the lot of poets

the lot of poets

 

 

 

respectful delinquents,

street-wise sympathetic sophisticates

 

university castoffs

unceremoniously expelled

from the intellectual community

because they have eloped without books

just figurative pages of love

 

and the interpreted geniuses

with stiff upper lips

and unimaginative ulterior motives

snooze on their hard desks

breathing into stale ink wells devoid of ecstasy 

 

the binding that binds them to blind reverence

as they aloofly expel the poets

as sinners

 

sterile facts for the chosen ones

metaphors for the fallen ones

the respectful delinquents

writing their wares upon pavement parchment

in chalky waves of diligence

 

how delighted they are to be kicked to the curb

of poetic insanity,

to find their own pools of periodic drowning

taking in muse filled swallows

that fly over gravestones of the forgotten bards

whose words still live

as

respectful delinquents

 

with the other street-wise sympathetic sophisticates

who dream in verse.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/30/18

Reviews

[Neville]

jacob sir.. I truly believe this to be is a magnificent poem, and without doubt one of the finest... it does not need analysis or dissecting, it need only be read and considered and saving... again I salute ya.. N

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your very kind review, Neville.
j.

[Neville]

pleasure sir and true..

[Paul Bell]

If this was written a few years ago, I could have shown it to the judge, emphasizing the word, prose graffiti artist, and not delinquent spray painter with attitude. Just wondering what would happen if I went back to the court and showed them your poem. Would I get my hundred pounds back?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i wonder...thank you for your words, Paul.
j.

[John the Baptist]

Loved the imagery in this one, especially verses 3 and 5. It is indeed difficult for prose people to understand poets. Really, who was the last president who was also a poet? Pretty sure it wasn't Calvin Coolidge.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, i don't think it was Calvin...thank you for your review, John.
j.