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Poetry is the art
Of gleaning stillness from movement
Of giving still life motion.
Poets are photographers
In developing verses versus film
They give the inanimate emotion.
Poetry is the technique
Of saying more with less
Of leaving some things .
Poets are people
The bored security guard reading East of Eden;
Or his merlot-addicted housewife who
no longer tends her garden.
Poetry is the act
Of platonic love and zealous lust
Of coveting your neighbor’s wife.
Poets are children
Coloring outside all the lines
|in the process creating new ones|
Poetry is the process
,yltnereffid dlrow eht gniees fO
& presenting that view on the page.
Of course poetry is heretic
It’s fueled by twin demons,
Inspiration and Loneliness.
Of course poetry is hectic
It’s scribbled on torn, wet napkins
Or emblazoned on rusting railway cars.
Poets are performers
prophets and sinners, prosecutors; prisoners
plumbers proles prostitutespriestsprotestors – phantoms,
because poetry is indiscriminate
Poetry is the art
Of gleaning stillness from movement
Of giving still life motion.
Poets are photographers
In developing verses versus film
They give the inanimate emotion.
Poetry is the technique
Of saying more with less
Of leaving some things .
Poets are people
The bored security guard reading East of Eden;
Or his merlot-addicted housewife who
no longer tends her garden.
Poetry is the act
Of platonic love and zealous lust
Of coveting your neighbor’s wife.
Poets are children
Coloring outside all the lines
|in the process creating new ones|
Poetry is the process
,yltnereffid dlrow eht gniees fO
& presenting that view on the page.
Of course poetry is heretic
It’s fueled by twin demons,
Inspiration and Loneliness.
Of course poetry is hectic
It’s scribbled on torn, wet napkins
Or emblazoned on rusting railway cars.
Poets are performers
prophets and sinners, prosecutors; prisoners
plumbers proles prostitutespriestsprotestors – phantoms,
because poetry is indiscriminate
Poetry is the art
first attempt at an ars poetica
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damn spacing ... line 13 should be indented 12 spaces in (based on the format on this page)