people and poetry

Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 8:45am

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my last unsatisfaction notes.
again just thoughts.
do your best argument to this one.
cuz maybe i'm not writing any notes again.

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Nobody respects a poet- they just don't care.

Inciting prejudice upon what we write, calling it 'emotional flair'
and misinterpreting our meanings- labeling our works with one word,
be it 'pretty', 'confusing', 'superb', or even 'absurd'.

No one focuses on the points that we're trying to make-

unnoticed are the tears upon the trails we've had to take.
Visual stimulation and the next quick fix
is what grabs the collective conscience in an iron-clad fist.

The paint for our Picasso lies within vocabulary-

our inspiration? A cigarette, the local library,
the pain of losing someone, rediscovering life-
this can all be used as fodder for the fire that we light
within our minds- we put our very lives out on the line
to elicit a sense of insight to what we've seen in our time,
but no one wants to hear it- they turn a deaf ear
to our outpourings of adoration.
Of hatred.
Of fear.

They don't respect the craft- for example, I could rant


on

with a
line-break style
and you can
still understand
the

point that I'm trying to make- this is art.

For alot of us out there, this is where life starts,
within the word- we find ourselves amidst a pen,
a piece of paper & make use of determination from within.

We don't seek recognition- we're not in it for the fame.

Most of us don't write to get people to know our names,
its our artistic expression- don't lessen that aspect
just because when you read what we write you can't grasp it.

we don't get no respect, but that's okay, because we've got poetry.

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