[lit-ideas] Someday Poem
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:13:06 -0500
THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY
Poetry,
like all literature,
is just another kind of
playing with words,
even those poems
weighed down by gravitas,
that shake us to the core
of who we are,
that make us soar,
in reality are no more
weighty than nursery rhymes.
Poetry is a hoax
played on folks
looking for a validation
that rhymes with vacation.
Poetry's a kind of
sanctification of
that vacation,
all designed to protect the mind
from the daily grind
of reality.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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