21st Century Prophets

We Poets are
21st Century Prophets
filling up notebooks
and screaming on stages

We connect in a fashion
as we wear words

We dance on pages
stripping naked
to get you to listen
like what we
have to say
can be heard
better by eyes
but only 4%
of the public
suffers with
Sinestesia

And still we slash
our wrists with ballpoint pens
to get our souls heard

Hanging our pain like paintings
in an art exhibit entitled
"Emotional Poets"

Wanting
Waiting
Wishing
for an
Art Critic
to tare
us apart

Letter by letter
word for word

Because...

Because we are so
tightly put together

That we love
to be torn apart

We turn
the pain
into art
and scars
into deeply
embedded
ink wells

Don't you see?

We 21st Century Prophets
hold the keys to our
broken heart cages
by wielding pens in ways
that spark thought

Cant you see?

Our wrists are still tender
yet we slash them open
again and again because...

Because writers block
is a far far worse
form of torture

And never
being read
is a fate
worse than death

By Samantha Campbell

Author's Note

you can find the word poets in prophets thus inspiring the whole poem

This feels like one of those never done poems ... permanently under construction lol

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

"And still we slash
our wrists with ballpoint pens
to get our souls heard"

This says it all! We are poets and you have captured our essence with your wonderful words. Yes, we NEED to express ourselves and we want to be read...to touch other lives and to reach out across the world. So emotive and very powerful. Great work. Lydi**

[Laura Lynn]

I love the fonts here, and variety, it is whimsical and dreamy, where are all the prophets and dreamers of the world, of course right here, but we can't stop there, we have to read the signs and be on the look out for those people we need to find

[wasabi]

wow!.WOW!!..WOW!!!!!!!!!! This is like . so freaking amazeballs! It surpasses even child birth

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

Lol thank you very much

[wasabi]

You are SO welcome!

[AK]

This poem rings so very true, and every poet knows that. We derive inspiration from our pain as we create our written art. I love the metaphorical description used in your poem. It is enticing, intriguing. Loved it!

[JC]

Amen sister! loved this, lit a damn fire like Howl!

[L. Fenella]

GORGEOUS. This is one of my new favorites now :D

[potato]

This is very well written and expresses a feeling that I can relate to. Very good.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Wanting
Waiting
Wishing
for an
Art Critic
to tare
us apart
---
Wanting
Waiting
Wishing
for an
Art Critic
to tear
us apart
---
I believe just a typo in there with "tare" for "tear" ---
you put on the presentation --- of this piece rather vocally...
the way this has a voice that echoes as one reads the lines of it...
it's clearly evident in the way this unfolds --- line after line...
and the work of a writer is never quite finished...
there is a blemish here and there...that on e can find to work on...
over and over again...just grabs you...and if no one is listening...
does not matter...one is in touch with themselves with the words...

[Alex]

I love this poem. I like the way you've used different sizes of font in the piece and it has a rather different to it than most poetry, which is good because it means it isn't anywhere near as clichéd as some pieces can be. Beautifully done.

[Justin]

wow this is vs brilliant just pure brilliance