Monday, June 15, 2009

Coda to the Morning Report

A poet writes
what he writes;
the reader reads
what he reads.
The real poem,
the poem
of the mind,
exists when
the two collide
and belongs -
exclusively
- to both
and neither
of them.
- mce

4 comments:

  1. A man of words and not of deeds,
    Is like a garden full of weeds
    And when the weeds begin to grow,
    It's like a garden full of snow
    And when the snow begins to fall,
    It's like a bird upon the wall
    And when the bird away does fly,
    It's like an eagle in the sky
    And when the sky begins to roar,
    It's like a lion at your door
    And when your door begins to crack,
    It's like a stick across your back
    And when your back begins to smart,
    It's like a penknife in your heart
    And when your heart begins to bleed,
    You're dead, and dead, and dead Indeed.

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  2. I write and I work. Words have their place. Deeds have their place. Anonymous doggerel pretending to be literate commentary doesn't. Whomever you are, grow up. Sign your name - if you have balls - (which I doubt) and, oh yes, read better poetry. - Mike

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  3. Hey Anonymous, back at you...


    The man of deeds who lacks the word
    is simple, stupid and absurd.
    He works and struggles all the day
    for nothing more than mindless pay.
    He loves the rich and thinks them smart
    for gaining through their lack of heart.
    He loves his boundaries; worships rules;
    considers those who break them fools.
    His mind is closed; his world is small;
    he has no words to think at all.
    His conversation tends to stink
    because he never learned to think.
    His only drive is buying more;
    he's little but a Hoople whore.
    He does and does and that's enough,
    if he can just keep buying stuff.
    He never questions what he's told;
    he's just a thing that's bought and sold.
    And when it is his time to die;
    he'll lack the words to wonder why.

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