absurdly absurd

absurdly absurd

absurdist poetry

is a baffling anecdote

with explanation lurking 

in the shadow of confusion

the absurdist poet

has makeshift metaphor

which might stir mud into the truth

or help the reader see truth

more clearly from inside

the crystal that does not sparkle

with sane logic

I think poets are absurd anyway

incredibly deft at throwing red herrings

to steer us into a strange ambiance

but in a sense, that might be

what makes us investigate our feelings

further

or farther, if we are trying to escape them

but who's counting lines when we are 

so absorbed we forget the world around us

is one really messed up senryu

    the syllables recounted over and over again

    like votes for a legislation in congress 

I love poets and poetry and want to sanction

their ambivalence

give them sanctuary

within my readings of their work

I love poets and poetry

no matter how absurd that sounds.

erin-cilberto

6/29/25

Reviews

[hayzed]

Here is one of the reasons I don’t let all go of writing even when I feel I only evolve sluggishly in it. This is making me investigate further— my absurd passion for poetry and the absurdists that hold it down.
Aesthetically written

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Your passion is far from absurc, hayzed.
Poets have no one else, they need each other.
Thank you for your visit and words.
j.

[Davidgeo]

Absurdism has a special place in my heart because sometimes life is undeniably absurd. Maybe it just seems that way because we don't have the insight in that moment but... it doesn't change our reality, some things will always seem absurd. One of my least favorite books that I still occasionally re read anyway is The Stranger, it's not why I like Albert (the plague is actually a good book I think) but it induces an absurd feeling... I don't like it, but it does jar the reader into questions they simply would never ask themselves otherwise. Eventually in most if not all of our lives, the world will be asking us questions we will find absurd and extremely difficult to parse. If I had to imagine a less absurd scenario where Albert Camus didn't die in such an absurd fashion and finished his intellectual arc... I think he would have found his own work absurd (but would still never admit to being an absurdist... that's absurd... he probably would say)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your insights, David.
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

What an Amazingly absurd write. Loved this Jacob
I know I can be rather absurd in most of my writes just being absurdly honest from one absurdist to another

[Neha agrawal]

This is delightful — beautifully meta and self-aware, both poking fun at and paying homage to the chaos and clarity of poetry. Your lines blur the line between satire and sincerity in a way that feels wonderfully honest, like a wink from one poet to another in the dark. There's a clever rhythm to your thoughts — the crystal that "does not sparkle with sane logic," the senryu-as-legislation metaphor, and the intentional redundancy of loving poets "no matter how absurd that sounds" — all working together to elevate the very absurdity you’re embracing.

It reads like a manifesto and a confession at once. Poets are absurd — gloriously so — and your poem celebrates that truth with warmth and sharpness. Loved it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Please give me your thoughts on the poems rather than AI....thank you.
j.

[Neha agrawal]

It's not AI I am giving my thoughts if you like it keep it if you don't then don't judge

[Neha agrawal]

And one more thing if you don't value others opinion then tell them to not review your work. I will never review your work again if you don't value my thoughts and think AI.

[AJNJ]

Amen.....!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

A.I. dectector says 94% generated by A.I..
I have been teaching writing for 31 years and can spot it quite easily. Just admit you used it and try to give more human responses.

[Neha agrawal]

I still stand by what I said I didn't do it because I genuinely didn't. I respect your experience and teaching career but that doesn't give anyone right to make assumptions and I also took time yesterday on reading about AI and detector and anything possible about AI cause I got curious about it and they said that it is not that accurate they are still working on it so please leave me alone. If you don't want to read my work don't , if you don't want me to comment on your work then I won't.
Thank you and now leave me alone. 😔

[Relic]

Wow, what a disappointment that is.

[DIVYA]

Deear Neha,

perhaps retreat gracefully...introspect...understand...take a different approach...a more rewarding one..?

[Neha agrawal]

Dear divya,
Maybe you are right! Sometimes walking away doesn’t mean giving up, it just means you’re choosing yourself.

[LisaCarol]

This made me smile and chuckle. I love the Absurdly Absurb too! Thank you for sharing your writing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind comment, LisaCarol.
j.

[abbypullanlitandpoetry]

what an amazing start to my afternoon...beautiful. AP x

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thanks, AP.
j.

[Lorry]

Well Jacob, it is never good when you are just going about your day and out of nowhere get slapped by a herring, red or otherwise, but as you may have surmised I do like a bit of absurdity in my readings and writings. The more the merrier fact.
And I do love to miscount syllables and intentionally get haiku and senryu wrong, while getting away with it buy calling them sillybles.
But I totally get what you're mouth-typing and agree with you, I love poetry too, despite it not always loving me! 😃

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Sillybles forever! Amen, Lorry.
j.

[Ms claws]

Good morning, J. Absurdly Absurd caught my eye and reading through, I began to think things again.
True, poets and poetry can be Absurdly Absurd...Yeah! What Pete said! lol. I love it!
Great writing!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Eternity.
j.

[Pete]

whatever it takes to stir us - sky's the limit. a free, unregulated license the versifier has.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Exactly, Pete...Thank you for your insights and your poetry.
j.

[Sapphus]

After reading poetry for 40 plus years I think truth sparkles best from what seems absurd. That's why I love it

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Amen, Sapphus....our older minds think alike.
j.