Unsigned

My life has been the poem I would have writ, but I could not both live and utter it. - Thoreau

no one should be allowed to write poetry

it needs to be breathed

regurgitated from deep within stirred bowels

short on consonants, long on vowels

stuck in your craw

sucked deeply through a narrow straw

love

joy

pain

tears

in through out years

fragments of souls left behind

dragged spirits

drought-stricken reelings

tidal feelings

blind

unkind

unrefined

entwined

declined

mimed

rhymed

unsigned

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Author's Note

"Poetry is the only life got, the only work done, the only pure product and free labor of man, performed only when he has put all the world under his feet, and conquered the last of his foes." - Thoreau

Reviews

[lightsong]

You are not allowed to be a poet but POETRY itself Pete. your striking ink will always strike me, your ability to write with soul will always strike me. what does it matter? the poem reaching the reader? or the poem being signed? You already know the answer Pete. I bow again to your sublime talent. it is a privilege to have met, know and read You here. thank You for being a part of us.

[Pete]

my feelings stirred, the privilege is mine ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

I can't agree more sir Pete. We must breathe poetry like air and its importance. Poetry should be spontaneous and natural . It should come from the heart. It should be unsigned. I love it.

[Pete]

thank you sami. poetry is not beholden by anyone. it floats freely on thin, unconscious pieces of air but that's just me ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

So true and well said. You are welcome sir Pete.