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Poetry or Prose? Only the scholar knows, what label thoughts on paper take, or whether lines run together or break, the rules.
Do I write to please a scholar, or to empty my head of floating syllables that wake me in the night?
My answer is, that I must ignore the scholar’s frown, and write down, those words, thoughts, feelings in my head, waiting to be said, before they fly away to the land of dread, doomed to fade away beneath piles of dreams broken, and things unspoken, left to lie and die in the dust of lost opportunity, and missed chance.
Form can be a friend, I treasure it to no end, but there are times when thoughts run free, and words won’t bend, or blend, to fit in a syllabic line. That’s fine, Prose then, can be my friend, as I randomly write, into the night, words running ahead, the thoughts in my head tempting my fingers to tap the keys, begging me please, to create, allocate, and give, space for them to live, on paper.
Is this Poetry or Prose? the scholar knows...what do you think?
Do I write to please a scholar, or to empty my head of floating syllables that wake me in the night?
My answer is, that I must ignore the scholar’s frown, and write down, those words, thoughts, feelings in my head, waiting to be said, before they fly away to the land of dread, doomed to fade away beneath piles of dreams broken, and things unspoken, left to lie and die in the dust of lost opportunity, and missed chance.
Form can be a friend, I treasure it to no end, but there are times when thoughts run free, and words won’t bend, or blend, to fit in a syllabic line. That’s fine, Prose then, can be my friend, as I randomly write, into the night, words running ahead, the thoughts in my head tempting my fingers to tap the keys, begging me please, to create, allocate, and give, space for them to live, on paper.
Is this Poetry or Prose? the scholar knows...what do you think?
Published 6th Jun 2018
Author's Note
I wrote this one day and it was called Prose Poetry but I wasn't quite sure if that was correct, so I am submitting to see what views others might have about it. What do you think--is this poetry, prose, or both?
(I also recorded this as spoken word on my Anchor.fm site. )
(I also recorded this as spoken word on my Anchor.fm site. )
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18th Jun 2018 10:44am
let the scholars have it....
in their heads
for this is simply Art to this reader
the delivery of such free flowing thoughts
that resonate
in their heads
for this is simply Art to this reader
the delivery of such free flowing thoughts
that resonate
3rd Aug 2018 3:54am
13th Dec 2019 12:31pm
Some excellent words on the topic.
"the thoughts in my head tempting my fingers to tap the keys, begging me please, to create, allocate, and give, space for them to live, on paper. "
... that's the right approach by my reckoning.
Nice work. Best regards, Josh.
"the thoughts in my head tempting my fingers to tap the keys, begging me please, to create, allocate, and give, space for them to live, on paper. "
... that's the right approach by my reckoning.
Nice work. Best regards, Josh.
