Immortality

Another piece of free verse

Writing on,

searching for motivation

to find immortality beyond

my earthly station

 

An unstoppable urge pressing

me to achieve the Sagan

maxim about living on

in the hearts of

future generations

 

Will I be remembered like Bukowski?

Will I be remembered like e.e. cummings?

Will I be remembered like Yeats,

like Elliot, like Pound?

Even Seuss maybe?

Even Silverstein maybe?

 

I guess my immortality will come

when the stein asks the knight if

I was their favorite math teacher

as they’re imbibing shots of Jack

in their latter days as they

reminisce their glory days

 

But, I can only hope

 

My poetry might land into the

dustbin of inconsequence, but

maybe my instructional impact

will last onward until the

younger generations become

one with the earth again

 

Ah well, what the hell,

striving for immortality

is just the cliché that

everybody associates

with the writers anyway

 

Some win, some lose,

but at least they tried

and maybe that’s the

lesson of this sermon

Reviews

[Ed Hart]

i don't think any of the 'immortal' poetry sermonizes, or even seeks immortality, though it may have something about the subject

[Coyote Poetry]

All writers want to be remembered. I have a collection of over 1000 poetry book and the great novels of my time. I believe a dream of a writer is to be remembered. It like when you hear a Edwin Starr song "War". The song bring a strong voice and memory. I believe poetry is the same. When I pick-up a Hemingway, Kosinski Neruda book. It bring them back to life for a minute. I like this poem. You ask good questions that can be only answer by time and luck.
Coyote