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
- Sporting Acquaintances by Siegfried Sassoon
- Egotist poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- My Mother Would Be a Falconress by Robert Duncan
- An Epitaph On Mr. Fishborne The Great London Benefactor, And His Executor by William Strode
- Thought. by Walt Whitman
- Николай Языков – Прими ты мой поклон заздравный
- Ballad Of The Skeletons poem – Allen Ginsberg
- Robert Burns: A Bottle And Friend:
- Владимир Британишский – Петербургский горожанин
- Domination Of Black by Wallace Stevens
- Lemmebesomethin’ by Shel Silverstein
- Individuality
- Яков Полонский – Подойди ко мне, старушка
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 91. Oh, Ye Dead!. Томас Мур.
- Free Fantasia On Japanese Themes poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
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