Ah, To Comment
AH, TO COMMENT
Ah, to comment on the soup
too hot, too cold, too new, too old,
too “Hallmarkian”.
To praise – or not - their efforts,
to offer support - if not advice,
correction, critique.
To encourage – or not
the meandering meaninglessness
of the short form.
To observe – GPS like -
offering corrections
in recalculating tone.
To view, through glasses
different than those
of pen.
To voice our conviction
that poetry is
what we say it is.
Ah, to taste the soup
to sip at leisure –
life’s spiced flavors.
To stop and smell
the roses - and the rot,
to shout “Vive la difference!”
To thank them for their words,
their poetry, their praise,
for being poets.
John G. Lawless
8/17/2014
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2014
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