something's something

thanks to Chris for the inspiration for this one.

something's something

 

 

 

bathing in obscurity

cleansing my poet's soul

in bubbles of brash indigence

poor rhetoric,

from an absconded mind

 

blaming itself for the nonsense

it inures 

in more ways than one.

 

 

erin-cilberto

3/7/19

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

its only a thought after all , it will pass.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, thank you, andrew,
j.

[lua]

those first two lines really made me smile, those alone hold the essence of a poet and the world inside their mind
i rarely take note of quotes from other's writing but I'm captivated by these two opening lines

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, lua...appreciate your visit very much.
j.

[kentuck14]

There probably has never been a poet who has never lived with the down side of their creative heart and mind. Put all obscure poets and their work together in one place on a bad writing day and the world would have to deal with a big black hole in their backyard. In the fifty years I've been reading and writing poetry, I can only imagine the amount of nonsense I've contributed to that word sucking, ego deflating, soul robbing hole. Many times I've tried to resist it's gravitational pull, only to return to the desire to say something important in words. So be it, I guess.
J.
Again a heartfelt response to life . . . . and the life of a writer/poet. Congratulations.
T.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insights and sharing your story....we do what we can to make sense and mean something in the world of words,
j.

[KWP]

I love this and can totally relate

for how long must we put ourselves through the pits of hell before we can let go and move on?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, KWP,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Oh my goodness Jacob. You are beating yourself up with this write and I inspired it :) You of all poets shouldn't be doing that.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it was just a perfect idea you gave me...
I'll only throw a few punches at myself...:)))
read moreit was just a perfect idea you gave me...
I'll only throw a few punches at myself...:)))
thanks, Chris
j.

[Crowley]

Exactly how I feel of late. Trying to write anything new has been at best futile and at worst the worst kind of nonsense that you describe. This is a perfect look at it with a hopeful dash that yes, something is something, but this is more than that.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for relating, my friend...
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It seems we are indeed obscure when we don't publish and in the times of drought when poverty of thought or writers block takes centre stage, perhaps we force matters. A break though can reinvigorate. I never cease to find myself racking my brains at your sharp but grainy poetry Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, John,
j.