Create (A Tribute to Arzel Joy)

A spoken word poem dedicated to fellow writer Arzel Joy.

Destined to create

From the date she was created,

Arzel will not be negated,

Nor will she be emulated!

Are you related 

To these words she composes?

No...

But you absorb through osmosis,

A mind pathway that turns you ferocious,

Until you accept that she's quite

Precocious, and you hear from

These poets, "Of course everyone knows this!"

Yet she's told us her muse,

One whose name you've confused,

Has morphed into a stranger,

Like a mystic form-changer,

A thought that makes souls

Feel like foreign exchangers...

But when her muse is fluoresced,

We see that she has expressed

Her intimate words of the lovers caressed...

And we who write know 

That our feel-

ings

u n d r e s s e d

cre-ate

sense-you-all

pow-er

like we're verbally

SEXED!!

And after...this ecs-

tatic feeling starts... 

to wane,

Arzel, like her fellow poets

Must keep herself sane...

Arzel -

We ask for a dose of

Your verbal cocaine...

So please

Write us a sonnet, 

Villanelle, or quatrain

Because from your poetry

We cannot...

abstain.

Author's Note

Reviews

[BlackHeart]

Wow, I am not sure if I can say anything other than that. I loved your.... just everything about this poem. It touched me and I couldn't stop reading it. I feel like I could read this poem over and over again. You have done an amazing job and I hope that I can read more of your work in the future. Thank you for sharing your work with me.

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks so much, BlackHeart!! I'm really humbled and flattered that you would say that...when I wrote this, I never imagined the great response I would get. And I would love for you to read more work and get your feedback; I hope to read some of yours soon as well.

[BlackHeart]

I hope that you enjoy mine as much as I enjoy yours and please if you don't like it let me know what I can do to make it better.

[Donald]

It is a very touching dedication to her. You have captured her essence.

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks Donald! That's what I was hoping for!!

[Blue]

Thank you so much, Donald!

[Tom]

You have captivated many of the gifted attributes of a talented writer through this inspiring and well penned poetic tribute !

Creative and classy, supreme indeed and kudos to you for this cerebral piece of writing !

[Eric Pudalov]

Thank you very much, Tom! I had to "research" the poem a bit, so I read through a lot of Arzel's poetry first, and then it all came together. So glad you appreciated it!!!

[Blue]

Eric's quite passionate when it comes to praising people. :) He has done more than what was expected of him. Thank you, Tom!

[kublakhan27]

A very nice and cleverly-delivered tribute...I've only gotten to know her recently but she is an incredible writer and one of the nicest people I know on the site...well done :)

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks very much. Glad you liked it.

[Blue]

Thank you so much, Steve! Consider the sentiment shared. :)

[kublakhan27]

My pleasure Arzel :)

[Dayran]

An Arzel Joy fan club ... no doubt ... but there's no doubting that its well deserved. Keep it up AJ.

[Eric Pudalov]

I second the motion! I love that she has a fan club, as a matter of fact.

[Blue]

Dayran, I didn't know such exists. :) Thank you so much to you, two!

[Sami Khalil]

Utmost appreciation and flattering to this wonderful poet. She is proud by now...:)..................

[Eric Pudalov]

I think you may be right!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)..........................

[Blue]

I am, Sami. :) Thank you so much!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)...............................

[Baby Ricochet]

A lovely dedication for our Arzel and who wouldn't love that

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks Ricochet! Glad you liked it man. She is awesome, isn't she?

[Blue]

Haha. You're spoiling me. Thank you, BR and Eric.

[Madalyn Beck]

What a beautiful tribute you have put together for our sweet Arzel!! Fantastic write. Everything about this piece is flawless. Great write! :)

[Blue]

Thank you so much, Madalyn. You are sooo sweet.

[A. Amos]

Azel shine like a star in this one, well written on very very well deserve person

[Blue]

You misspelled my name, Amos. :( Hahaha.

[A. Amos]

Oops see better I write you Joy:) sorry about that

[Blue]

Haha. Better. :) thank you, Amos!

[Avinash]

Well ! Nice tribute to a beautiful person :)

[Eric Pudalov]

Thank you Avinash, and thanks for reading.

[Blue]

Thank you, Avinash. That's kind of you to say so.

[Lyn Anderson]

A great tribute verse. Everyone has their moments of doubt -- right now I am in a creative slump due to the rating slapped on me. I can't get over it and it stumps me as I write.

[Eric Pudalov]

What rating are you talking about, KL? One of your poems, or your overall rating?? If it helps any, I can give you some positive reviews...you truly do have some great work.

[Lyn Anderson]

All of my poems, every story, every one, has been slapped with a MATURE rating. I can't alter them, and I cannot create new poems without a MATURE rating.

[Blue]

Some glitch on her posts. Even though she hasn't labeled her poems "Mature", they showed up with that label. Don't know why but I hope it will be resolved soon.

[Blue]

Oh, she beat me. :)