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

[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

[Kane Hagwood]

I feel like a big part of writing is recycling things and turning them into our own. Even if at time we indulge in the use of overused metaphors (I've been guilty of that myself). So long as you enjoy the process and pour your heart into it, that's what counts. This was a fun little read. Nice work :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I wonder if there is really such a thing as intellectual property...maybe everything we write now is borrowed from something we have seen or heard.
thank you, Kane,
j.