Bailing out the Black Mountain Poet

Bailing out the Black Mountain Poet

the beat cops

arrested the beat poet

for faulty form

lackadaisical rhythm

wanted him to do time

for the crime,

of lack of rhyme

cops pinned cuff

links on the poet's

wrists

then filed a suit

for wrongful death of tradition

tied up in court

the beat poet confessed

free verse was confined

to iambic prison

the warden was a balladeer

spoke in a five-beat voice

the other beat poets protested

free verse, free verse, free verse

and they did it

in perfect form

rhyme and all.

erin-cilberto

3/23/22

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

He's doing time for lack of rhyme?
Hey, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. The beat will always go on. Free verse is my preference, but rhyming surely has its place! A little different write from you. I liked it. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sounds like the Barretta theme..."don't do the crime if you can't do the time"--
thank you, Lydi...
nice pic, by the by.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you!

[MomzillaNC]

But… the beat poetry goes on.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

as Sonny and Cher might sing....thank you, Momz.
j.

[MomzillaNC]

You're welcome

[Ted Kniffen]

I met poetic friends
in lower town
we tried to rhyme
but got beat down
we cried outside
prison walls
Free Verse ... Free verse
what could be worse ...
doing time without rhyme
living it up
in solitaire.

Good one j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like yours better, Ted,
j.

[Rania M]

Free verse or rhyme Enjoyed this work so fine.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Rania, appreciate your rhyming comment...

[Gee]

Wouldn't surprise me if the cops arrived at mine and arrested me for insulting the intelligence of the more discernable poet with the simple words I post :))
Great piece Jacob.
Hope you are well.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh stop, Gee...
Your poetry is a joy to read and relate to.
I think it is going to get worse now that so many of the beat cops are in plainclothes....can't tell them apart anymore...:))))

j.

[Betty Hermelee]

Love this funny, creative piece, in prison for lack of rhyme? Why that jut might be me! Help get me out…FREE VERSE, FREE VERSE FREE VERSE, beautiful rhyme!
Stunning J
Best, B.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Betty....
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

There was an angel headed hipster rolling down there with a pocket full of promises to pay the bail, no doubt. I saw her on the road with Kerouac. Cool as a mountain stream and smooth as quicksilver on silk, my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Fabian,
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Well, a few of them were Ginsberg's but you're welcome just the same, my friend. ;)

[Sami Khalil]

I'm glad it did not go all the way to the supreme court. At least wait till we confirm the new one for the bench. Funny, witty and creative sir Jacob. An the beat goes on...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain"
thank you, Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! You are welcome sir Jacob.

[Cherrie Palmer]

The rhyming squad. They have no sense of style.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Cherrie,
yeah...they don't always.
j.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Very witty piece it was a fun read.

[Miss Sharon]

(the other beat poets protested free verse, free verse, free verse and they did it in perfect form rhyme and all.) LOL That's just too funny! I love this write Jacob. ~Sharon

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Sharon...
j.