The Words ~ #FormForAll @dVersePoets
Always they are there
warning
directing
instructing
all letters and symbols
pomp and circumstance
no pain, no hurt
no breath, nor romance
It is abuse
to not teach the way of the words
to not make the effort
Unseeing eyes
content with face value
don't even realize
it is they
I write about
Is it fear, perhaps
that keep them from going deeper?
Unhearing ears
so caught up in the song of self
our bodies remain disconnected
blips through the source
from which we've unplugged
Wondering
why must they roam...
alone
Through communication
we connect
through song, through testimony
through poetry and story-telling
emotions engage
hormones rage
anger erupts
propaganda corrupts
all
through the power
of words
Is it any wonder
silence = death?
Show me symbols
Show me signs
and I will show you the words
from which they were born.
What does poetry mean to me? It's a question I've yet to figure out the answer for...but NO poetry...dear GOD...I couldn't imagine. Gay has worked a fantastic prompt at dVerse for FormForAll today...what does poetry mean to you?
warning
directing
instructing
all letters and symbols
pomp and circumstance
no pain, no hurt
no breath, nor romance
It is abuse
to not teach the way of the words
to not make the effort
Unseeing eyes
content with face value
don't even realize
it is they
I write about
Is it fear, perhaps
that keep them from going deeper?
Unhearing ears
so caught up in the song of self
our bodies remain disconnected
blips through the source
from which we've unplugged
Wondering
why must they roam...
alone
Through communication
we connect
through song, through testimony
through poetry and story-telling
emotions engage
hormones rage
anger erupts
propaganda corrupts
all
through the power
of words
Is it any wonder
silence = death?
Show me symbols
Show me signs
and I will show you the words
from which they were born.
What does poetry mean to me? It's a question I've yet to figure out the answer for...but NO poetry...dear GOD...I couldn't imagine. Gay has worked a fantastic prompt at dVerse for FormForAll today...what does poetry mean to you?
Comments
I love that silence = death
we connect
through song, through testimony
through poetry and story-telling
emotions engage
hormones rage
anger erupts
propaganda corrupts
all
through the power
of words"
Reminds me of the Act 1 closer in RENT, when they say "The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation."
Stellar writing, young lady!
"Is it any wonder
silence = death?"
So words! "Always they are there"
but they need listeners who hear and lookers who see--and all of this cannot be composed any better than you have done.
I think we should print a dVerse poets' "take on poetry" book.
through song, through testimony
through poetry and story-telling"
Well said, Tash.
Indeed
hormones rage
anger erupts...'
Most effective :)
"It is abuse
to not teach the way of the words"
and the lines about silence and death, whew!
powerful and true, nice piece tash!
I was aiming to highlight my favourite line but there were too many!
I think you beautifully represent everything that poetry can be in this piece:
"emotions engage
hormones rage
anger erupts
propaganda corrupts
all
through the power
of words"