Poesy

Thank you Dryden for your poetry. Gave me reason to write today.

                              Poesy

                    (For Dryden)

True Poets dodge the fakeness of fame.
They allow praise to fall from their thoughts.
Old Poets understand the beauty of the sun rising from the east.
Allowing opportunity for new dreams and new places to come alive.

They enjoy watching the sun falling into the western sea.
Allowing the night to overcome the excitement of the day.

A wise Poet behold the beauty of the  woman.
Tried to describe the softness of her skin and the feel
of her warm sweet kisses.

The Poet must feel the burden of war.
A writer must taste and know death, poverty and suffering.

A empty journey leave nothing for the pen and the paper.

Writers are neither revolutionist nor a martyr.
Just observers.

Great Poets left us with real description of war.
Many died in combat in the old wars.
Their poetry was longing for home and the beautiful valleys of youth.

Best honor for a writer.
Have more Poesy written because of their words.

This poem is for my favorite Poet Dryden.
His words will never be forgotten.

"War, our consumption, was their gainful trade."

"What peace can be, where both to one pretend."
               (Dryden words.)

I tell the young writers.
Honor the old words.
Never be a naysayer to a up and coming writer.
We need more word-man and word-woman.

A real Poet love the word.
Written with skill or not.
Words written from the heart.
We need to read with a kind heart.

                         Coyote

Author's Note

Thank you for reading.

Reviews

[jeannemarie coulter]

coyote, a fine penning...your words brought to mind the following poem from randall jarrell...

From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
Randall Jarrell

[Coyote Poetry]

A very good poem. Writing is a good release. Allow us to leave something that we can read and maybe share with other people. Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[jeannemarie coulter]

the title of the randall jarrell poem is
THE DEATH OF THE BALL TURRET GUNNER

thank you for sharing your thoughts...jc

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[Akshay Rawal]

I am proud to be from the fraternity, and I would certainly make it a point to honour and admire every one with a poesy, as you said- A poet likes the word, written with or without skill.
And yes I agree-
A poet's biggest honour is to have more poesy written because of his words.
I congratulate you for having stated what being a poet feels like. Thank you sir.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for your kind words and you are welcome. If we had more people of posey. Would be a better world.

[swati]

Nice work Coyote.Well said about the poets.Inspiration to the new authors.

[Coyote Poetry]

We need the ancient writers. They are our teachers.

[s]

So much wisdom here: "I tell the young writers. / Honor the old words." I could not have found better advice for young poets (myself included in that category). Learn the lives of those minds that inspired you, and decide how you are going to create a life for yourself... thank you for this beautiful poem. X

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Angel for reading and the comment. We learn from each other and from the ancient writers.

[NicholeHemstock]

I really like the message in this, and the way you articulated it. Inspiring.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the ancient Poets. Left us with great wisdom. Best honor is to have people read your work. I truly believe we honor the writers by reading their work. Thank you for reading and the the comment.

[Author Rucha Joshi]

A real poet is the poet who writes with heart! I loved this poem 'Poesy' a lot!!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Good to write the "Poesy". Thank you for reading and the comment.

[HVedder]

Beautiful and sad...
The words have a way to paint reality with it's own colors. Death can be beautiful, a laugh can be sad ad the sun can seem terrifying...
They are the gate for the intimacy of the poets soul.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right. If we read the ancient writers. Words have great value.Thank you for reading and the comment.

[M.A.Rathore]

This is really a fantastic poetry of ages. The old writers and poets make us feel what they , see and observe the circumstances under which they lead. Dryden was the greatest poet of repute whose poetry is "God's plenty" and here in your you call almost all essences of poeyic journey...
Thanks Coyote for composing so nice poetry.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you. I agree. Dryden is one of the great writers. Left us with the example of what a writer should be.

[M.A.Rathore]

Yes . Of course. This is our duty as a writer...Enjoy writing!

[j.l. luna]

"We need to read with a kind heart." -- you are absolutely right. I wish more people saw it this way. We need to support one another and fuel the love of words and not discourage people from the pursuit of them...

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. We need more writers and people willing to think. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Fran Marie]

so true...poets are indeed observers of so many things to find the beauty within, to write about the sunsets to the deep blue sea... and poetry is so much more than dreams...yet there are so many naysayers as you pointed out in this lovely piece ...always look back to the grand masters and read their works...hopefully the young writers read them also..

[Coyote Poetry]

To understand writing. We need to read the ancient writers and understand our world. Thank you dear friend for reading and the comment.