The maniac writer of Fleet Street.

The maniac writer
pouring out copious amounts
of information from thoughts
on those poor readers
that have come to dine
on a entree of brevity,
a three course stanza
or those that are hungry
a ten course sonnet degustation.
Yes! Dine in on a verse
where the cook of writes
will scare you off
or better still
put you off reading.
There’s a stain
on the table,
blood on the floor, and
there’s still time
to leave in one piece.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I bore myself at a certain point in every poem. I've done two or three epic poems, gritting my teeth to stick with it. But in general, a poem needs to end when I bore myself, which is a reasonable point (I hope). I'm the same with books. I hate plowing thru the Tolstoy-esque writers that go on & on about every damn sidetrip they can think of. At times it feels like the author is showing off what they know rather than furthering the story. This poem tripped my switch (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

reminds me of how I tell my students to write short paragraphs, break up the writing so the reader can get a breather...big blocks of writing are overwhelming...so are really long poems...
as readers, maybe some of us have short attention spans.
j.

[andrew mitchell]

There has to be a knack to entertain those with a long poem. I haven’t found it yet! Brevity is always nice Jacob, but sadly can be misunderstood. Thanks for reading, much appreciated Jacob.:)