Poetry's Pools
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Poetry's Pools
In the vast oceans of language
Poetry is the lagoon of thought;
cool and clear,
deep and cold,
teeming with life and ideas.
Sandbars of form,
or rhyme,
meter
and enjambment,
barrier islands of opaque classics,
keep the rest of discourse
from poetry’s pools.
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This Quadrille (44 word poem) shared with those deep, limpid poets over at DVerse Poets.
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I love the thought of poetry being such lovely water... it can of course also be a murky pool of dark thoughts.
ReplyDeleteLove you're relating poetry to a lagoon! Well done!
ReplyDeleteOoh I love this. Poetry is the lagoon, and I wonder what is outside of that after reading.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a long vacation in this Poetry Lagoon!
ReplyDeleteLove the connection to oceans of language and poetry. I'd like to take my residence there, smiles. _ Grace
ReplyDeleteWonderful concept, Chris. It does seem a world apart.
ReplyDeleteYour poetry's pools are stunning, Chris, and I love the opening lines! And ‘sandbars of form’! The dVerse Poets Pub is a watering hole, serving up from the lagoon of poetry.
ReplyDeleteGood poem. Will be back ...
ReplyDeleteThis is a really neat meta-poem. Nice use of imagery and metaphor here.
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