David O'Haolin Whalen Poet Ode

A Poet's Ode To Poets

We’re different you and me
…We’re obsessed…
no more or less
Our minds embroiled
With words that boil
Not at ease at all unless…

We’re writing down
Each word or sound
That grabs our needy mind
Our brains twirl 
in a greedy swirl 
Til that perfect phrase
We find…

It’s a torment
It’s a torture
It’s a State of stress ecstatic 
It’s idiopathic…
psychopathic
It’s idiosyncratic

But it’s what we are…
It’s who we are…
And we’re different you and me
We’re simple poets 
Moved by destiny…
Possessed no more or less
And it’s what we have to be because

…We’re obsessed!!…

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Robert Lindley November 27, 2015 at 8:51 PM Obsessed can be glorious- provided the harvest is great and the yield high. Great write my friend!A7

Diane M Quinlan June 2, 2015 at 8:49 AM How did you know? Sums up everything about us---only where is that mind key? We need a treasure hunt.....a,b,c,d,go to y,x,z nope that is not 'write' q,r,s----is that a clue? ...... Loved your word play. Excellent read! I am inspired.....didee

Cynthia Buhain-Baello June 1, 2015 at 9:08 PM Excellent writing, such marvelous depth and soul, what we are as writers and why we write. Brilliant word choice, vivid and pithy, and fantastic impact in the last stanza. When I read poems like this it is like soaring the skies and touching the stars. Bravo!