21st Century Prophets

We Poets are
21st Century Prophets
filling up notebooks
and screaming on stages

We connect in a fashion
as we wear words

We dance on pages
stripping naked
to get you to listen
like what we
have to say
can be heard
better by eyes
but only 4%
of the public
suffers with
Sinestesia

And still we slash
our wrists with ballpoint pens
to get our souls heard

Hanging our pain like paintings
in an art exhibit entitled
"Emotional Poets"

Wanting
Waiting
Wishing
for an
Art Critic
to tare
us apart

Letter by letter
word for word

Because...

Because we are so
tightly put together

That we love
to be torn apart

We turn
the pain
into art
and scars
into deeply
embedded
ink wells

Don't you see?

We 21st Century Prophets
hold the keys to our
broken heart cages
by wielding pens in ways
that spark thought

Cant you see?

Our wrists are still tender
yet we slash them open
again and again because...

Because writers block
is a far far worse
form of torture

And never
being read
is a fate
worse than death

By Samantha Campbell

Reviews

[Astro]

You're the genuine article aren't you? But, of course you are, that's why I find my way back into your nightclub to glide through the colored lights of your mind time and time again. I really hope you perform this one somewhere, someday, because, fabric of your fashion is dyed to perfection and begs for display. Very cool.

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

wow thanks yeah one of my dreams is to do spoken word but there is no artistic scene where I live and I would have stage fright thats something Ive never even done been on stage not even as a lil kid and I would freeze or something lol but I may try it one day if given the chance

[Astro]

Do it in costume at first, imagine you are someone else who's impervious to nerves and hecklers. Though I doubt you would encounter either if you stood and spoke these words with passion. Find a coffee shop willing to set something up, call out to the poetic voices in your area and MAKE a scene.

[MOON]

It bleeds on the page, poignant lovely write.

[Dominic Morgan]

Just read this and liked it enormously. I think you caught the essence of the frustration of our craft and more. I'll be reading more of your work later when I have put my children to bed. Well done on your book by the way...i had a peek on Amazon. Don't ever lose heart.

[Wolven]

:O If I am quite honest... I am almost lost for words with this...
It's a really well rounded metaphor, and an interesting play from words.. if that makes much sense...?
Its a beautiful poem, and to be honest, I cannot think of anything else to say.
this might not be the best of reviews, but i shall certainly check out a lot more of your work!

[Augustus]

Wow! This was immensely intense. Almost took me by the scruff of my neck and dragged me into its turbulent flow. Extremely forceful metaphors, well-conceived repetition of ideas: slashing wrists for instance. Very effective use of rhetorical questions too....

"And still we slash
our wrists with ballpoint pens
to get our souls heard

Hanging our pain like paintings
in an art exhibit entitled
"Emotional Poets""

Could go on quoting lines here...Each one made a profound impact. You are seriously talented. :) Wonderful verse!

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

Much Thanks seems poetry has grabbed me today, Ive just written 21 poems and Im still flowing lol

[Augustus]

Jeez! That is something! You're welcome by the way. :)

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

Im at 23 would be more but I had to get other stuff done lol

[bluessadmood]

this was wonderful..great tribute to a species that may abolish.
we do everything that cross the mind,we shout even clothe in words
we feed on them,and try to feed others just so they listen
ready to go bare and even mock ourselves just to be heard
for alas most has gone mute and no feelings,what fools
always trying ,always crying with real tears,could anyone hear
lovely write..

[janimarei]

i don't know what to say that hasn't been conveyed yet, this is fantastic and puts the frustrations writers have on a pedestal. and the last part is of course so true it's painful.

[Nick Mowery]

Loved it! Go young writers! Our generation is so sucked into pop culture and desensitizing media that we forget about the most powerful thing in culture, the pen and paper. Great poem!

[Katlyn Ribine]

your details make a good flow to your piece of writing

[lyss]

It's well written and creative with the differing fonts. I love it :)