only the most scholarly invited

only the most scholarly invited

 

 

serving four letter words at the function

Salad included

dressing up optional

vocabularies deceased

 

on occasion a dictionary shows up

in drag

pages flashy

words incoherent

 

It's all about appearances

and perceptions

and four-letter words

that are easily understood

but not well-digested.

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/3/23

Reviews

[NormaZ]

Love this poem, comparing 4 letter words with serving a dinner, very creative! I especially loved the dictionary.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Norma.
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, when people start using "fifty cent" words, they are trying to impress, but all it does for me is make me want to distance myself. Sophistication is not something that one can talk oneself into. I won't swallow those words for sure. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I appreciate your reply, my friend.
WE certainly can sit at the same table.
j.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Jacob,

As the Master Poetic Wordsmith that you are, this Poem is profoundly contemplative and enjoyably meditative in all that it has to say in giving the crafted appearance of not have said very much at all ... Appearances are reality deceptive ... I would shelve this piece in my Library, but the site will no longer allow me to do so ... Which is a disappointment, whenever I seek to shelve works that I enjoy and admire in hope that others will come across them and enjoy them too ...

Marve

[jacob erin-cilberto]

The site is acting up...I appreciate your kind review, Marve,
j.

[Andrew John]

Oh, don't we hear so many of them. Nice one, J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Andrew,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

You know this is a put down if ever there was one dear J. ). Love that second stanza. I could hazard a guess? Great title by the way. I didn’t get an invitation:)

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we have our own club, Chris...you are invited to their shindigs.
thank you,
j.

[Perdition]

And you claim to not like Bukowski...lol. Well, the dinner was served and the voices settled into the loudest as to who could tell as to whether that dictionary was a thesaurus or a dictionary ...lol. Drag is Drag, isn't it? And as for the rest, if the wine is pouring and the conversation lively I say let the meal be what it is. In the end who really knows but the reader and the page? Thanks!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I really do not like him...but yes, the reader and the page know...probably more than the poet does.
Thank you, Perdition,
j.

[Perdition]

Well, he was a simpler, wilder poet of sorts. Not the kind of man ya want over for dinner but who really is...lol. I got ya though, your poem as well and my pleasure J. Hope All is all, and Well as well. Enjoyed~

[John the Baptist]

The dinner party is a metaphor for a type of writing in this one. Not sure which one it is, but "only the most scholarly invited " is a reverse punch, because of the references to the incoherent dictionary and the deceased vocabularies. Someone is being put down here, but I won't hazard a guess as to who it is.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

but you get the idea...yes, some don't digest poetry unless it is incredibly pretentious in nature.
Thank you, John.

[Chris]

So many four-letter words, so little time... sheesh. Catered - of course... but was it "open bar"?

Being academically challenged, I didn't even get a late invite. But - would have been fun to at least say "No".

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh damn, sorry Chris...I had you on my invite list...
now where did that invitation go to?

[Chris]

Chuckling WITH you, not AT you...

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

With a bit of mash and gravy on the side the salad becomes a main course

I love the way you wrote this one !
I can imagine my old welsh English teacher from high school scratching his head and sighing to the heavens with all the new bloody pronouns they use in this crazy time he would not of stood for it


I love your first two opening verses

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I scratch my head a lot, Julie.
I do.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Yes me too
Thanks 🙏

[DIVYA]

I entered a world, I do not understand. Poetry should be straight from the gut and not pretentious. Otherwise, it isn't even poetry. Loved this poem especially the line on dictionary showing up in drag. You're amazing, my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Amen, Divya, Amen.