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
- Salutation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Mother Ocean poem – Amy E. Johnsen poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Color of the Sky by Tony Hoagland
- Song. A Beautiful Mistress. by Thomas Carew
- Владимир Набоков – Ты многого, слишком ты многого хочешь
- Нина Воронель – Высокосный год
- Как хорошо иметь подругу
- The Fall of Rome by W. H. Auden
- Andante Con Moto by William Ernest Henley
- Beautiful Moroccan by Stanley Wilkin
- The Golden Year! poem – Alfred Austin
- The Soundless Ocean by Tanmoy
- Legacy by Vinko Kalinić
- Вера Павлова – Утро вечера мудренее
- Woman And The Weed poem – Andrew Lang poems
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