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Ecce homo ‘A man dabbles in verses and finds they are his life.’ - Seamus Heaney quoting Patrick Kavanagh This poem is the court that tries its poet. Here, you are the judge and—wouldn’t you know it— jury. All presumption of innocence is rescinded and Your Honour’s competence goes unquestioned. It’s a very dim world where lead’s too often taken to be gold. The charge sums up the entire procedure: ‘Why couldn’t the meaning simply be clearer?’ Mild guilt suppurates in the evidence of tones, of echoes and their relevance. Sometimes a work’s such a feeble attempt it's not even worthy of punishment and since so many urgent cases press you you—sagely?—do not let its ambling stress you. Sometimes, though, you have to face the question deeply troubling the present action: Is the suit before Your Honour frivolous? Whatever the whim of your gavel is reconsider before it commits you: what are you trying, and is it in situ? If a word migrates despite being fixed dead, like a victim, or when it inflects and supersedes itself, isn’t what succeeds the living proof the word itself bleeds? No wonder a poet’s so defensive! Given a faulty sentence he’s dead, so if poet and poem are one, you judge both or what’s the meaning of this bloody oath? Your Honour, the poet understands how you terrify yourself. Wash your hands then, and pass this prisoner back to the crowd, don’t waste your judgement’s teardrop on a flood. He only wrote to find out what he had to say. And now he’s said his peace, the court’s adjourned. Good day. |
This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2009-10-18 13:58:19
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.30769
Cute, but more deep than cute. Some interesting lines in this poem, brought about with engaging the reader to curiously look beyond their poems, and thoughts of others pieces - to simplify writing, not taking it as seriously as some do - kind of go with the flow & be happy no matter what the outcome is.
Nicely written, something all of us here should keep in mind, while writing our little hearts out.
On my list,
blessings,
Deni