succinctly random

succinctly random

let's have a "form" free-for-all

let the sonnets fight among themselves

let the villanelles exchange repetitive insults

with quatrains and tercets

all vets

of the poetic wars

the haiku have their short spats

rhyme its abab arguments with abba

or aabb or....you get the point

let the iambic pentameter prance

into a different enclosure

and gallop frantically

with free will

losing its gait...

while neighing with such intense pleasure

it has never before known

let Shakespeare garrulously laugh

over nothing

no tragedy

no meter

just fun

just poetry that emerges as it will

with a life and breath of its own

the heart rides English saddle

because it can be more in touch

with the lines it produces

let's all let go of that which might

constrain us

write or type until our fingers bleed

with relief

with release

with a new freedom

that colors our pages

with who we really are

poets, poets, poets

yes, that lot.

erin-cilberto

8/15/22

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

The writing is on the wall here Jacob
Love it
Loved all the metaphors and quotes to poets and styles
Some of course with my untrained poets mind I didn’t grab but I can see the poster it reads
I’m a poet take me as I am all that I ever will be is me

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, take me as I am, and let me be what I may be as a poet.
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Well said, my poet friend. Constrain me not, oh, powers or the pen. Let me roam, let me roam. let me roam.
W.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

roam away, my friend,
j.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I believe you have expressed the essence of every poet. we write as the inspirition comes to us. it has no rhymee or reason.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so true, Dale,
thank you,
j.

[Richard Knox]

This is great fun! The many descriptive metaphors are very effective, along with the personification of the various poetic forms and elements. I especially love the imagery of the iambic pentameter horse! Very creative, and an exhortation we might do well to follow.

[Richard Knox]

Might there be an extraneous close quotation mark in the first line?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, and thanks for that catch of the typo...they have been deleted.
j.