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 Jester by Rudyard Kipling
- Владимир Маяковский – Нетрудно, ландышами дыша
- Sonnet 109: O, never say that I was false of heart by William Shakespeare
- Illusions by Mark R Slaughter
- Владимир Британишский – Карьеры лицеистов
- Elixer Vitæ poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Осенняя песня
- Without You by Miraj Patel
- In Defense poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- At Vaucluse poem – Alfred Austin
- the_prison_of_the_past.html
- Anticipation poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Thanksgiving by William Ernest Henley
- Song—A Health to ane I loe dear by Robert Burns
- September 1815 by William Wordsworth
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
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