A few scenes borrowed from some insignificantly, very famous poets

A few scenes borrowed from some insignificantly, very famous poets

 

 

Sandburg's fog

made a half-blind 

Robert Creeley

accidentally walk into 

Frost's woods.

He thought he knew whose 

they were

but his horse was confused

like Emily Dickinson's

"whose heads were turned towards eternity."

 

If poets could be "Real Cool/ skip school/

lurk late" and strike straighter

 

would we even need novelists

with their Wars and separate peace,

or their great white whales

or Houses with Seven Gables?

Or broken Bell Jars

in which the author is not sure what self

she is or prefers?

 

If poets could "Jazz June"

would they have to "Die Soon"?

 

or would they "not go gentle into that good night"?

like one of the Dylans

Bob or Thomas.

 

erin-cilberto

3/10/25

Reviews

[ETERNITY]

I actually see this a different way now!

Instead of lying awake thinking about the story of the book I'm reading...

It's poets and their works keeping me awake! (Heads turned toward me, eh? another worry! lol)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, Eternity.
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Love this Jacob. So clever

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Julie,
j.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Ah, now there’s a work of art via allusions, citations and references almost-“cut and paste”, tremendous work. I did one ages ago on WHAM/George Michael songs. It was fiddle work. So I know to honour that too. 🙏🏻🕊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

All those poets made me write...I have to pay tribute to them somehow...thank you, Freds.
j.

[redd Brick Keshner]

And such an excellent tribute it is too, j. This is going in my Faves file🙏🏻🕊
Freds.

[...Relic...]

I like the references and knew them all. Perhaps two roads diverging in views will always be a part of life's journeys.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very clever response, Relic...I like that, "two roads diverging in views."
Thank you for that.
j.

[K. Louis]

I loved how the poem brought together different poetic voices and styles in a unique way, creating a sense of dialogue and exploration. Nicely done.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

It was fun to write....thank you, K.
j.

[ETERNITY]

Yeah! You get the point!
Sometimes we want to write and be absurd.
We just love to write.
Thanks for sharing, J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Absurdity....a high-wire act, above the heads of the audience...as Ferlinghetti once wrote...
thank you, Eternity.
j.

[Desert Knave]

Such a barrage of names and snippets ... really an interesting look at words. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Jim,
j.

[Lorry]

Thanks Jacob, for giving me the opperchancity to say once more "this is so cool, Daddy-O!" ☺️
If Sylvie only knew, the bell jar would have been a short story, but then again there might have been more to her writing catalogue.
Like one of the Dylan's is a great end line that I'm sure we'll be seeing repeated in your adoring fans writes later. (Hopefully not me though, but I'll wave to you in plagiarism court if I do!
😃

[jacob erin-cilberto]

After plagiarism court, we'll do lunch.
See you there.
and thanks,
j.