Thank you for the Tragedy

Inspired by the quote from Kurt Cobain

Thank you for the Tragedy

I need it for my art said Kurt Cobain

it paints the lonely sad melodies in my heart.

I need it for my art said the poet

It feeds the agony in my mind and inks my sorry pen.

I need it for my art said the sculptor

it guides my chisel’s path over cold marbled stone.

I need it for my art said the novelist

It gives my plot a sorry hook to ponder.

I need it for my art said the journalist

it fills front pages and sells the daily news.

I need it for my art said the priest

it subjugates and helps my flock to keep the faith.

I need it for my art said the despot

it controls my people and keeps my enemies in fear.

 

26/08/14

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, tragedy is definitely food for poetry...what we poets do with nothing but happiness...???

surely there would be pages and pages of emptiness.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

True Jocob, many thanks

[Beccy]

Fascinating lines. Whether it be tragedy, joy, sadness, love, hate, or any number of other alternative states of mind, emotion is the driving force of mankind; belief a poor second and mostly vestigial.

Beccy.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Beccy I agree.