Poet's Vow~

~ collaboration with Ostensible Truth~

shaping words

my lips will taste the flavor of the nouns

what do I want to feed you?

taking care with action verbs

is a poet's responsibility

in the most intimate of forums

where soul leaks ink onto paper

for the readers to swirl their fingers

and draw their own calligraphy

conclusions are a delicate business

my vow

is to never make you feel

small

or inconsequential

or despised

and should I awaken your own demons

with mine

we will face them in ink

under the canopy of letters

rehsaping futures

through the written word

my vow to you...

my vow as a poet...

to take responsibility

for every single word

to inspire and encourage

to steal colours from the sky

and splash them onto naked pages

to uphold each metaphor and

never condemn

or revel in the effluence of a bleeding pen

my vow to recreate a broken world

and mend a shattered humanity

through the prisms of your mind

in turn

pouring ink

into your palms

to make your own

my vow...

 

 

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Author's Note

as poets we should recognize that the words we utilize to express ourselves and the condition of the world and the human being have extreme power~ I've forgotten a lot of bruises~ but I've never forgotten words spoken at me to harm~the scars might be invisible~but they're deeper than the physical ones~
poetry:approach with care~ =)~

Ostensible Truth~ http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Ostensible-Truth/742094/

Reviews

[Art Sun]

Selene...you are a person of high character...I have yet to read a poem of yours that did not in some way enlighten or touch the senses of my mind and Soul...your thoughts are a commendable expression of who we should strive to be...poets with the desire to delve into the very hearts of others with a passion to involve and change this world...it is a road that involves the decisions of love and peace in mind...to share talent and creativeness and to especially be of high character and compassion...may I say that you have all these qualities...

*****

Love and Peace my poetic friend...

[frank jenkins]

i liked your vow. the words in their honesty and clarity. my fav line was or revel in the effluence of a bleeding pen. strong images from relatively few words

[SpokenWord]

Words do have power as we give power to them in meaning and use. Your vow to us I know this is who you are the poetic gem that enlighten us with your ink that bleeds from your soul. Dear story teller you truth is the light and the light is your ink you are more than entertainment you are creativity in the flesh.

[Lachenille Papillion]

Encore...

[Quinn Blackburn]

"But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think."
- George Gordon Byron

Marvelous wordcrafting, dearheart... inspiring and powerful with the hidden Life within our words.

[C]

A vow to always remember.....

[Lilly Negoi]

comments are useless - this should become some sort of Hippocrates' vow in the field of poetry...

[-abc-]

great words penned here...with both a depth in meaning and poetically crafted. very tightly written with great imagery and metaphor--especially loved- "to steal colours from the sky /and splash them onto naked pages/ to uphold each metaphor....cheers

[MaggieSummers]

beautifully spoken, magically crafted...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Words are very powerful... those who misuse hurt others... when used in positive light many great actions are inspired. What a great collab.

[Pumpkinspice]

Very well penned. It's whats in the poets mind at the moment the quill meets paper that reveals the inner most emotions of chosen words. The emotions bring forth the perfect words to paint a beautiful picture, the beauty of poetry.
I love this. Great job.
Pumpkin:)