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.

[SquinklaPsyOps]

I like the ideas of your poem. My favorite are the following

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

The poem is intended to motivate writers and not to measure themselves by fame, anyways after they're gone it becomes valuable.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right. Best writes of our time made little money till their death. Writing should be done for pleasure. Even better if someone is willing to pay you. Thank you for reading.

[Molly Garnet]

This is such a wonderful poem, I loved it. The last stanza is fantastic because it lets us "poets" off the hook. "Skillfull or not" if we love words and language, we can be true poets. The whole poem is so well written, your words are definitely skillfull

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Molly for reading and the comment. Poetry is learning and living. Need to test and know life to write about it.

[Angi]

Oh Coyote. This says it all. I have some favorite poems (some written by the old masters and some written by the young torchbearers) that I go back to again and again. Those words soothe me when nothing else can. I write from the heart and if just one of my words touches someone, I have done my job. Lovely thoughts here. Angi~

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Angi. Writer's have great responsibility. To leave the truth for future generations.

[Judas Hammer]

This was a great piece with much emotion and truth. This piece made me thing maybe this journey is for something. You're words are inspiring and real. Not fluff to entertain our ears,



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.
some day a young poet will quote these lines...

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Judas. The goal of writers is to create hope and change. To make the reader cry and think.

[Coyote Poetry]

Dryden said it first. Don't be overcome by your own words. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really love this piece...poets should be about the words of the poems...feeling them writing them...not about words of praise...

we can so easily sell ourselves out trying to reach for fame...but if we can touch our readers in some lasting way...that is the best memory of us we can leave behind.

just let the words come...and appreciate that we get to write them...it is a blessing to be a poet...

so well said here...we are the voice of our time..the ones who chronicle the deep rooted feelings...

not for show, but for substance.

[gabrielle]

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

i truly like how you put the above stanza. our words are like the flower buds. it is better to let nature nurture them and to appreciate what rather they could offer rather than tramplethem before they could fully bloom.

[Talkless]

With a kind heart i read nd honord ur old words,as a real poet will love the words nd not the fakeness of fame. *SALUTE*