How long should you, the poet, wait
before you know its all in vain
to wait for some worthy subject
to whisper life into your pen.
Or is it wise to please the mob
with hackneyed verses, cliched lines
and go about doing your job
making lifeless words to rhyme.
Let the seething silence seep
Fling open the windows wide
Drawing from the frozen deep
Let the thaw of itself write.
photo: gettyimages.com
22 comments:
It's been a while since your last poem. This was a very welcome post. :)
Ah, how well you express the barrenness of the blogger's mind.
ALso, you realize, this is probably the first poem I have understood all by myself. Yay-ee
I actually agree with adlibber that this is one of the few (not the only one - i hasten to clarify) poems that i understood on a first read, all by myself!!! :-)
and i believe that its worth the while to wait for a really good poem to pop into the poet's mind rather than make do with "...hackneyed verses, cliched lines..." :-)
Nice post!
EK,we are.
gegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegege!
EK. we shall stay!
gegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegege!!!!!
# p.c - no idea means no poems. result: super boredom and a dying blog.
# a.l - second, if y memory doesn't fail me.
# i.p - pity that it doesn't deserve a second read by virtue of it's clarity! :)
# anon - what are these ??? marriage vows ? eh ?? :P
WE ARE SPARTANS....
AND .....gegegegegegeggegegege
gegegegegegegegegege
gegegegegeggegegegegegegegegeg
gegegegeg
gegegegegegegegegegegeg
gegegege
:-P
....THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
-----The Anonymous 2
WE ARE FAMILY!!!! SPARTAN FAMILY!!!!
THIS
IS
SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
goooo gegegegegegegegegegegegegegegege!!
love
the anon. 1.
ei... WIAN? This Spartan Family is kinda funny kintu. Completely outta context, but funny. Will y'all visit my comment-hungry blog please?
# p.c - funny ???? eto blog-vandalism!
is this a prelude to wat we can expect a grand poem?
# flotu - babuuu!!! kobita asob suukiye gechhey!
fellow poet...beautifully writ... :)
besh relate kora jay... awesome stuff
# antigone - thank u, poetess.
# n.a - no wonder u can relate. :)
Never could stay out of the limelight could he?
# R.S - Wrong post, Sir. :)
Hello. Kyavham pehle bhi kahiin mile hain?
ye achchi poem thhi. The last line your signature. a good one.
# rhett - nahi ji mile to nahin hain. magar jaan-pehchaan hain. :) howz u ?
and thnkx. I have a signature too ? eh ? :P
I caught him staring at me, like a poet looking for an inspiration :)
i like the way you work with words!
thumbs up!
# seher - "Thanks" for your kind words.
a gr8 poem..keep it up
keep posting and commenting
haritha www.arenaoflife.blogspot.com
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