Intrepid and resolved, I stand before you admittedly weak and fettered with the myriad of soapboxes I carry. Sure you can push me off but I have more. Today I want to seriously discuss a crime of such premeditation that NBC should do a monthly expose on it. I want to talk about Poem Abandonment (Please give me a minute to gather my strength I am having a Hillary moment). I know that all over this blogosphere in cold and cramped, hard drives live-orphaned poems. Little troopers who gave it their all for this or that prompt, brave little soldiers who expressed themselves in Romneyian fashion scripted tight to the spin of their creators. Revisit those that shouted for change or who doggedly stayed the course McCain-like. Do not judge by culture or conviction those Huckabeed lines for they are sincere and deserve a second look. Poets, let's be green, recycle those old poems: review, revisit, revise. Al Gore would want you to.
U.P. climbs off soapbox goes to take nap…
4 comments:
A great writing blog. I love the picture at the top of the first post.
I've given you a link from Free Poems, and I'd be very happy if you'd like to link back!
and where are your poems parker... new, used, recycled, whatever?????
Paisley, I have plenty of old things lying around. I do revisit them. Sometimes the best way to write is to work on a poem you just can't get.
Parker
even from the other side of the big ocean i appreciate your US political comparisons here. Plus recycling and revising poetry is very valuable.
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