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Angst of Knowledge

dark minds harbor simple knowledge,
forthcoming - the well-springs burst
demanding an increase in the capacity to shelter
the wealth of angry information
left behind by the long-gone genius
swimming amongst and within the mind
of these strangled spirits,
peruse my mind
and a passionate flux of flowing words
whispers between bone dry lips, lacking perspiration
the dusty waters fulfill my never-ending thirst
for insatiable drops of knowledge while I lie
stripped of my malfunctioning sentences
whom dance like lyrical poetics beneath simplistic
styles - a temporal remembrance of linguistic song
swirling with memories engulfed by fires holding hands within hands
and the pen of ages is clutched in a childs nightmare
writing the voices of poets long past
he sings in discord - tears becoming the flow of ink
from pen to paper
and stories become truth behind reality

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Conect11

18 years 10 months ago

review

first off, welcome to the site, Serrin! You have an interesting stream of concience poem here, ala Ken Kesey. The rhythm and pacing feel more suited for the spoken word than on the page, which is fine, as there's a cool little beat going through my head when I speak this. I'm curious as to the situation that brought this about? Bad time at a poetry reading or other open mike? Overall, a good write. Mark
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serrin102

18 years 10 months ago

To be honest, the majority

To be honest, the majority of my writing is either an introspective review of my current state of mind or an extrospective view of what my life might be like. In this case, my imagination merely took flight and the essence of spoken word took form as my brain forced my fingers to type.
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weirdelf

18 years 10 months ago

hey serin

I see Mark noticed your stream of consciousness thing too, even if he can't spell it 8) I like it a lot, possibly partly out of vanity, see my poem "Rats" on this site. Interestingly I was so taken by the flow and use of language that I had to re-read it twice before I got any idea of what it was about! That is not a crit, just an observation. cheers
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Conect11

18 years 10 months ago

spelling

damn! And I'm usually bitching about everyone else's spelling! Oh well, like Daft Punk says: "Human After All." lol