Hiding
in the corner
beneath colorful books
written by bold, confessing souls,
I pull my knees to my chest and breathe in-
inhaling the fresh, musky smell
of old paper and dreams
that found comfort
between
hardback covers
and in worn, frayed pages.
Poetry breathes new life in me,
but not without painful crucifixion.
hanged; forsaken; drowning in ink-
pens are nailed through my wrists,
strapping me to
failure.
I breathe again,
musing long dead poets
and the lies that caused their downfalls.
They never believed they were good enough-
a mistake that haunted their lives
and echoed off their words.
But I know my
beauty.
Author notes
I'm pretty sure I made up my own form, but my god am I so proud of myself, regardless... just because I don't EVER write in a set form, and this really made me appreciate poets who do.
Syllables went 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2,etc and the 2 syllable lines were one word only. BUT, the series of two syllable words had to encompass the "hidden meaning" in the poem, while still making sense with the whole piece.
I'm anxious as hell for some responses to this.
In a list
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LOL, Congrats on the apparently new form. You need to name it.
I don't think a writer is worth much if he's satisfied with his work, doubt seems to be what makes them great. I too have read old books and been reminded of the authors, now long dead, and what they thought of their talents and the times they lived in.
But as you pointed out, that poetry breathes life into you and so these words really never die.
Something like that, lol
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forgot the applause
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i really do adore this...form poems rarely flow well and many are awkward, but this flowed naturally and was beautiful, so beautiful
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Very creative indeed and also visually pleasing.The poetess makes pertinent points about poets and poetry,indeed we may be callously crucified in their need to cause an effect to disaffect and she is right to say that beneath the boards we may find beauty and I find it has nothing to do with form,meter or even presentation but the essence of the poet,whether within their writes or their comments there is either something missing in those that darken the days but those that write and add light,oh they could write as graffitti on walls and others would stop to read even in the rain.It is a shame that those that are famous posthumously were not celebrated in life but the beauty is that their words live on and through them they still exist and matter.
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this makes me think about the times i've gone back and read all the old stuff i've written. about once a year i'll break out a box full of my old notebooks i've filled since i was a child and i'm reminiscing for hours upon end. it's incredible in many ways.
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Very similar to a multiple etheree. Loved the content.
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i absofuckinglutely love this style. it just gave the poem something. some sort of rythm and flow to it that added so much to it for me.
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I like this format a lot, looks very pretty
Oh, and you're right. Too many of them died not knowing their worth. You're on the right path to accept yours now
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awesome!! I love this poem I love the first stanza, it has the perfect, old-musky poetry book smell touch to it if that made any sense at all =P
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it's beautiful. I love the mental image I get from this. Nice write. O and I love the style, who knows, you might start a trend.
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WOW. I'm really impressed with the form you used/invented. I also really liked the style you used here. It's not easy to let your readers understand exactly what you're talking about and still get a beautiful, poetic flow, but you've really accomlished it. Nice write!
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intrigued
Well done, out of boredom I came online to search for another poet with the same passion as myself. Its not hard to fins an amazing poet on here and I came across this poem. It's very passionate and deep.
You took your time and yes I feel you should be proud of yourself. I like this poem very much.
~Rach x
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You should be proud of urself
this was amazin!
very well done darlz
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right on
I really liked reading this so much! good work babe!!!
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fucking shit.
this blew me away.
GORGEOUS in every way possible lovie.
"But I know my
beauty. "
that last line was beautiful.
♥♥♥
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Oh my dear gosh babe!
I aplaud you!
i can never stick to a form
& this is truley wonderful.
your writes are always amazing
xxx
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