Reverse Conviction

Reverse Conviction

 

 

 

my free verse writing

got arrested by

a strict, rhyming cop

 

handcuffed with iambic chains

feet secured in beats of five

the bars full of drunk vowels

consonants with criminal sheets

20 pages long

 

they threw the book at me

an author now slandered

with a record of creative combativeness

 

it will follow all of my words

indefinitely,

and it is doubtful

i would ever find another job

 

once my writing served its sentence

and found freedom from the constraints

 

of what i still consider

 

 

                                                                        felonious form.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

12/28/16

Reviews

[Valentine]

Very funny write. I like all writing that comes with thought and feeling, rhyme or no rhyme. Some may create a new style!!!! Valentine

[jacob erin-cilberto]

just might...thank you, Kathie for your kind words.

j.

[Valentine]

Who knows what may be the in thing years from now? A café members writing could become famous! Kathie

[Jimmy Yetts]

Makin' my head spin!
I refuse to take a breathalyzer!
Sorry for your legal literary troubles.
You're just gonna have to learn to keep your poetic nose clean.
Free verse ain't free, brother!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you are too funny, Jimmy...thanks for the smile...

[Ken Simm.]

Hello, hello, hello whats going on here then? (Police this side of the pond.)
The wit here is inescapable. Tremendous stuff.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Ken...

happy new year!

j.

[Ken Simm.]

And I hope you have a great new year as well.