even this one can't be used again

even this one can't be used again

 

 

i am recycling

my life

 

to mint new poems

but they are stale

and raw

putrid with the stench

of overused metaphor

 

maybe recycling is a bad idea

since the first life

isn't worth the words

that made it breathe.

Reviews

[Stella Armour]

Our writing changes as the years go by and i think it is worth going over old ground , for it is that which taught us to think and write in the beginning.
Updating is usually also upgrading.. ( Well hopefully :))

Stella

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, hopefully. Thank you, Stella.
j.

[Light and ashes]

I can't imagine one of your poems being putrid or stale.

But, I think I understand.

Maybe, they are, simply because we are still here,
which means, at some point, we must have persisted.

That's poetry itself
Is it not?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, that is poetry...
thanks, Light...you words are always a lift for this old poet.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Nothing wrong with recycling old poems, I do it often. An opportunity to freshen them up a bit, give them a lick and a polish and maybe add a touch of scent. Ready to go again j.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Appreciate you, Chris.
fog

[Thomas W Case]

It's all in the way of saying it...you have inspired me. Great work.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Thomas.
j.

[keith]

haven't you heard
there is no original thought
everything has already been said

so?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

pretty much do believe that.
thanks, keith...
j.

[Soren]

I have heard the the cost to the enviornment is more with recycling than with making a new product and so it seems with my poems. This was quite a creative idea for a poem and I have the feel that it was not made from recycled material.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind review, Soren,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Jacob.

[Desert Knave]

I love the smell of overused metaphor in the morning, it smells like poetry. Nicely worded. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I hear Robert Duval's voice in the distance....
thanks, Jim,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

So Poets need 2 trash cans, one for metallic words, the other for disposable, depreciated contents.
Recycle ♻️ and reuse.
Hehehe

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Love your response...thanks Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Jacob

[Sami Khalil]

At least Poets are using recycling to help reservation of the literary environment without charging that much for the trade.
It keeps communicating in forms alive and not firms.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you reminded me of that old commercial about literring....and the Native American standing there watching someone do it and a tear falls from his eye.
j.

[Poetic Beauty]

I don’t believe the words in your poems are stale and have a stench well maybe when actually writing about a stench anyways i regress.

Life isn’t always grand moments filled with opulent moments. Most lives are filled with mundane trivial moments and those are the ones we shall remember