The Poetic Principle
by Mark Olynyk
I
walking on the edge
of a slice of life.
cultivating words
from a field of dreams.
a cross section of experience
provides the inspiration
for productions in verse.
letting loose a torrent of connections
spilling on the page.
a single drop is an atom
of knowing.
ideas on the verge of change
must pass by the gatekeeper.
a metaphor is a blind substitution
for the barely glimpsed
truth of imagination.
a convergence of the disparate
locked into the possible
harmony of art.
II
a subterranean call is a hoax
from the trickster
with stalagmite memories
hanging in a cavernous waste.
undercurrents of fugitive thought
flowing through a forest
of forgotten themes.
the fallen trees
of past generations
cry out to satisfy their vengeance
on the prophet of time
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Кондратий Рылеев – О милый друг, как внятен голос твой
- The Immigrant
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Band by Shel Silverstein
- Robert Burns: The Fete Champetre:
- The Four Winds poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Lew O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- Robert Burns: Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., Of Woodhouselee: With an Impression of the Author’s Portrait.
- Writing to Onegin by Ruth Padel
- The Drug-Shop, or, Endymion in Edmonstoun by Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Hearth Eternal by Vachel Lindsay
- Some Clouds by Steve Kowit
- Василий Казин – На могиле матери
- Федор Сологуб – Веет ветер мне навстречу
- Robin Hood And The Butcher poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Иван Киуру – Оазис
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