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Anti-"Poem"

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Poetry


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Submitted: Jan 3, 2007    Reads: 65    Comments: 3    Likes: 0   


I want to be heard,

I have a heart,

I have a mind,

I want to write,

 

Write what?

Poems on an empty page,

An empty screen,

Wean! Wean!

I wean this drivel,

So that I may be heard,

Hear my drivel,

Comment on it,

It’s my drivel and I’m proud of it,

 

Polluted minds...

Dare I say?

Polluted hearts led astray,

 

You want write then write,

 

Write what?

Write what’s good,

Write what inspires,

Write from the Heart,

Even Imagination,

Not a sloppy manipulation.

 

Poems are great,

Poems can be beautiful,

From the heart,

From the truth,

From the center of our creation,

Otherwise it’s nothing but a pointless regurgitation.


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Tyrone Slade
Tyrone_Slade

Poems free style thoughts, thoughts are doors to the mind, the mind is the window to the soul, thus no poem is bad, thou some are plain and very few are great, if you can not see the meaning, you only get what you take. nice "anti-poem."

Posted: Jan 3, 2007

Author Comment:

Thank you for your comment, an interesting one at that, this is an opinion piece and I was hoping for opinion comments.

When you say the mind is the window to the soul.. I think the mind is a tool, your heart is you. The heart inspires the mind, the mind is a tool that expresses the heart - yes. Many layers here.

"God doesn't take you (Humanity) for what your minds have achieved, Verily, God takes you for what your hearts have achieved" (From the Holy Quran) All Praise and thanks be to God.

What meaning? Why? Where is this coming from? Is it coming from a place of dellusion or truth. What's being supported here > Hence Pointless Drivel - And again, should we write a poem just for the sake of writing it, whatever comes to mind. What does it mean to the world to humanity - If you want others to read it, it should be written for others to read. Writing whatever comes to mind at any given moment can be a pointless thing (even more so when you wish to present it openly to the public) depending on what it is of course. I'm saying if you write, write something that's worth it, write something good, not a sloppy manipulation. Poems (specifically) that are great are those that come from truth, the heart, purity.

I'm saying be thoughtful with your work, dig deep.





Tesseth
Tesseth

True Tyrone.
Like I've said before, if someone is putting passion into their "art"..I can admire it for that sake, if nothing else. It may suck to me personally but, I can appreciate their effort/passion.
But, drivel can just be that too....drivel. (maybe somewhere, somehow, it inspires someone though---who knows, maybe I'm too optimistic)

Posted: Jan 3, 2007

Author Comment:

Thanks for your addition. Comment on a comment, if someone commented on your comment - it would be a comment to a comment to a comment. lol

poewhit
poewhit

You sound like being in a tunnel and seeing a light at the end. That is a good reason to have reasons to write.

Posted: Jan 3, 2007

Author Comment:

Thank you for your comment, your vote of confidence and your insight, poewhit.





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