Poets

a meditation on the commonality of sense vs. the theatre of the heart, an operetta

 

We think in metaphors

it never rains, it pours

silver goblets full of pain and glory and

poetry is how we write the stories of our lives;

metaphor is the opera of the mind.

 

Therefore, you'll find exaggeration,

a hesitation to settle for the unrealized potential 

that is the unpainted truth.

It is never just youth that is lost, but hope also- oblivion. 

 

This is the most compelling storyline

told and sold and filmed and sold and told again

generation after generation, amen. And yet,

 

wipe away the stage makeup and the truth can shine

like a freshly-washed wound

both higher and lower, more of everything

than anything of fiction ever written.

Reviews

[Marie Anzalone]

"poetry is how we write the stories of our lives"

and I for one am so grateful that Mankind invented it, and that small groups of people are keeping it in our schools as a subject matter as "non-essentials" are cut all over teh country. Mostly I am grateful for the chance, every day, to look at Life with the kind of mind and eyes that permit me to put my experiences in poetic form. Reading works like this help inspire me, every day, to do just that.

[Matio]

hi. I know it is quite hard to write in such a subject, because not everyone can avoid banality, so I was a bit surprised of how you did it nicely and delicate. I liked it.

good luck, Arnas.

[Hedra Helix]

it makes sense to me yo.

[Hedra Helix]

naked though flawed is always the most potent cos though we cant face it in ourselves we can have compassion for recognizing our flaws in others.
the power of words.

(your rhymes right here are f*****g sick!)
This is the most compelling storyline
told and sold and filmed and sold and told again
generation after generation, amen. And yet,