The out pourings from a compulsive writer.

Come inside! You’ll find
a systemic verse on a drip,
a stanza on a respirator,
a sentence taking its medicine,
and the poem having
its pulse read
where the vocabulary is
pumped in by a syringe
of pointless information.
Yes, it’s damage control,
a writer has gone mad,
the poem is nearly dead, dying,
and the blood that flows
has stopped getting through.
The poem’s pulse is weaker
and yet the writer writes on
in vain, hurriedly knowing
the ink is low
and the write must go on.

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

a great metaphor for us aging souls...will we write til we die? even if we're on a respirator? Our human psyche urges us to fight on til the end... and so we compulsively do...and that's okay because we have to have something to do to keep our minds off death....poem may become scribble but so what?
Nicely written Andrew!
Warmly, B

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you very much Betty.

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome Andrew!
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

Give us the diagnosis Dr. Andrew! Is the patient is going to make it? Any surgery required?
Put them on life support and be through.
Awesome metaphoric poem.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you very much Sami.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Andrew.

[Chris Shaw]

Great extended metaphor Andrew. Love how you have penned this. I have to agree with Margie, you are hot on the heels of the King of Metaphor :)

Chris

[andrew mitchell]

Belated thank you Chris

[barleygirl]

You are giving Jacob (metaphor master) a run for his money when it comes to highly-creative extended metaphor! This one's a stomper! I love the various ways you depict force-feeding of words. Cleverness abounds here! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[andrew mitchell]

Wow I am delighted. Thank you Margie.

[lkbryson]

Very interesting poem. I love it.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you very much.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

but I see signs of improvement....
the pulse is getting stronger...
the doctor is saying..."we did everything we could for the poet, but he still pulled through!" :))))
this poem is great fun in its metaphorical brilliance.
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Jacob, good to have the Doctor of poetry in the house! It was a fun write.