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Open Poetry #40

The Poet's Curse

RogueandPoet
Member

since 2007-06-04

Posts 126
Oregon

0 posted 2007-06-15 02:48 PM

The Poet’s Curse

Each morning I set sail
   to find an undiscovered poem
   where I can harbor my convictions
   and lay anchor midst the foam.
   Where I can dive into the language
   be it blue or salty verse
   and sink down low into the depths
   where lies the Poet’s curse.

And there I’ll fight the deep sea beast
   with it’s blank and empty stare
   armed with just a fountain pen
   to blunt its ivory stare.
   And with only words to raise me
   from the darkness of the brine
   I’ll pen my strokes to ebb and tide
   until I’ve got a rhyme.

And then I’ll rise to greet the surface
   and then swim into the shore
   where I’ll walk upon the burning sand
   to find a publisher.
   And though the beast could not defy me
   or the ocean blue and wide
   I’ve found my agent is a pirate
   different title - same insides

And so I go back home and tie my ship up
   tightly to the dock
   and go to work to pay my bills
   as if cast upon the rocks.
   But in the morning I’ll set sail
   and I will dance upon the surf
   and once again dive deep into the blue
   to drown in the Poet’s curse.

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

1 posted 2007-06-15 03:05 PM

This is so wonderful. I am glad that you are still drowing that Poet's curse and I am glad that you are doing it here.

I love reading your poetry.

A

Topheth
Member

since 2001-09-08

Posts 297
Texas

2 posted 2007-06-15 03:51 PM

   I’ve found my agent is a pirate
   different title - same insides

Standing-O!  Loved the rhythm and story.

SEA