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
- Conversation 23: On Cause by Rosmarie Waldrop
- Epitaph on Wm. Graham, Esq., of Mossknowe by Robert Burns
- 1777 poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Done is a battle by William Dunbar
- Songs From “Prince Lucifer” II – Mother-Song poem – Alfred Austin
- Fancy In Nubibus, Or The Poet In The Clouds by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Омар Хайям – Ну, допустим, что будет тебе и почет
- The Star by Sara Teasdale
- Алишер Навои – Цветком, что счастье нам несет
- Lover’s Gifts VIII: There Is Room for You by Rabindranath Tagore
- Love Song
- Илья Эренбург – Я не трубач, труба
- Belts by Rudyard Kipling
- The Scissors-Grinder by Vachel Lindsay
- The Roses And The Mothers Cannot Choose by William Alexander
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