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A Choice Of Weapons...Do read it!
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A Choice Of Weapons...Do read it! |
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since 2000-01-31
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Hello all..this poem is not written by me (ofcourse)heh..But its a very nice one...thus i dedicate this one to all those critics who think they know it but they don't(most of the time ..o'course )wink*  faithA CHOICE OF WEAPONS! Reviewing me with undue elation A critic who has earned his reputation By being always Johnny-on-the-spot Where each contemporary starts to rot Conceded me integrity and style And stamina to walk a measured mile, "The times are suited for the gray empiric, The witty ironist ,the casual lyric; Apparently its gristle-fare, not fat, At certain tables: must we weep at that? Thought poets seem to rail at bourgeois ills It is their lack of audience that kills. Their metaphysics but reflects a folly: Read me or I'll be damned and melancholy, This poet suffers that's his right of course, But we don't have to watch him beat the horse." Sir, if appreciation be my lack You may appreciate me front and back- I wont deny that vaguely vulgar need: But do not pity those whose motives bleed Even while strolling in a formal garden. Observe that tears are bullet when they harden; The triggered poem's no water-pistol joy, But shoots its cause and is a source of joy! (Stanley Kunitz , is a 19th century poet ) |
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