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Forgotten Poets

This morning while I woke
My consciousness stirring
Against crackling spider webs
I could hear the faint and distant voices
Of forgotten poets
Long dead
Weary from wandering
Unable to reach the light
Unwilling to let go their heavy sacks
Of poetry and rocks
Waiting to be told
That they are loved
That they are genius and beautiful
But I would not hear them
I covered my ears
And sang loudly a song
I told myself: "This cannot be"
For last night in a dream
I was dying
A light calling me
Telling me to leave behind
My poems in a coffee can
With instructions
To burn them with my ashes
For here you will not be alone
Here the light is love
Here light is everywhere
Pain is only the shape of flesh
There is no poetry here

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On Tuesday July 15th, 2008, Ainsof (1830) writes:

hmmm somehow I get the idea that poetry is pain... but I have to agree with mr... whatever the light may hold, I will find the absence of poetry painful. But I like the rather unique concept of poetry being something to get rid of, something deserving catharsis rather than treasure... is it the bond that drives those who never find the light?

On Sunday February 26th, 2006, xserratedsoulx (279) writes:

and you said you like anne sexton..this one really reminds me of her. ~lauren~

On Wednesday February 8th, 2006, xserratedsoulx (279) writes:

love it. ~lauren~

On Saturday February 4th, 2006, MindRape (887) writes:

i'm not sure how to react...i mean its a wonderful poem and i love the thought in it and behind it but.....a place w/o Poetry would be painful to me

On Tuesday November 2nd, 2004, Solace (1424) writes:

truly this is a divine piece...wonderfully done indeed...

On Sunday September 19th, 2004, knightmirror (425) writes:

superb write...i can only do one thing with this one...*faves*...****-knight

On Thursday March 4th, 2004, Mistress Morbid (594) writes:

..Pain is only the shape of flesh..I like that line. You have never cease to amaze me.

On Friday August 15th, 2003, Deliverence (799) writes:

Ah remeber the greats...John Milton, Dante...Great work, who know soon we may be the new gen of forgotten poets..-Kefka

On Sunday July 13th, 2003, Aurora_Light (574) writes:

i like this it too hits me for reasons unknows to me at this moment but i know it hits me. great write

On Saturday June 28th, 2003, maddin foxxxy (381) writes:

wow...it's funny to read this because i've been wondering on dead poets all this past week...and well the whole poem captured me..."A light was calling me Telling me to leave behind my poems In an coffee can"...it's a great job u've done here!

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Recycled (161) writes:

This was a dreamy write. One suggestion to line 7. Wearing should be weary.

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Jonas (867) writes:

i liked wearing a lot better... gives the sense of stone turning to sand and drifting away... but what'll ya do... *laugh* ah, sweet sweet adjectives

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Stranger (281) writes:

Done. Thanks.

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Jonas (867) writes:

... i get the feeling that this piece, so far has been misunderstood, utterly... else there would be much better commentary... (watch me totally misunderstand myself, lol)...

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Jonas (867) writes:

stapled to the earth by the flesh of your neck... bleeding and pouring out something (certainly, certainly) less than special... bleeding... something fades like oxygen not quite getting the brain...

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Jonas (867) writes:

it all fades, and here is the white room (rather dull... frankly) where all is right and words are meaningless

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Stranger (281) writes:

MasoFish, Your compliment is humbling. However, the fact that you were able to convey the soul of my poem in its entirety, with fewer words and more eloquence, thus upstaging the poem itself, is just dirty pool. Showoff.

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, An Expired Member (13) writes:

Absolutly great piece.I truly enjoyed this 1.

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, SnowQueen (64) writes:

Another great piece. I truly enjoyed reading this. Keep up the great work Stranger..

On Wednesday June 25th, 2003, Six-Out (1824) writes:

Nice, for lack of better words. This was a deep piece, and I don't know, I just really like it. Great job.

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