Dead Poet Society

Inspired by my love of all that is...dead?!?!?!?

By the time you read this, I will be dead.
Because only dead poets poems get read.
How tragic is life if death is art?
Writen in the past for futures to fall apart.

It scares me to see how legends are made.
To die so young for their heirs to be paid.
For all the meaning your words had to you.
Reaping rewards is all they want to do.

Words of love, hate and war have less meaning now.
Than when they were writen, heart beats so loud.
Passion, pride and prejudice all fall into theme,
Now consumed with power, lust and greed.

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Author's Note

It isn't very 'flowing' other than that...what do ya think?

Reviews

[Brittany]

I agree with you on the whole irony of it all. Death tends to immortalize, doesn't it? And yet as time goes on it gets more and more diluted (writing) because time is such a crucial factor in understanding. More often then not, readers want to relate with what they are reading. They are drawn to the things that are familiar to themselves.

All in all, bravo.

[Gary H]

In truth this is a great idea but seems incomplete. Perhaps that is the point, being that death has come before the poem has expanded far enough. There is a good point that 'Everyone loves you when your dead' (pinched that title from a Stranglers tune from La Folie)
I was wondering if you could have offered an example and made the poem into a kind of elegy for a particular death? Anyway, I didn't write it so it's unfair for me to suggest what you do with your words!

[Flo_writer]

It has a daunting feel to me. A talent that wants recognition while it's still alive, but fear only true appreciation will come in death. Kudos to a great read. I feel the need to reiterate my favorite part.

"By the time you read this, I will be dead.
Because only dead poets poems get read.
How tragic is life if death is art?
Written in the past for futures to fall apart."

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i like it alot..and like how you wrote it...and the words you used to express it...great write..

[razormuse]

a poem does not have to flow to be great. it is the raw emotion and feeling you get from the writing. i loved it. but i am a creature of the darkside, so i am naturally drawn to this line of thought. excellent.

[Last Lying Look]

This is fantastic.
I really love it.
The point is really awesome.
Great write.
-Elissa

[R J Askew]

This feels like a Shelley line of thought. I like it as it mocks the things we hold dear, esp the notion that everything must happen now, now, now. If a poet has to wait until he or she is dead for a certain appreciation ... so be it. And yes there is a fascination for something which once held life.

[angry_pandit]

its too much to think, too much of thought
i too wander, in those lanes, near about
failed to fuel the fire burning inside
failed to justice my ever growing pride
a genius is a genius, as he should be.
the world doesnt make sense, any more to me
i have found real meaning in your flow
trust me my friend, you have that inner glow...

cheers !!

[karmic]

This poem is very meaning full, I understand what you mean, it's like people can only be great these days by only dying, it's sad. But great poem.