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A Poets Purpose is Paper Thin
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Thin sheets of lined paper
Dissolve quickly
Under blank verse
With no pentameter.
They seem lifeless
As they form stories
Using forced imagery
To convey meaning
Of which only the author understands.
Portraits painted
Describing landscapes and human endeavours
Of restless nights and fallen seasons.
Rising inspirations whisper loudly
As they silently create inner tensions
Forming observational catastrophes.
Then the poet admires the work
The way in which letters fill the page
With no interruption
Yet enough room to breathe.
The muse amusing their every thought
With a play on words
While juggling their own
Light and darkness
To prove their worth.
The dichotomy constantly filling voids
Giving off a feeling of affective poetry.
In that case,
Let me cast shadows
With the little light that’s left.
After thirty lines I realize
My purpose is paper thin.
Dissolve quickly
Under blank verse
With no pentameter.
They seem lifeless
As they form stories
Using forced imagery
To convey meaning
Of which only the author understands.
Portraits painted
Describing landscapes and human endeavours
Of restless nights and fallen seasons.
Rising inspirations whisper loudly
As they silently create inner tensions
Forming observational catastrophes.
Then the poet admires the work
The way in which letters fill the page
With no interruption
Yet enough room to breathe.
The muse amusing their every thought
With a play on words
While juggling their own
Light and darkness
To prove their worth.
The dichotomy constantly filling voids
Giving off a feeling of affective poetry.
In that case,
Let me cast shadows
With the little light that’s left.
After thirty lines I realize
My purpose is paper thin.
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The poet is the subject of the poem that he is writing. He says "Then the poet admires the work" but almost doesn't. I like it. Never though of wrting about this - but always felt something similar about it.