the dreaded poem

Thank you Rosina for giving me your impressions on this poem.You are very close to the underlying premis upon which the poem rests.The poem is dreaded because it tells us about realities we don't always want to face in the world The poem can make us aware of our fears and alow us to squarely face them barry ,,,o,,

This poem was meant to be a progression of ideas down the page. It is esentially a list of ideas that a poem may express. It came to me in this form. I have thought about your idea of flow and I want to incorporate some ideas along those lines to see where that leads my poetry in a more narative form as they tend to be more popular. It just didn't fit the angry tone of this particular poem.Thanks Jayne and love. B

I agree although I may want to add an elemant of cohesiveness to the form to make it a little more reader friendly. Nuzzels with an acrueing delicacy unleashed. s we et

The poem was meant to chalenge the reader to come up with their own assertions on what makes this a dreaded poem. In it I instill aspects of the human condition and make no moral judgements on the subject except to state their existance and in the last line magnify the discomfort of the reader by expressing the nausea of a rabid growing into a joke on humanity. I am expand that point with "The perfect joke" To add an irony. I think that if the discriptive elements did not build the central idea your point would be valid. In the line "licking the narcotic needle of the odius narratiive expression" The point is that *the poem* takes pleasure in making us uncomfortable in our failing condition. I wanted to put the theme of the poem on top to act as a sign post in this list of human failings described. I really appreciate your taking the time to dig into the mechanics of this poem as it gives the poet a sense of how the poem is recieved by the reader and helps the poet to better shape their point to give more clarity without losing the depth of expression that can go deeper then the individual words. Barry ,,,o,,