THE INSIDE JOKE

06 18 04

my attempt at
literary thought
calls for the reader
not knowing
at least not exactly
how the poet felt
when the poem being read
was written

precisely why
this should have been written
in prose

Author's Note

Really hurting for fresh ideas, and I'm running out of old stuff to post...2004 was one of my most prolific years for writing...translation: it was a lousy year...

Reviews

[Pete Langley]

Don`t worry, mate - you`re not the first poet to write about a dirth - here`s one - but you spoiled it for me by putting in your Author`s Note. I regularly think ` I ain`t got s**t..... ` and recognised the feeling straight away. I tend to think about creativity as being on a chain attached to a rope attached to a string. Keep pulling the string. If the string breaks, grab the end before it disappears. Eventually.....
Sorry, I`m waffling P.

[kublakhan27]

Haha yeah that's my inferiority complex talking...if I don't come up with something that I think is absolutely sterling, I have a history of calling myself out on it...I like your philosophy though and will attempt to keep that in mind...thank you for reading and complimenting :)

[Androglossia]

The last lines reminded me of someone who left a review on The United Taste of a Miracle saying exactly,

'I don't know how I feel about a poem I can blaze through as if it were simply prose. There should be traps, techniques, figures of speech, figures of sound, not just text re-packaged into stanza form.'

LMAO well saying nothing at all is far better that saying you don't know.

Some poem can be taken in so many different ways but yours are the hardest to interpret, really. And I know you're a no-nonsense. So if I find your poem too stratal after so may reads then I'd rather not say a thing otherwise I'd surely look dumb, lol.

Seriously, this can be written as prose but I don't think it has the important factors of a prose and prose is boring.

[kublakhan27]

LOL You know, I remember reading that review and I was actually going to chime in and defend you but I figured a) she's a big girl and will surely not be affected by such statements and b) he was just trying to antagonize you and was not worthy of a rebuttal...so hopefully you didn't mind me holding my tongue, but at least you know those things crossed my mind :P

I really don't want you to feel worried about commenting on me though for fear of "not knowing"...I try to leave a lot of wiggle room for interpretation, and besides, you are one of my more accurate readers in terms of tapping into my mindset at the time of the writing, so speak up anytime you wish my friend :) Never for a moment did I consider writing this as prose...the very spirit of this piece (short as it is) demanded free verse haha

[Androglossia]

LOL don't worry, my bullheadedness cannot be antagonized that easy especially when it comes to opinion *_^ To tell you honestly, I can pass for a British when it comes to sarcasm (i hope this is not gonna start an argument). In addition to that, I usually can't determine pun, lol which is a good thing.

I'm thankful that my accuracy is evident though. It's almost uplifting I can almost see better days ahead otherwise I'm going back to my hometown and utter bitter reproaches to my English 101 professor :D

[kublakhan27]

Haha and that is exactly what I thought ;) Don't worry, you'll get no argument from me on that...Canadian English is a little different from British (i.e. authentic) English, with differences in slang and accents, but nobody beats the Brits when it comes to dry humour, which is a compliment from me haha It's true, not many people can "read" me like you do...I'm sure better days lie ahead for you :)

[Androglossia]

Either 'better days' is a recurring illusion or an existing phenomenon, I'm not giving it a choice.

[kublakhan27]

Nor should you :)

[Pax]

haha... the authors note is was witty... i know you can write more my friend... just keep writing... as you keep running towards inspiration...because like i said to myself inspiration always out-run me... but i keep up... :D

[kublakhan27]

Haha words to live by for sure, and thank you for the support as always...I probably would have given it up countless times without it :)

[Kenneth The Poet]

Agreed on this. Only you know what your feeling when you write.

[kublakhan27]

And sometimes I'm not even sure myself haha Thank you Kenneth.