A Confession

Those sanctified structures of verse,
plot and rhyme--why do I find them
no help to me now?
I want to produce something
imagined not recollected.
My inner voice becomes tongue-tied;
it trembles searching for the words
to guide me to inspiration.
So at times everything I write
with the threadbare lack of genius
seems wearily; worn-out ; hackneyed
often painfully paralyzed.
A mésalliance I admit 
Still I strive to caress the light.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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January 21, 2011 at 7:14 AM
very good, perhaps you start from a point YOU preceive to be real [remember even this is only YOUR reality] and jump off into Dali land with the surrealists! Best of luck with your leap of faith! ;) Light & Love
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January 20, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Tis a writers own opinion, not the opinion of this reader and many other readers either I am sure. Always a pleasure reading your poetry Albert. Love, Carol
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