the unknown poet

the unknown poet

i think i emerged extinct

yesterday morning

the sun did not rise

but turned in sorrow

all my words

pirouetted into dust

and no one remembered me

or my letters

the last one i wrote 

to memory

was forgotten in an instant

a poem sat and stared at me

but i could not conjure its name

or place a title.

erin-cilberto

9/10/24

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

You need never to feel that way, but then, when something dawns on a gentle mind, words like yours above hit home, turn off logic but - turn on a type of fragility, a questioning of worth, or reason to be. But, in setting your words, you the man, carries his own worth.. here and now.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we keep trying....often times I just feel like a fraud...it just happens.
But thank you, em.
j.

[emmajoygreen]

Better to doubt than be arrogant.. and the latter you certainly are not, sir.

[John the Baptist]

Really, which of us poets will be remembered? The Walt Whitmans and the Ezra Pounds, maybe. What will be remembered, though, is certain works that speak to human needs. No one remembers W.E. Henley, but his "Invictus" is immortal

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like what you just pointed out...there is hope something will be remembered even if not the name.
j.

[Perdition]

Yep, the world went "Underground" that day, right along with Dostoevsky but now and then we need a little "pirouetted dust" to make us slam the philosophies and poetry like Nietzsche..the hammer man. You done good J. Grand enough to feel the margins tearing. Enjoyed it!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

your review is better than the poem...thank you,
Perdition,
j.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

We al want to make a valuable contribution to this world so we won't be forgotten

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, some will...and we hope to be included in that "some"---
thanks Cowboy,
j.

[Desert Knave]

I have a habit, every few years, of purging almost all of my online poetry, so this spoke to me. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, we do that, but I wish we wouldn't....we tend to throw away some really good poems that just need a bit of tweaking.
thanks, Jim
j.