The Portrait of Zool Posted May 14, 2002 Report Posted May 14, 2002 (conversion confusion, this is actually the second post) Boo! Hiss! Ha! J/K. Interesting, the drama in detail, the cleverness wrought from delicious wordplay. This is a great example of a well illustrated thought. It delivers by it's thoughtful questions, it's self investigation - staked within one egoistic trap after another, and then synching everything together in the end with the perfect knot, the title word. Very enjoyable. ~Zool~ Ancient, The Pen is Mightier than the Sword. Bard of Terra, Patron Saint of Aspiring Bards. Elder than dirt, more foolish than a jester, able to trip over the smallest logic in a single step. It's... Oh, you know.
Guest Xradion Posted May 14, 2002 Report Posted May 14, 2002 (conversion confusion, this is the original post in this thread) I am a poor poet, Pondering perplexions Of my own mind. And some poets of old Were closer to blood Than ink in their writing. But I write in lead, Though I may as well Be writing in blood, Seeing how contaminated The tap water is these days. But that is a lie! For I write in graphite And in the ink Of computer printers. Composition on a screen It would seem is not quite The same as the ink And paper of old. For truly, this poetry is poor. What is the point of This exercise, this enterprise? You know you will be criticized For undertaking this art. What sets it apart From that which has come before? What a bore it would be If we did not see Innovation. Do you hope to instill a Sense of moral right in your Reader? Why Must all your writing be So political? For I cannot bear to see The suffering around me Such inequality really Need not be, don’t you see? Yet despite all insight, Sometimes poetry is nothing more Than an exercise in circumlocution. Xradion, The Horny Druid, Scholar of the Ancient Arts, Holder of the Eye of Odin. "The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream." -Wallace Stevens "When at home, do as the Homans do." –Xradion
Guest Xradion Posted May 15, 2002 Report Posted May 15, 2002 It's not one of my best poems (my worst will never be seen, for they have all been destroyed ), but I decided to post it anyway. Glad you enjoyed it, though. I'm kinda running out of material for the moment (eh hehe). Xradion, The Horny Druid, Scholar of the Ancient Arts, Holder of the Eye of Odin. "The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream." -Wallace Stevens "When at home, do as the Homans do." –Xradion
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