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− | Poet's Dilemma & Imperative 11/08/2012 | + | == A Poem By <u>[[Gerald Alan Ney]]</u> == |
+ | '''Poet's Dilemma & Imperative''' 11/08/2012<Br> | ||
+ | (See Also '''[[Task & Purpose]]'''<Br> | ||
+ | and '''[[Caedmon's Choice]]''')<Br><Br> | ||
+ | ["''A poem is the unpaid labor of the intellect,''<Br> | ||
+ | ''the fonds perdu, practice with a sandbag:''<Br> | ||
+ | ''one-sided, inconsequential, and without partners.''"<Br> | ||
+ | ::- Gottfried Benn]<Br> | ||
+ | ["anyway all artists feel 'other'.<Br> | ||
+ | There's not an artist on God's green earth<Br> | ||
+ | who feels 'emotionally speaking,'<Br> | ||
+ | that he or she has been invited to the prom."<Br> | ||
+ | ::- Hilton Als]<Br> | ||
− | + | The writing<Br> | |
− | [[ | + | That we put<Br> |
+ | Upon the paper<Br> | ||
+ | Silently screams<Br> | ||
+ | Its sibilants and plosives;<Br> | ||
+ | Yet meaninglessly meanders<Br> | ||
+ | Across the surface<Br> | ||
+ | Of many a mind.<Br> | ||
+ | ~<Br> | ||
+ | Too long, too short,<Br> | ||
+ | Too nerdish,<Br> | ||
+ | Too simple,<Br> | ||
+ | Too out there.<Br> | ||
+ | No rhythm, no rhyme,<Br> | ||
+ | Out of fashion,<Br> | ||
+ | Too trendy,<Br> | ||
+ | "Who ya think you are?"<Br> | ||
+ | ~<Br> | ||
+ | A man like any other<Br> | ||
+ | More or less.<Br> | ||
+ | Like Shylock and not.<Br> | ||
+ | A Jeffersonian bundle<Br> | ||
+ | Of contradictions,<Br> | ||
+ | Both plain spoken and<Br> | ||
+ | A dealer in allusions.<Br> | ||
+ | ~<Br> | ||
+ | Day in, day out,<Br> | ||
+ | A streambed dry<Br> | ||
+ | Till a flash flood<Br> | ||
+ | Of words burn<Br> | ||
+ | In my brain,<Br> | ||
+ | "Write us or lose us,<Br> | ||
+ | We need to be said.<Br> | ||
+ | No one else can<Br> | ||
+ | The same way."<Br><Br> | ||
+ | :::[[Gerald Alan Ney]] | ||
+ | [[Category:By-Gerald_Alan_Ney]][[Category:Is-Poem]] |
Latest revision as of 13:53, 8 December 2019
A Poem By Gerald Alan Ney
Poet's Dilemma & Imperative 11/08/2012
(See Also Task & Purpose
and Caedmon's Choice)
["A poem is the unpaid labor of the intellect,
the fonds perdu, practice with a sandbag:
one-sided, inconsequential, and without partners."
- - Gottfried Benn]
- - Gottfried Benn]
["anyway all artists feel 'other'.
There's not an artist on God's green earth
who feels 'emotionally speaking,'
that he or she has been invited to the prom."
- - Hilton Als]
- - Hilton Als]
The writing
That we put
Upon the paper
Silently screams
Its sibilants and plosives;
Yet meaninglessly meanders
Across the surface
Of many a mind.
~
Too long, too short,
Too nerdish,
Too simple,
Too out there.
No rhythm, no rhyme,
Out of fashion,
Too trendy,
"Who ya think you are?"
~
A man like any other
More or less.
Like Shylock and not.
A Jeffersonian bundle
Of contradictions,
Both plain spoken and
A dealer in allusions.
~
Day in, day out,
A streambed dry
Till a flash flood
Of words burn
In my brain,
"Write us or lose us,
We need to be said.
No one else can
The same way."