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
- The Owl by Ted Hughes
- Sonnet 100: Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget’st so long by William Shakespeare
- A Dialogue At Fiesole poem – Alfred Austin
- Fair Elanor by William Blake
- Swift’s Epitaph by William Butler Yeats
- The Bride poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Teach Us To Number Our Days by Rita Dove
- Ок Мельникова – Птицей
- Psalm 84 poem – John Milton poems
- Debt by Sara Teasdale
- The Bachelor by William Barnes
- Владимир Маяковский – Плакаты, 1928
- Half-waking by William Allingham
- To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter by Phillis Wheatley
- Learning to Study – Hindrances to Study
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