a means away from meaning

a means away from meaning

integrity

remains elusive

shoddy poet 

writes back door

lines that lurk 

with unsure consonants

respect

is a poet's Holy Grail

words

his journey

in the end

his assonance breeds self-contempt

he smiles unevenly as he is 

selling out 

for a name.

erin-cilberto

1/8/21

Reviews

[hayzed]

Well, if writing should be my problem, I really don’t want it fixed
Thanks for this wonderful one again

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, hayzed,
appreciate your kind words,
j.

[William Michael Reeves]

Your insight to what we feel is all about that in the second stanza. But hopefully we can all bolster each other's confidence. I'm still mulling over the ending. Selling out for a name. Hmmmm.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

some might write just to publish, to make a name for themselves...but the poetry is what is important, the process.
thank you, Bill,
j.

[William Michael Reeves]

Ok. I think I know exactly what you mean. All my life I've written because I need to do it but never shared it. Now I'm entering contests and thinking about money. And I hope it won't corrupt my art. We'll see if I end up becoming your poem.

[Patricia]

Second stanza…I wanted it as mine, I felt myself in this one, wanting that respect that I always deny it mattering to me but it does, to a degree. Getting too old to care much anymore which may help my writing….LOL I couldn’t even type that with a straight face :D as always great writing my friend!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Go ahead and take it....I'll just write another.
I appreciate you, Patricia...thank you...if YOU are too old to care, then I must be dead.
j.

[Patricia]

well not by my calculations my friend!

[Ruth]

The ole friend poetry becomes us and each time we sacrifice a part of self with it, let the tide swamp us and merge with it...becoming poetry is a sort of defiance in my opinion, a defiance against fate to live life and be...awesome piece dear Jacob :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

We do sacrifice each time...I am often afraid I don't have much left.
Thank you, dear Ruth...and I love the avatar.
j.

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

respect
is a poet's Holy Grail
words
his journey

I loved this part, This is intriguing....
This is so well written.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Kesch,
j.

[AJNJ]

Touching words, straight from a great poet's heart. What makes a poet tick? I'd say love for his art and that's what I feel deeply here.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the art has to mean everything to the poet. Thank you AJ

[John the Baptist]

There is nothing quite like writing a line you know is good, with no reservations. Still, the temptation to submit less than our best because that last olive won't quite come out of the jar can be very strong.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, temptation pretty great just to churn out numbers rather than quality...
thank you, John,
j.

[Fran Marie]

writing poetry or prose, stories
is a hard addiction to shake..
it's like a high a fixed drug everytime
we create a piece, and do we really
want to get rid of this addiction
I think not ..its like the air we breathe
we need it...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I don't want to get rid of it...it might get rid of me...but I won't discard it as long as it is there.
thank you, Fran,
j.

[Robert Trakofler]

we are a pitiable lot dear Jacob to be afflicted with poetry:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

such a blessed affliction.
j.

[DIVYA]

Recognition, appreciation, love and respect....things a poet aspires for and craves. It's something beyond material and that burnishes a poet's divine soul.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I recognize and appreciate your poetry and your continued support, DIVYA....thank you for both.
read moreI recognize and appreciate your poetry and your continued support, DIVYA....thank you for both.
j.

[DIVYA]

I'm blessed to be here, dear friend. You're most welcome and thank you so much always for your beyond beautiful poetry too ❤