~ disorderly poetic license

just a thought after a conversation with a fellow poet...

Poetry is not gospel 

    take these thoughts

               with a grain of salt,

add some vodka and stir

   drink it in your glass of choice...

half empty, half full

        ...hold the holy water back

  swallow or swish it around

      in drunken or lucid citations

                      waxing intoxicated,

   salute

       to disorderly poetic license

   words don't mind the mix

   when you shake them to the core

                 hallelujah, cheers & amen 

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

your muse hardly catches its breath...
you are a wealth of words my friend.
no, poetry is not gospel...it is more parable, a story to tell another story...and often our readers take us literally...when we are more figurative than they give us credit for being.

jacob

[Frieda P]

Cheaper than therapy my friend, cheaper than therapy....

[Rene Salinas]

This took my me up invigorated me threw me down used me and abused me and in the most youthful of ways I liked it. It is inevitable then that I smiled and this feeling followed me all the way to the end.
A poetic license with a licence to entertain.

Yhankyou s much Frieda P

[Frieda P]

Wow I'm thrilled it had that much of an effect on you, I love when poetry beats me up too...thanks so much Rene.

[Pax]

"Poetry is not gospel"

the very first line got me, deeper into what believed in on what's poetry is all about, and you say it with such power my friend. All the glory of our wordy verses goes on higher depths, the more you read and read it again. It is something that we can't take it more into direct/literally, sometimes it is more of the flip side or the duality of it that makes it more of a bigger story verse in few words... outstanding work my friend...

[Frieda P]

Yes exactly Pax....I like that 'the flip side or the duality', well said my friend, once poetry hits the page, it really no longer belongs to the poet, and is shared by many if we're lucky enough, and seen through their perspective, but as I've said, it's not always implicitly true to the letter, poets love to play with words...thanks so much.

[Pax]

yes, that is so true, and yes the more we play with words the more it gets deeper in perspective, and you are most welcome dear friend...

[KWP]

Hey Sexy Chick - I love this especially in light of my 'rhyming or free verse' debate that I am having with myself right now ...

these words show and remind me of the freedoms we all must allow ourselves, not only in writing but in life, for discovering the undiscovered, now that's new territory worth exploring with my brand new back pack stuffed with Vodka for you and Scotch for me to be drunk sitting around the camp fire counting the untold stories within the stars..

really love this one lovely gal x x

[Frieda P]

Sometimes it is exactly what it is, and sometimes 'tis not, either way, go BIG....ooh camping!! Cheers ;) xo

[Lyn Anderson]

A smart tribute to letting poetry be what it is. Thanks Frieda for exercising your poetic license.

[Frieda P]

'Sometimes a cigar, it just a cigar'..... ;)

[Matching Socks]

Fabulous! Lol. You rock darlin'.
Thank you for the video clip.
Leonard Cohen is a personal fave!

[Frieda P]

I adore Cohen! Thanks, jazz'd you enjoyed my sarcasm too. ;)

[Matching Socks]

Huge fan of sarcasm! As you may have guessed. :)

[Einstein Noodle]

hoorah! (say it like a Marine) .. i am putting this in my library for sure .. and making it my battle cry Freida! .. who better to lead the charge .. and your playing Leonard again .. hoorah!

[Frieda P]

Ha-sing it with me E!! You always bring a smile to my face my sweet friend! :) x

[Einstein Noodle]

hi Freida .. singing it and we will keep it real .. how strange .. to be connected in such a way .. God be with the big L :)))
;)

[Brittany Zedalis]

╰☆╮This is perfect and so very true. I love it!╰☆╮

[Frieda P]

Thanks Brittany, thought you might enjoy this one! ;)