unraveling, unreveling, unrevealing

unraveling, unreveling, unrevealing

 

 

i am endlessly editing

my poems and my life

spilling misspellings

3 am writhing, writing

scribbling, scrawling

punctuation be damned

fooling the spell checker 

with a constant barrage 

of license

not the driver kind

but the poetic kind

 

readers beware

my life has seen 75

years of correction

connection

collection

of hurried verse

that took years

to come forward

but only minutes to come foreword

 

the mess is mine

the clutter

makes me mutter

obscenities to my cat

as i beat the keys

as senseless

as i am.

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/9/25

Reviews

[BuzzyB]

Your clutter is rich...I love how your passion for words hasn't waned in 75 years. "3 am writhing, writing scribbling, scrawling" I wish I had this love, this kind of zeal. No wonder your poetry is so rewarding to your readers.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I don't understand why readers find rewards in my writing...but I do appreciate that they do.
thanks, BB.

[Lorry]

They tried to revoke my poetic licence Jacob, for crimes against common sense, but as I proved in court, common sense is no longer common at all. I proved this by adding my mistook to auto correct, so now it cant tell if im looking for some semi skilled work or some semi skilled milk!
The court agreed that my spillchucker, I mean spellchecker is showing signs of wear and tear, either that or digital dementia, but did give me into trouble for resting my defence by turning up in pj's! 😀

[jacob erin-cilberto]

No, it is rare sense now.
I feel like I am about to fall of the grid.
j.

[Curly Grace]

A witty, self-aware glimpse into a poet’s lifelong dance with disorder. The wordplay, the late‑night scribbling, the refusal to bow to rules, all of it feels earned and endearing. The closing lines land with a wonderfully human mix of humor and exhaustion. A charming ode to creative chaos.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for the review, Curly.
j.