Inspired Poetry

[Eureka]

"Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness." — Alice Walker

pickleball
December 22, 2020, 11:13 am
i'm no poet, and believe me i know it!!

[kb83]

"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. "
— Robert Frost

universalmom
September 26, 2012, 11:20 am
Wow! That must be some violent poetry
WRQ9
November 17, 2012, 10:30 pm
Subtlety has it's very own adventurous side, with pitfalls and treachery, for those who are opened to it.
Andy451
May 22, 2016, 5:29 am
Frost figured out a lot of stuff alone in the dark, on especially cold nights, particularly. Read the great essay on him by Joseph Brodsky called On Grief and Reason. If every person in the world took a month off to read his poetry, and discuss, and write about it, the world would be a better place. And who couldn't stand being better acquainted with the night?
skeeter
December 22, 2017, 10:37 am
I grabbed a stanza by the throat / and killed it in its prime. / The cops arrested me, and now / I'm doing rhyme crime time.
munchlet
January 14, 2018, 10:45 am
Clever verse, skeeter. Thanks for the recommendation Andy.
LLapp
February 10, 2018, 3:51 pm
Skeeter, sounds like something from Law and Order: IPU (Iambic Pentameter Unit)
vintage38
May 13, 2018, 3:39 am
28 seconds
Queethebean
May 29, 2019, 5:18 pm
What are you in for, buddy? Armed robbery, and you? Poetry.
pickleball
December 30, 2020, 1:54 pm
easy, bobby !! Andy451 ,can't afford to take month off, you know ,bills, food,gas etc.. ps, i'm very acquainted with the night, years ago anyway stay safe all and happy new year!!
jbb33054
May 18, 2021, 5:08 pm
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kb83
June 30, 2021, 11:45 am
LLapp, wonderful idea! If I may, though: "Common metre or common measure—abbreviated as C. M. or CM—is a poetic metre consisting of four lines that alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line), with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable." Skeeter's (wonderful) poem is da Dah da Dah da Dah da Dah da Dah da Dah da Dah. (repeat) So this would be Law and Order CMU.
abra
July 18, 2022, 7:31 pm
Poetry fight! Poetry fight! Oh, skeeter, what have you wrought. (Yes, I know it's not a real fight and LLapp will be delighted with the discussion. )

[LLapp]

Four poems, all theme-based, all in one thread! These are so good that I guessed at line breaks; my apologies if any line break doesn't match the author's intent.

"There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem." — Gore Vidal

Roxanne
January 1, 2017, 2:16 am

blank spreadsheet flutters
in hot wind from angry boss
quarterly closing

darkyr
November 3, 2017, 4:11 am

See the trend,
lurching and reeling
across the graph,
like a fiery line
highlighting
your misfortunes.

blueladyblue
April 23, 2018, 11:10 am

Setting forth the righteous
pencil-gripping billers,
pleased and joyous, lo,
born to be form fillers.

munchlet
November 7, 2018, 6:55 am
Nice spin on Robert Frost's poem.

darkyr
October 3, 2022, 3:20 pm

Oh, political activist,
railing, fist clenched
Do you not see you are
the orchestra of the play?
Sometimes wailing,
sometimes silent
Yet the actors continue
on their way.

[hrossa]

Wow, those are good! Two by darkyr, I hadn't seen poetry from him before. Nice!