Forgotten Poets

By Stranger

This morning while I woke
My consciousness stirring
Against crackling spider webs
I could hear the faint and distant voices
Of forgotten poets
Long dead
Weary from wandering
Unable to reach the light
Unwilling to let go their heavy sacks
Of poetry and rocks
Waiting to be told
That they are loved
That they are genius and beautiful
But I would not hear them
I covered my ears
And sang loudly a song
I told myself: "This cannot be"
For last night in a dream
I was dying
A light calling me
Telling me to leave behind
My poems in a coffee can
With instructions
To burn them with my ashes
For here you will not be alone
Here the light is love
Here light is everywhere
Pain is only the shape of flesh
There is no poetry here

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Published on Wednesday, June 25, 2003. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Forgotten Poets"

On Monday, February 19, 2024, carlosjackal (2788) wrote:

Incredible work of art.
A former member wrote: hmmm somehow I get the idea that poetry is pain... but I have to agree with mr... whatever the light may hold, I will find the absence of poetry painful. But I like the rather unique concept of poetry being something to get rid of, something deserving catharsis rather than treasure... is it the bond that drives those who never find the light?
On Sunday, February 26, 2006, xserratedsoulx (212) wrote:

and you said you like anne sexton..this one really reminds me of her. ~lauren~
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, xserratedsoulx (212) wrote:

love it. ~lauren~
A former member wrote: i'm not sure how to react...i mean its a wonderful poem and i love the thought in it and behind it but.....a place w/o Poetry would be painful to me
On Tuesday, November 2, 2004, Solace (1065) wrote:

truly this is a divine piece...wonderfully done indeed...
On Sunday, September 19, 2004, knightmirror (426) wrote:

superb write...i can only do one thing with this one...*faves*...****-knight
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405) wrote:

..Pain is only the shape of flesh..I like that line. You have never cease to amaze me.
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, Aurora_Light (472) wrote:

i like this it too hits me for reasons unknows to me at this moment but i know it hits me. great write
On Saturday, June 28, 2003, maddin foxxxy (358) wrote:

wow...it's funny to read this because i've been wondering on dead poets all this past week...and well the whole poem captured me..."A light was calling me Telling me to leave behind my poems In an coffee can"...it's a great job u've done here!
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Recycled (93) wrote:

This was a dreamy write. One suggestion to line 7. Wearing should be weary.
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Jonas (715) wrote:

i liked wearing a lot better... gives the sense of stone turning to sand and drifting away... but what'll ya do... *laugh* ah, sweet sweet adjectives
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Stranger (263) wrote:

Done. Thanks.
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Jonas (715) wrote:

... i get the feeling that this piece, so far has been misunderstood, utterly... else there would be much better commentary... (watch me totally misunderstand myself, lol)...
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Jonas (715) wrote:

stapled to the earth by the flesh of your neck... bleeding and pouring out something (certainly, certainly) less than special... bleeding... something fades like oxygen not quite getting the brain...
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Jonas (715) wrote:

it all fades, and here is the white room (rather dull... frankly) where all is right and words are meaningless
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Stranger (263) wrote:

MasoFish, Your compliment is humbling. However, the fact that you were able to convey the soul of my poem in its entirety, with fewer words and more eloquence, thus upstaging the poem itself, is just dirty pool. Showoff.
A former member wrote: Absolutly great piece.I truly enjoyed this 1.
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, SnowQueen (59) wrote:

Another great piece. I truly enjoyed reading this. Keep up the great work Stranger..
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Six-Out (1423) wrote:

Nice, for lack of better words. This was a deep piece, and I don't know, I just really like it. Great job.