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

[redzone]

to those high-brows, F**K!! well it is a 4 letter word, along with S**T< PISS< MFER (used instead of spelling out the letters); and a whole slew of other words but which may be much "nicer" in meaning and usage... why do people think that poetry should exist only in one way??? or with only nice "clean" words?? or rhyme??

poetry is a form of communication, it is art and a way of expressing emotions, or paint a word picture, but most of all IT SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL... sometimes it will make you THINK or, CRY, be ANGRY or, ALIVE!!!

Jacob, you have mastered this ART and have made all of us who read your words, think and feel, and sometimes have educated us in forms and methods that make up and make it exciting to live in words themselves... thank you for this...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

just a blue-collar poet, day by day...thank you for your really kind compliment, Curt.
j.

[Soren]

Clever once again your word play intrigues and entertains me. Even the message is well taken. Some try to impress with large words while others use an expiative. So many metaphors here and so well put together.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Soren. I really appreciate you saying what you have. A long time ago I was told by a mag. publisher that I had a few nice metaphors but nothing went together at all.
tried to work hard on that.
j.

[Maximus]

Very well written and uniquely well presented, it's a beautiful poem with deep effective message, I enjoyed going through this.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Maximus,
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I never cease to be amazed at how you form your poetry Jacob. The stuccato structure and the careful word choice that flows from line to line. This one makes me think of the fragility and the pomposity of the poetry world with the elites determining what is good and what is bad poetry, rejecting many. I squirm at what is published as modern poetry, much of which is made up of incomprehensible, fragmented nonsense. It seems the more oblique the more kudos they have.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, John, for your very insightful interpretation.
j.