Laws Of Poetic Property ~NEW EVOCA

Self recorded.. not perfect.. but.. still a great creative outlet. :o)

 

 

From this day forward
All violators will be prosecuted
For all the alphabetic individuals
They've prostituted
For personal gain
All pens will be confiscated
And held as evidence
Under poetic domain
And we will retain
Strict levels of surveillance
To ensure that all measures
Are being taken
To prevent
Any further damage
To the poetic name

Throughout
The past decade
We have begun to see
More and more poetic exploitation
And decided to form a foundation
In hope that inspiration
Can once again be restored
We can't afford
To be losing minds
To such demeaning material

Therefore
To take action
We have decided to
Write the future
For all of those
Whom under us
Will carry on the tradition
Of rhythm and rendition
Putting forth nothing
But highbrow compositions
Completely supportive
Of what poetry and spoken word
Is meant to be

I hereby decree
That poetry
Will not come to be
Something dead
The time has come
We surpassed
All the intellectual discrimination
Creating a new rhythmic generation
To better the welfare of lingual affect
We have the right to protect
All the words that stabilize our creativity
And have seen too much negativity
Surround the basis of what we choose to represent

We ask for all to write in compliance
With our alliance
As we try to make the poetic world
A better place
And hope that the past illusionists that called themselves poets
Can be replaced
With those more worthy of the cause

Let us
Together
Write the Future

Reviews

[Girl, Interrupted]

i REALLY liked the first stanza.
All pens will be confiscated
And held as evidence
Under poetic domain
And we will retain
Strict levels of surveillance
To ensure that all measures
Are being taken
To prevent
Any further damage
To the poetic name


great poem, otherwise. it reminds me that some people...i guess they dont know where the boundary lies for writing trash or treasure. no self-control really and all their arguments are weak.

[D Poet K]

this was extremely well written. loved it

[Reinaldo Gotierrez]

Like Girl said, I liked the first stanza. There is trash out there. I guess its all up to individual interpretation.

[Brette Medb]

This was absolutely amazing and the emotion and passion behind it could be vividly felt.

We have the right to protect
All the words that stabilize our creativity
And have seen too much negativity
Surround the basis of what we choose to represent

These were my favorite lines and they truly struck a cord within me. Great write


Brette

[Troilus]

I really liked this manifesto and the cadence of your voice. Just one small suggestion: second stanza, third line should be "have begun." It was a pleasure to meet you this weekend, Li Li. Thanks for coming to Indiana.

[Jason S Breed]

Great metaphor.
Absolutely fantastic...when you running for office...
As you will have my vote!

[The Elder Pine]

This is a very inspirational piece.
In my eyes this is equivalent to the declaration of independence only for the poetic world.
This is a very well written and well though out piece of literature.

I will stand for this cause.

[Jon]

This is terrific - like an inspirational speech by that rarest of thing - a geniune politician.

"All pens will be confiscated
And held as evidence
Under poetic domain
And we will retain
Strict levels of surveillance
To ensure that all measures
Are being taken
To prevent
Any further damage
To the poetic name "

It reads fantastically well and as I was reading it to myself i could almost imagine marching along with it on my headphones - I hope you don't take this the wrong way but I could definately imagine this as a rap - totally meant as a compliment ;)

[Trigger]

After reading this the only thing that made it better was listening to the EVOCA. The calm, robotic voice really brought out the meaning so much more. Every line, every word in this piece is just amazing. It seems that you're saying "Stick it to the man!" and I love a good revolution :P. It's so contradictive and I love it! You use this rigid, formulaic format to cry out against that very thing. You encourage people to break formality and go where nobody has gone before using the same rules you are protesting. Amazing piece... amazing!

[Gandré]

I am sad that I wasn't able to listen to EVOCA (it is always exciting when Li Li reads her poetry...) not sure if my problem or if this doesn't work. I already have heard it, but...not sure why not now. wanted to hear once more. greetings ♥ lara

[the ghost of pauls]

You have laid a strong foundation on which to build a nation
of poets who just wont stay still long enough to march in a marching band type myhtyr.

(is it not possible to be an illusionist an a ((pop)), puff of smoke,