mind,

Judging without thinking one step ahead,

Thinking thoughts that kill his judgement,

Still his body moves forward to nowhere,

His voice the only sound left to comfort him,

Unaware of love just beneath his window,

Desolation blinds his desperate micro brain,

In pathetic awe of ancient written rules,

Never really meant for one of his ilk,

For they were penned for men of consciousness,

Aware their times and rules would surely end,

Were never truly meant for all the centuries,

Suffocating in the dust of a past he never lived,

Afraid of new ideas of written expression,

Created from the minds of what he fears most,

Free thinking writers unafraid of literary change,

And still,

He talked and talked and talked.

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

1 posted 2002-02-12 08:41 PM

HAHAHAHA I have known a few of these in my time. HOw boring, too bad they don't understand or appreciate good poetry. I love this, it is wonderful. thanks for writing it and posting it.

floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-02-12 08:46 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh dear, I am so sorry you had to encounter such critics like this one, sweet friend, some people can be so cruel and yet not know anything about quality work, really I like any kind of poem that has a positive message like this! (sigh) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is sooooo powerfully expressed! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

3 posted 2002-02-12 08:50 PM

Geez, if it wasn't about a critic, I'd have thought you wrote this about my ex-husband!! Lol. Well written observations about the rants some go on. I have no idea who you're talking about, but, I think we've all known someone like this.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-02-12 08:54 PM

LOL@Tracey's remark about her ex!
Yes, we all know at least one person like this who just loves the sound of their own voice...or the look of their typed words.
Sad...so sad! Good write!
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Love transcends time and space~

ShadowRider
Senior Member

since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

5 posted 2002-02-12 09:28 PM

well described PoetPerson.
i wonder....if we put all these superior-than-us folks in a room
would they ever wake up?
or would they put each other for sleep forevah? *smiles*
tSR

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

6 posted 2002-02-13 12:51 PM

I think you have described SOME critics perfectly..although not all. Love the disclaimer. This communicates your annoyance with a certain grace. enjoyed.

For all who watch.Dare you say hello? Come in and ask the questions that are on your mind, but spare me your judgement until you truly sipped of me.

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