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Open Poetry #26

Ars Poetica

aran
Junior Member

since 2003-05-18

Posts 34

0 posted 2003-05-25 04:04 PM

Ars Poetica

I.
Poetry is taking a blind man
and trying to describe the rainbow to him
using no adjectives.

II.
The Poet walks into a dark room
and paints the air white...
or at least attempts to
while the whales eat him whole
and recreate him again.

III.
The muses and the poet,
locked in a game of baseball,
forget that the poet must die
and forever they linger,
haunting students
with a bigger picture.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2003-05-25 06:07 PM

I think this is too true....and I like it!
Nice Job...

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2003-05-25 06:16 PM

aran...enjoyed the bit of humor in these, the way they were written...and the truth you tell.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2003-05-25 06:18 PM

Aran~
This is FANATASTIC~

You have described the poet/poetess to the nth degree~
Enjoyed the read~

(Poem by same title in Reflections Forum ?)
Different subject matter and different member I.D. .... same or not ?
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

aran
Junior Member

since 2003-05-18

Posts 34

4 posted 2003-05-26 12:21 PM

Well, many different poets can write an Ars Poetica.

Basically, an Ars Poetica is the poet's poem in which they try to state what poetry is. Since every poet's view on this is different, there can be many poems with this same title, but with very different content.

[This message has been edited by aran (05-26-2003 12:37 AM).]

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2003-05-27 04:39 PM

A blind man would appreciate adjectives...wouldn't he?...James

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