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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Drawn - POEM of the MONTH!

Drawn
 
Drawn from one imagination
As all the beautiful images
From the Artist’s reflection
A thought before the Ages –
Why do we jump off the pages?

Fearfully and wonderfully made
Drawn in the same sketchbook
But we’re so easily swayed
Wondering what’s the next look
Making up our own rulebook

From a sickness of the heart
As the lost lead the lost
Even drawn to the aberrant
Ignoring the inevitable cost
Deception without exhaust

Soon the pages decrease in art
Not by lack of brush or pen
Or the inability to impart
But drawn by the creation
To the point of degradation

Unrecognizable to any eye
We become indelibly blind
As the images believe the Lie
And warp the original design
Drawn away from the Mastermind

~

Similar in theme to The Road Map [a pantoum]


Sunday, April 17, 2022

Brilliance - Special Edition Poem

Brilliance
 
I am blinded by your brilliance
But you ask me to be a reflection;
I cannot stand in your presence
Without the filter of redemption.
 
All the stars are but a shadow
In comparison to your brilliance
And your name alone is hallow,
With mercy in eternal abundance.
 
It is finished.
 
Your grace has eternal abundance
And your name alone is hallow;
In comparison to your brilliance
The stars are only a shadow.
 
Without the filter of redemption
I cannot stand in your presence,
But you ask me to be a reflection
Though blinded by your brilliance.

 
~

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Classified Ad - Poetic Prose

The Classified Ad

Professor of Literature seeking a story with an Original plot; a unique piece in the form of a novel, novella, or short story – poetic prose is acceptable. Submissions containing Overcoming Evil, or Rags to Riches, or a Quest, or a Voyage and Return, or Comedy, or Tragedy, or Romance, or Rebirth will not be accepted and subsequently burned. Manuscripts must contain a title page with the name of the Original plot. Only include your name if confident the piece is indeed Original, otherwise you will face the same demise as your manuscript. Admission of inadequacy will be rewarded.