DEAD POETSA Poem by Rene Velez
they say to write in solid structures
study classic forms and classic writers but I'm a writer free of form I don't conform to the classic ways I am a poet of today, and so I side step and let the educated mourn them though I have respect for my elders I aspire to be better and if I fail my thoughts are still my own from the depths of my center where thoughts spill but words never enter from the mastered forms of before I've read the greats like Keats and Yeats but I breathe in struggle, I don't relate to their poetic ideals, my misery is real there are trials in life I can not appeal greats of English word they served it well within their time, my anvil to quell I jot in rhyme I breathe sublime, in this time for they are done caring and I, not a thin paring © 2011 Rene VelezAuthor's Note
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Added on August 17, 2011Last Updated on August 18, 2011 AuthorRene VelezNew York City, NYAboutPoetry... what else needs to be said? [email protected] more..Writing
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