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
- Composed In The Valley Near Dover, On The Day Of Landing by William Wordsworth
- The Jungle Flower
- On The High Pedestal by Shahida Latif
- The Echo by William Barnes
- Grass by Russell Edson
- Excerpt from “What’s O’Clock” poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Pillar’d Geäte by William Barnes
- In Imitation of E. of Rochester : On Silence poem – Alexander Pope
- The Dream by W H Auden
- Black Market Love by Taisha Destin
- Олег Бундур – Света у доски
- Огюст Барбье – Роберт Эммет
- Tom May’s Death poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Sonnet 129: Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame by William Shakespeare
- Gray Dawn by Satish Verma
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