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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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unanswered questions fill the poet with profound frustration unreachable, unattainable insolent silence staring into the hollowness of insignificance a lost-boy-like loathing of the child within the versifier seeking bearing like the blind, sans dog ideas zip can't get a grip attracting unnamed doggerel like flypaper trying to compose these visceral thoughts onto papyrus banging away like a rodeo bull aching, grasping the right words within the fogged thicket of diminutive, poets' mind ought to be natural as hens laying an egg make fist of air say a prayer is it brilliance in the making or merely menopausal, womanopausal, conceiving slumped in fireside chair like a boxer between rounds ego bruised, hearing hooting, finger-pointing thunder incurable intensity of belief fulfills itself we are owned by our fears heart and mind gone dismal gray dawn hovering just inside thought-process is your brilliance dealing with conscience of death curse of humanity verses to pen of pain and suffering ink has run dry lost among the incestuous reality of essence screams are not heard there are no words naked truth sets in at fundamental level when the Voice of the Bard laughs in your face causing temporary (maybe) madness while you sit motionless in self-inflicted hell Quasimodo never so hideous Paradise Lost moves into soft places of hurt inside dark vale beyond the pale your genius, nothing but a traveling man's smile behind that crouching evil troll, wild-eyed, bloody-handed nekkid monster laying in wait for the poet to sob for lost fame to the sound of soul-bones shattering its over now gloom on your brow within chaotic images of insanity the poet roars a magnificent hiss speaks to ghost, ancient bards of poetical importance saying give distress a day of yourself, not a day-and-a-half your brand-new muse, reflects you fondles the pen words comes to him ~*~ I want to hear a Jim Croce song, but it will cut too deep, be too real. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
You are often at your best when your musings are raw and brutal and painful to read. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I fear you are correct, Lori. Nature poems and any other kind of poems I write my heart isn't in it, and that does definitely makes a difference. Thank you for being honest. ~*~ I want to hear a Jim Croce song, but it will cut too deep, be too real. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
VERY interesting 'write!' ... lots of grand lines; however, I am particularly fond of: "your genius, nothing but a traveling man's smile" |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you for reading and commenting on my poetry, Bruce. It's always delightful to see you here. ~*~ I want to hear a Jim Croce song, but it will cut too deep, be too real. ~*~ |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Loved the flow and feel of this one. Sounds like writers block gave you something to write about. Enjoyed! Kat >^..^< |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! Actually you are right, Kat. Sitting there chewing the inside of my mouth and begging for words to come, and miraculously they eventually did. Thank you for your gracious comments. ~*~ Your past is just a story. Once you realize this, it has no power over you. ~*~ |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
You, blank? Not for long it seems. |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
seems like you beat yourself up here, but I do understand that blank that just smacks you n the face when you least can justify the why of it all I understand |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Naw Krawdad, I don't usually suffer word deprivation for very long. Thank for being here. ~*~ Your past is just a story. Once you realize this, it has no power over you. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! Yeah, you're right, Emma. It "gets" you at the most inopportune time, doesn't it? ~*~ Your past is just a story. Once you realize this, it has no power over you. ~*~ |
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