Sunday, November 28, 2010

I never wanted to be a poets poet.
I strive to write for people, caring far more for the connection to a garbage handler.
tonight I feel the sting from the absence.
I am going to bed now and hoping to sleep and awaken in a different light.



prize fighter

I am not a fighter;
never been.

writing poetry and
loving;
            an unknown
contradiction

carrying notebooks,
pencils in back pockets
while looking so aggressive,
massive.

 - hoc Scripsi

10 comments:

  1. hell, yeah. (*amen* is probably more appropriate, but that's just not my 'thing' ;))

    thank you for that...and yes...to gather the fragments of life...

    hope you slept well...

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  2. You're a contender with pencils and words.

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  3. It never ceases to amaze me how real your poetry is Jhon. Simple eloquence.

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  4. you are a writer with smart thoughts.

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  5. You are a wonderful contradiction. I think you would punch a poet's poet in the neck...

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  6. A poet's poet is a selfish person I think, who writes only for himself and no other. I like poets who reach out towards others in an effort to make a connection.

    http://ficklecattle.blogspot.com/

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  7. Love the 'unknown contradiction' line!

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  8. This is a good poem. What people see, and what we are, often are quite different.

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  9. I like the idea of carrying around pencil and paper. Very nice.
    Parasol

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  10. hoping to sleep and awaken in a different light

    Isn't this what we all do, every night? LOL :)

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