ugh, poetry

Discussion in 'Poetry' started by teh-horace, Feb 25, 2007.

  1. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    as i had sensed, it was not broken,
    yet my mind was a client in need of service


    "Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth." - Albert Camus


    i paid attention to the details,
    giving my donations to the threadbare
    wonders of heaven. shopping for a muse-
    the answers i searched for, like a
    desert sun seeking incineration,
    were found in four uncertain languages.
    i vaguely gauged the distance between them,
    a distance between gods and their martyrs
    and let out an unconscious laugh.
    how does time travel through this
    vessel, this biotic-human frame?
    perception was adopted many years
    prior by an unstable mother and a forward-
    moving father, but what did this explain?
    people, as i understood them,
    were the catalyst of my elevated
    imagination. the progenitors, the martyrs,
    even those of the golden kingdom,
    they understood what i could not.
    they made reality of these substances,
    but each clan spoke only one dialect
    so i persevered to join them all.
    i tried to reach the man behind the machine,
    tried ripping through the veil of existence
    and suddenly i understood a fifth language;
    there was no distance, there were no
    gods, there were only those details
    i had already paid for only a moment ago.








    it's really not the best, (not that it has to be) it's way too abstract
    but it's the best i could make of it

    criticism puhleez :)
     
  2. yyyesiam2

    yyyesiam2 Senior Member

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    i like it, but perhaps what was important was not the details, but the attention you paid for them. nice writing, man.
     
  3. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    thanks man

    and i agree that makes sense

    i suppose that's where my own criticism comes in, the poem is too abstract
    the biggest question to be asked would be, "what is going on in this poem?"

    i always have trouble with this
     
  4. Justagrrl420

    Justagrrl420 Member

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    I really like this one aswell..i like abstract poetry..I think what's going on in the poem is trying to find where u fit in and belong while being "different" from the group. I'm probably wrong though.

    "they made reality of these substances,
    but each clan spoke only one dialect
    so i persevered to join them all."
     
  5. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    i suppose the real problem is that i couldn't tell you what it's about :&

    but thank you :)
     
  6. yyyesiam2

    yyyesiam2 Senior Member

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    it seems to me a description of the circular path of knowledge leading to wisdom. am i close?
     
  7. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    that seems logical to me

    and by that i mean it makes sense

    :)
     
  8. hippy i am

    hippy i am poppy seed bagels

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    it makes sense.
    but i couldn't even begin to tell you how.
     
  9. yyyesiam2

    yyyesiam2 Senior Member

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    the sign of a great poem.
     
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