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
- Robert Burns: To Miss Logan, With Beattie’s Poems, For A New-Year’s Gift, Jan. 1, 1787:
- Mind Extempore by Pawan Kumar
- AMBITION by Robert Herrick
- An Essay on Man: Epistle II poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Nanna by Ross D Tyler
- In Memoriam A. H. H.: 55. The wish, that of the living whol poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- From ‘Samson Agonistes’ i poem – John Milton poems
- Weak Is The Will Of Man, His Judgement Blind by William Wordsworth
- Николай Гумилев – Леонард
- Robert Burns: I Hae Been At Crookieden:
- Epistle to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintry by Robert Burns
- Lines Rhymed In A Letter From Oxford poem – John Keats poems
- Огюст Барбье – Кьяйя
- Нина Воронель – Суд современников не значит ни черта
- Владимир Маяковский – Рабочий при капитализме работал из-под палки… (РОСТА №666)
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