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Wings To Perform

Left wing

The book cover symbolizes the dirt we've buried ourselves
Literary elixir's mortgaging the shelves
Words that can change the world lie dormant
When its author not in tune with performance
Dictate their emotions through graphic linguistics
A brains obtuse angles for the world to take witness
The same words enter the ear cavity
And develops a picture in your brain, wether it's love or tragedy
A pen is the conduit for which we write
The tongue is the conduit for poets to recite
Evolution progresses outside of the shell
And wings, for when we decide to prevail

Right wing

Revolution wordsmith is out on the limb
Intricate words are like wings that catch wind
Visionaries we become when enabled to fly
Avoiding raindrops soaring above grey skies
Over 2 millennium our beaks pecked gravel
Through flight, the mystery of our talons unraveled
The preyed upon now does the preying
Eclectic chirps materialize into mental portraying
We migrate for survival, from the warmth of the sun
Or remain penguin's, without wings to perform!

By, Scribe ML

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  1. Date: 3/8/2013 10:46:00 AM

    P.S. -- I thought that I had already commented on this poem. Then I remembered....the comment was left on a whole different site.

  1. Date: 3/8/2013 10:44:00 AM

    "did a bird write this?" -- when you added those words in your comment, I chuckled about something you might or might not have intended as a double-meaning. Thanks for the read. You might not be interested, but I will ramble some anyway lol. When I first posted that poem here, 3 years ago, I am not sure how many people caught the double-metaphor of: "Black feathers always absorb the most light." But then again, the Soup was quite different back then....more "archaic", shall we say.

  1. Date: 11/5/2012 3:51:00 PM

    this is a fantastic write, a pleasure to read, great flow Scribe.

  1. Date: 9/26/2012 3:00:00 PM

    Interesting work that you have penned...Sara

  1. Date: 8/31/2012 12:17:00 AM

    LOL Scribe, i'm very much human... thank you for your fun comment... you always know what to say, at least now i know, my impossible poems are understood... thank you...PD

  1. Date: 8/26/2012 7:09:00 PM

    great write Scribe,you are one of the writers that thrill me

  1. Date: 8/26/2012 7:06:00 PM

    This is one great write. Ienjoyed it and thanks for sharing. Lucilla

  1. Date: 8/26/2012 11:47:00 AM

    Right wing, left wing, I expected politics, and was pleasantly surprised. Looking forward to your contest.

  1. Date: 8/24/2012 2:26:00 PM

    clever write. Congrats on your wins, my friend : )

  1. Date: 8/24/2012 10:45:00 AM

    Exraordinary call to action my Scribe! Real vivacity in your depictions of will - Your fisrst line I could happily cogitate on for a week, I admire How you seem to address hypocrisy too " Author not in tune with performance..." although that may be interpreted as automatic writing - see Scribe I'm just brimming with stimulating from your brilliance - " Penguins without wings to perform." is sad and magnificent -J.A.B.

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 9:45:00 PM

    Scribe, "wings around the world.. I know about dirt and book covers, For i live in my own little snow-globe world, I'm covered by the deepest snow a dirty winters ink of my own. You can not reach me because not all of me flies. I love your ability to turn a phrase and poem into 2 meaningful meanings. You never disappoint me. I have a major case of writers block.. thank you for everything xox~PD

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 6:51:00 PM

    I've heard the right brain is our creative side and the left deals with logic. So I need to ask ifthere's logic in ourpoetry which might mean we use both sides! Ha ha- Amazing verse Scribe, you seem to have both sides working perfectly!

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 4:53:00 PM

    thanks for your comments, Scribe. Yes, the Spanish Shadorma was memory lane!! From my splendid months of college abroad in the 70's.

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 11:21:00 AM

    Yes, is it a very deep poem...but soooo well done!!! Bravo, Scribe! - (do not like the new photo...lol...scary) - huggs Anne-Lise :)

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 10:55:00 AM

    enjoyed the contrast approach here, marlon... a defining, penetrating piece!..:) hugggs!

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 5:30:00 AM

    deeply intense write luv with a thought provoking theme speaking volumes.. had to read twice to fully enjoy..

  1. Date: 8/22/2012 5:21:00 AM

    I love the execution of your poem.. Not only from the heart but very deep. nice job have a great day! cory

  1. Date: 8/21/2012 9:01:00 PM

    this is very very deep!! I was thinking it was political and then I thought of right and left brain activity and thought processes!! A very reflective one.

  1. Date: 8/21/2012 6:53:00 PM

    Excellent way to come back and burn fam...deeply written..a great voice you have here!!!!

  1. Date: 8/21/2012 6:20:00 PM

    Very well constructed piece my friend. Michael

  1. Date: 8/21/2012 5:45:00 PM

    *.* Let Us Not Be In Word Yet Deed; Because The Former Apart From The Latter, Tis No Less Dust ~ This Is A Very Well Written Verse & Almost As A Candle Held High Afore The Eyes Unto They, Perhaps The Most Impacting Of All ~ Wonderful My Dear, Love, Tristen *.*