Notes About The Poem

The poem “Beyond the Shore” is about the frustration and the magic of writing poetry.  Is the outcome read?  Does the struggle put to words matter?  One day the void will have an answer.

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Beyond the Shore

Consider a realm where this poem
is unread by mortal eyes
not one sentence witnessed here
finds its way to viewer’s grace

this happenstance of the muse
tossed like a bottle beyond the shore
without a purpose except to state
dictation meant for higher realms

taunting gods in surly jest
for the pains words can’t express
lines inscribed that disappear
perhaps they were never here

the whine with cheese in a poem
now at the end in reader’s eyes
with cheerful thanks even as
the void consumes words not meant to last.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Oloye Avatar
November 26, 2019 at 7:08 PM
Nice one. Well thought
Adams Avatar
September 1, 2019 at 8:27 PM
wow...powerful penning...perhaps the words only last long enough for the right person to absorb the meaning or beauty within and then vanish, tossed about in the bottle again, until it lands upon the shores of distant realms in years to come! I enjoyed this one!
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