First Impressions

Reflection

I hope her taste in verse

Does not extend to me.

Ginsberg, Thomas, Whitman

Are her loves in poetry.

She told me I'm a genius,

The ultimate to say.

I hope this doesn't mean that I'm

As terrible as they.

1-15-14

 

First Impressions

What a person says when you meet

Is that person's behavior.

Don't expect surprises

Or changes later on.

Sullen, sweet, verbose,

Angry, rude or cold,

That's his disposition,

At least concerning you.

1-15-14

 

Truths

What good is truth?

It won't make you live

Any longer -

Water through a sieve -

Entertaining -

Something that you read -

Evaporates

In an urgent need.

1-14-14

 

On Some Modern Poems

A couple words to constitute a feeling -

Language, said the poet, is concealing.

In this era of frugality,

Unsparing, absolute reality.

To the joy of modern criticisms,

Like heavy make-up, lots of poetisms.

Honesty, but not too much sensation,

And very obvious alliteration.

1-14-14

 

Words

Though I understand it,

I do not agree with him.

Use the words the poet understands.

That's none of them.

That's kindergarten.

Yankees don't know words.

Don't let the words obscure the poetry.

So what the hell is poetry but words?

Yankees want it easy.

Even I don't like to work.

Poetry! The simplest of the arts!

Anyone can write it,

Though the humble have a charm.

Democracy is making love to art.

That means it f-cked it.

The triumph of the bigoted and mindless.

1-14-14

 

Words

My songs are only words -

No pictures or sensations -

Like a silver moon

Above a railway station.

A poem made of sounds -

No poem like a song -

The magic of the music

When the ocean comes along -

Really very tiresome,

Tedious and dull -

Keats composed the kernel -

I indite the hull -

7-22-13