Art and heart

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the art of poetry isn’t hard to master
make the syntax good and  entertaining
the  gruesome heart of poetry's a disaster

 
a meter errant makes  the lines come faster
an oxford  thesaurus   gets the listeners   waning
the art of poetry isn’t hard to master.

 
a genius woke and saw a verse rush past her
it only needed polishing and planing
the  gruesome heart of poetry, her  disaster


she left the oven on, it gassed her
ever since her folk  groan, paining
the art of poetry isn’t hard to master.

 

she saw her selves as coloured shapes in plaster
and round her mind, were ghosts all  weakly craning
the  gruesome heart of poetry brings disaster

there’s not a lot of hope if we’re complaining
for criticism  from hidden ghosts is draining
the art of poetry isn’t hard to master
the  gruesome signs of poetry bring disaster

5 thoughts on “Art and heart

  1. You make a good point about living with something and re-reading til boom–its meaning comes to you. I hope your day is going well. I’ll have to read some Plath.

  2. Dearest Katheribne, One always feels–I do–that you’re saying something profound. I can’t always say I could paraphrase it, but I know it’s tthere, mixing something neutral ,as how to write a poem–to something foreboding, as poetry brings disaster. I like it. Best wishes.

    1. David,I don’t always get it till weeks later.One I nearly deleted then several people liked it.I suppose w can’t always say it in another way.

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