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Viva Author
Pages endless provide me comfort
The bookends relentless
Like friends loyal to the death
Holding me in my dreams
I’ve read constant proof
Throughout my troubled time
Worlds false have told more truth
Than the lies of waking life
It doesn’t make sense
To the untrained eye
What is will be
But, the pen is mightier you see
What is, is, and what will be we design
Beauty is in the lie
The best stories have no names
But they’re true just the same
The gift is that myths cannot die
Volumes of fiction inspire
The stagnant histories require
Only that you remember
But much truth in history is a lie
Visions reflected in ink
Do less harm than reality can bide
Enemies forever entwined
Truth and reality battle endless
It doesn’t make sense
To the untrained mind
What is will be
But, the pen is mightier you see
What is, is, and what will be we design
Beauty is in the lie
The best stories have no names
But they’re true just the same
The gift is that the myths cannot die
Timeless, indefinite, we exist
Ceaseless, pretentious, arrogant
Ideas, ink, paper we bleed
What is, is, and what will be we design
Fictitious we may be
It's the world that lies
It does no good to ask, why?
The pen is mightier, you see
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| I agree that I'm not sure how to feel about the repitition either. For me it's entirely experimental. I find that people are drawn to peotry (in a pop-culture sense) not for its words, but for its supplamental quality to music. Lately, I've been playing around with repitition imaginging the poetry as lyrics to music. If you're interested in less repitition I have a great deal of poetry in that vein to play with as well. |
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Comment by: Dante - 2008-06-25 19:27
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When I first read this poem, and Percussion of the Crowd, I wasn't sure how I felt about the repetition of lines and stanzas. I'm really not an expert, but for me, too much repetition diminishes the initial feelings I have, when I know what to expect.
But, after reading a couple more times, aloud, I realize that this is your style. I imagine that it sounds great live. And, if you haven't read live, you should. I think that this would be well received by the crowd.
Thanks for sharing, D. |
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| Wow, I really love this. Lots of powerful lines and the sentiment is one I have held dear for a long time. |
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