Poets and Their Poetry

I hear poets, poets and their poetry.

It is hazy and eerie but I can see

Few crafting poetry, some thinking

of it and oh so many imagining doing

it, misinformed of the differences made.

I worry,

Doesn't easily amassed validity negate

beauties unearthed in uncertainties of 

juxtaposing sounds with sights or

touch with intoxicating smells

Or vice-versa, just mix it all up, do more, who

cares but who else if not you, "the poet", who 

misguides those paying misguided attention to scrape

on what your bloated ego feeds them to feel to.

Are these times when lies are

misconstrued supposedly truthfully

or is it now the norm for a poet to

attain a stature greater than poetry?

I wonder,

Where are the few? Why am I

still thinking while countless

myopic dreams come true?

It is hazy and eerie and I see,

I hear poets, poets and their poetry . . .

Author's Note

Amidst the growing orgy of poet praising and lack of poetry. Even bad poetry will be acceptable but alas...

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

too much praise for what is not good...i agree, and understand...encouraging those who are trying to become poets...there is a fine line ...we want to help others get better...but there are also different levels, different tastes, some like simpler, some like more complex...it is a wide realm and your poem raises pertinent questions.
j.

[Stonz P.]

Thank you sir.

In India, the OpenMic scene is on a rapid rise. I am witnessing a variety of shades here. People who want to learn are being misguided by "viral poets" (some of whom I am acquainted with), who have never taken enough effort to learn about their work.
I cannot fully describe the situation but it is not an environment that encourages learning and that bothers me a lot.

[Robert Haigh]

The same thing could be said about music. Much of the music of today (in the western world, at least) is made by people who want instant stardom, and are not prepared to pay their dues by playing and singing in clubs, pubs and other small venues for a few years, learning and honing their craft. Most of the guitar "Gods" today are of the older generation, with just a handful of younger musicians among their ranks. This is no great mystery: new bands form, practice for a few weeks, then record themselves and put their music up on youtube, for the whole world to see. Some of them DO gain instant success, and become the darlings of the adoring fans, but very few of them could be called virtuoso musicians.

[Relic]

I try to encourage new writers. Unfortunately, those new writers leave a lot of the time. Other times, there's not a lot to read.

[Stonz P.]

Hi, thank you for your insight.