verbal irony

verbal irony

 

 

how is it poetic justice

when the guilty words go free

 

then blackmail the artist

to paint nothing but heartache

 

and the innocent words of mirth

are locked in the poet's mind

 

to serve a life sentence.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/27/16

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

How very true Jacob. Life has a way of confining us into labels and boxes that we fit into as we travel through life and the words we hold back are a symptom of that, becoming what others label us and less and less capable of unleashing what we once would never have gave a second thought about.
Beautiful write.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so insightful you are, my friend

we can't allow labels..we have to be who we are in the moment.

j.

[A hare off]

Those words, the guilty as you say, the one who cause the pen to craft heartache I think come from that place deep inside we'd just as soon erase. I could feel this one Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, A hare off.

j.

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perhaps making poetry out of it makes it...easier to be with? I mean, it's there, so why not turn it into art...make something beautiful out of it...touch people with it, which you do, and quite well btw :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, lynn.

j.

[h d e rushin]

nicely thought out Jacob......dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, dana....

:)

j.

[iand63]

Have you heard the song Wordy Rapping hood by Tom Tom Club? It is simply a song about all the connotations and implications of words. This reminds of that song. Days when our brains say "No your not writing that, your going to write this!" Are days you know you have a fight on your hands. Keep fighting the good fight J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sounds like a good song...and i like your insights...thank you, ian.
j.

[V]

The content you provide is interesting. I think many writers can relate to that tumult in your head at times that forces one to write things down, even unpleasant ones. I like to say: Words become alive and are incontrollable then. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful review...much appreciate your visits.

j.

[V]

You're welcome :)

[Lydia Shutter]

Guilty words....the ones that get away and we search for them. Even a posse could not find them again. They show they faces for just a moment and we KNOW they would be perfect in a poem and then, POP, they vanish into thin air. We always think the words we write don't measure up to THOSE words. Absolutely. Good one. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i hear that posse passing by my window...
thank you, Lydi...

j.

[W.k.kortas]

Pretty succinct, and certainly spot on.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, W.k.

j.

[paddy d daly]

I think many more words
Are locked in the mind than
Can be set free.. nice read
Jacob, l liked the rhyming.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for Your words, paddy.
j.