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
- Dews of Silence by Raju Baruah
- As I Sat Alone by Blue Ontario’s Shores. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я уверен, как ни разу в жизни
- Amabel by Thomas Hardy
- Вероника Тушнова – Знаешь ли ты, что такое горе
- The Last Department by Rudyard Kipling
- To My Lord Fairfax poem – John Milton poems
- Oh, see how thick the goldcup flowers poem – A. E. Housman
- English Poetry. Richard Hovey. The Old Pine. Ричард Хави.
- Blue-Eyed Ann by Tobias Smollett
- Олег Бундур – Я несу домой морошку
- Владимир Маяковский – Для чего оттягивают паны мириться?.. (РОСТА №264)
- On Virtue by Phillis Wheatley
- The Devon Maid: Stanzas Sent In A Letter To B. R. Haydon poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Политические партии в России
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
