Unwanted Poet

A look into the mirror!

Feeling of no-one,

Doubts in my mind,

Reluctant to stir,

Thoughts are unkind,

Pressures of elders,

Goals in focus,

Wants unheard of,

All hocus pocus,

Mind beckons answers,

Thoughts drawing blank,

Plane of entire misery,

From Billy to Frank,

Hills far away,

Silence he wrote,

A killing stone,

From the angry poet.

Author's Note

Simplicity is key!

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Yeah, no one cares much about poets, unless the do something outrageious or die young. Willam Blake ended in a paupers grave with about three people standing there to see him go. And Keats hardly sold a verse when he was alive. Byron of course was a b*****d. Yeah, no one wants us cos we say things that make them uncomfortable, or they are too stupid to understand us.

[Tamia123]

Us poets are offten kicked around and laughed at because writing and poetry are often thought of as "impractical" jobs and carrers. But writting is not something you do its a way of life. Its how we as poets esacpe our world or describe it. But people stilll give us crap. Thank you for the poem :) It showed all the emotion it needed for a topic like this. Great job!

[The Pretender]

I feel the same way. poets should be recognized!!

[ur_ginger_girl]

so true

[Coyote Poetry]

I like this poem. Years ago. I begin as the angry Poet. I learn pain and loss. Changed to the Coyote. I like the words and thoughts in this poem. People want us to fall into their games. Better to walk alone then to become someone else. No weakness in the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Jyango Ryudo]

simple but powerful ya know. i can relate to this so well! the pressure that a creative person can be under. teh feeling of not beloning the feeling of wanting to fit in. the way we think of things more than others. how people look down on us. bravo! great as always bud :)

[Simbake777]

Brilliantly written! The simple, yet also powerful imagery this poem delivers, is quite breathtaking!!

This is the type of poetry that made artists like Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) and Bob Dylan resonate, within our souls!

A fab read; by a talented poet!!

[reflectingus]

This perfectly describes that point of uncertainty in life. Poetry has been regarded as something non-professional, so many just chose something more career-ish and let these talents go. Definitely, we are pressurized, as I'm getting nearer and nearer to that stage of decisions, I do feel that pressure from the elders, and that anguish within me. I can just relate to the truth here. Compared to your other poems, this is simple, but the meaning is certainly complex, of this other dimension, just like all poems. However, I love this straightforward approach, the words, as usual, well done.

[Cassie Fraga]

yes... simplicity is key!!! I 100% agree!! and I love the rhythm of this write!! theses words are simple but def. pack a punch to gt the message across!! great write!!

[Lowesy]

completely right, simplicity is the key

[Aly Jones]

This is utterly mind blowing. Just the way everything comes together... It's amazing.

I really liked the last three lines:

"Silence he wrote,
A killing stone,
From an angry poet."

The whole thing was pretty dang awesome, though.