crazy fingers

crazy fingers

 

 

 

echo madness

teeth biting down on sheets of idiot wind

the lava of words incessantly flowing unbound

 

insane syllables in which we drown

echo madness

from canyons of fluent language

 

repeating its own undeniable retaliation

for us pretending to be artists----

echo madness

 

we do,

and the whiteness darkens

a disaster of magnum proportion

 

becomes a poem

and we die with it

or survive with it

 

making a name

that will forever

echo madness.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

5/6/18

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

When those words start to flow, the urgency of trying to get them down on paper, wherever you are, whatever the time. Desperate not to lose them in the night, and to wake up in the morning and they've gone. Whether scribbling or tapping away on a tablet watching that white sheet darken. I am left thinking how many poems have died with me, I know the number that have survived, however there have been many deaths. Crazy fingers yes, and crazy muses too.

Chris

[Neville]

Spot on Ms Shaw, precisely what I wanted to propose... Now I'm gonna have to think of summat else to leave behind this visit.... N

[Chris Shaw]

Sorry Neville, to steal your thunder (lol)

[Neville]

Glad you did........

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, appreciate seeing how you relate to this.
j.

[Neville]

My pleasure.....N

[Coyote Poetry]

I'm reading Oscar Wilde book. "The picture of Dorian Gray". Oscar Wilde left us with quotes and thoughts we shall never forget.
"making a name
that will forever
echo madness."
Us, who love to write. Our words and our madness. We want to leave something behind. Thank you Jacob for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what an interesting story that is...saw the film a few times...and thank you for the read and comment, Coyote.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

The book is better. Very detailed. And you are welcome Jacob. I never saw the movie. I will research.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

actually from what i have heard, the movie does the book justice...if you do get to see it, would like to hear what you think.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

The language is amazing. Oscar Wilde could write. I will try to find.

[Ted Kniffen]

Sometimes it seems the older we get the harder it is to hang onto thoughts. I like to say my mind is like a computer, when the memory is full a few bytes have to go to make room for more.
But it's more like when the train of thought leaves the station I'm still standing on the platform watching it go.
Good one j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

turn around Ted...i am right behind you on that platform...and as Hemingway would say...we are both "waiting reasonably for that train"--

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

i loved this i can relate to this
i sometimes scribble at work between tasks on a little yellow pad a few lines here and there then stuff it into my spectacle case discretely lol i really love to write on weekends
love your work Jacob as you well know

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Julie.
j.

[Neville]

jacob my dear friend... when it comes to poetry, I don't have to tell you how good you are, but I do, because you truly are a 'Catcher of moments, situations, circumstances and events...........and now, I am compelled again to applaud thee....... N

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Neville.
j.

[Neville]

and again........ N