A Bachelors in English

An Ode to Our Educations

The beach now renders sand and stone,
Occasionally, the salty tide
Runs its hands as undertones
Along your frail and bitter sides
And, in seeping in what they confide,
Uncover fossils, unused bones!

While Albion produces waves
That swallow poets in their prime,
Some burning embers mark the graves
Where Keats and Byron spend their time
Developing some unread rhymes
That spit out phlegm amid the slaves.

For dollar-flying industries,
Provoking thoughts for unused time
Spent critiquing mysteries
Of Nature, only when sublime,
Speak louder than our musing mimes,
And subdue new Antigone's.

Dead now is Wordsworth, Burns, and Donne
Berryman, Whitman, and Spicer,
From their words, we'll spew up clones,
To organize their motives nicer;
"Putting trees in deli-slicers
Efficiently revives the tone."

And staring up into the sky
In perfect silence, while the learn'd
Lecturers propose idle why's,
Afraid of life's established burn,
You see a plane; and in return,
Realize we're bred to never fly.

Author's Note

There is an underlying theme here of technology vs literature, which is why so much focus is put on Romantic Poets. Above that, the final stanza mimics Walt Whitman's poem, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"

Reviews

[Moflo]

Forgive me, Reviews, but I found your review to be highly nonconstructive. It appears to me that you have merely slathered as much negativity as you could within 2-3 sentences while, perhaps at best, skimming the above poem. You have made statements that serve as non sequiturs, but perhaps could have been found productive if you maybe cited an example of what you were saying rather than boisterously spewing insults. The easiest criticism is the negative one, and the fact that you jump from poem to poem offering the negative counter-perspective suggests nothing about your intellectual and much about your work ethic, or lack thereof. On top of your negativity, the fact that you have the audacity to say, in your profile, that you offer "real" reviews when you actually offer slander is rather comical. Have a good day.

[Linda]

Loove ryhmes great xoxo

[ShadowOfTheDay]

This is well achieved! Loved it:D

[OT]

nice job with this one - loved the references to the poets - I personally can't stand byron nor most of the romantics really ha - but you constructed a well-stylized piece - the juxtaposition of technology and literature was cleverly done - and the use of Whitman's poem at the end (one of my favourite of his) was great and gives it a nice realist kick to close on - not bred to fly indeed! nice!

[just rose.]

See now I didn't even read this when I talked about the Byron. You obviously are a fan. It rocks that we like the same poets, from metaphysicals to modernists, and you do a fantastic job of paying homage.

[WindSong]

I enjoyed reading this poem. The rhyme and rhythm and free flowing in imagery and delivery. Well achieved!

[Reviews]

I'm assuming you're getting a degree in English - if so I'd demand your money back! Your comprehension and ability is appalling and an insult to the very concept of poetry. This is a messy blur of offensive takes upon the greats and classics thrown together in a sloppy manner.

[BlackStar]

Wow! this is really good..this should be studied in BA English Literature - seriously :)

[Christie Moses]

this is brilliant.
I find the human mind fascinating, and our ability to reason, to feel emotions and communicate them in so many ways, especially the written word, to be such a wonderful thing.
you have my mind going now lol
Seriously, i love this one, every single line.

[Linear]

A master of words, this young man pens à poem both old and new
The written words used, reused and placed in splendid order

Enjoyed. :0)