I am a proset, not a poet
A poem? Me? I promise it won't happen again!
-I don't even think to call myself a poet. I can count on my hands the number of poems (that weren't required for something) that I've written. I do much better with prose. That said, I have decided to put this up because I like it. Maybe it'd be better to think of it as very poetic prose than a poem with any sort of structure or song to it.
The Gray Poet
Driftwood – slender and grey, I let the waves
Direct me whither they will…no will of my own,
I am weathered by time
And the endless beat of life
Owl – silent and lonely, said to be wise
I keep to myself and the cold and the night
Yet aloft I am free, wild
With the ecstasy of flight
Mouse – shy and soft and ordinary
I do nothing to attract notice; I am content
To simply live my life
In my own little hollow
(It's actually supposed to be describing me [which is annoyingly pretentious] but I like this title better, which means it isn't about me any more since I'm not a poet.)
Cheers.
-I don't even think to call myself a poet. I can count on my hands the number of poems (that weren't required for something) that I've written. I do much better with prose. That said, I have decided to put this up because I like it. Maybe it'd be better to think of it as very poetic prose than a poem with any sort of structure or song to it.
The Gray Poet
Driftwood – slender and grey, I let the waves
Direct me whither they will…no will of my own,
I am weathered by time
And the endless beat of life
Owl – silent and lonely, said to be wise
I keep to myself and the cold and the night
Yet aloft I am free, wild
With the ecstasy of flight
Mouse – shy and soft and ordinary
I do nothing to attract notice; I am content
To simply live my life
In my own little hollow
(It's actually supposed to be describing me [which is annoyingly pretentious] but I like this title better, which means it isn't about me any more since I'm not a poet.)
Cheers.
3 Comments:
At 4:54 PM,
Avi said…
Whoa, I just noticed I spelled gray(grey) two different ways. I think I like the English spelling (grey) better.
At 2:37 PM,
Fateduel said…
"grey" definately does seem to be more correct...
At 2:45 AM,
Ralikat said…
I like the contrast between the two. It works; don't change it.
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