Geoffrey Brewer Poet Verse

Poetry Plea

POETRY PLEA

There was a time when every word and phrase
Each sentence stanza paragraph and verse
Was written, with a clearness to our gaze
When simply made, extravagant or terse
Crafted in empyrean structure did they seem
With lucidity and freshness of a dream. *

Though perhaps this retrospect views life 'en rose'
By one who mourns more recent language trend
Please excuse an old curmudgeon to oppose
Loss of rhythm, rhyme and form when words are penned
In wild emotion stream, no punctuation
Unshaped, obscure, unfitted for oration

I concede that those in anguish loss and pain 
May find solace in expression, ease the ache
I will greet some words bizarre that rules profane
And find space for conscious stream and Finnegan's Wake
But let's start from proven cast fore violation
Symmetry in form and grammar's affirmation 


* Hat tip to Wordsworth for the inspiration of this  verse

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Na Na November 29, 2019 at 1:46 AM Congrats on your winning poem Geoffrey Geoffrey Brewer December 15, 2019 at 12:18 AM Thank you, Gregory.

FJ Thomas April 16, 2018 at 2:05 PM Lol some are quite hard to follow when they're continuous lines without punctuation. Some not so hard. Really enjoyed this Geoffrey :)

Dennis East December 8, 2017 at 3:49 PM Well Geoffrey, I took your advice and here I am kneeling at the foot of your poem as you suggested - And I am so pleased that I am, as I wouldn't have missed it for anything. It's always so nice to meet a fellow real poet that has not lost the thread and is not ashamed to declare the sad Free Verse infection as nothing less than a violation. Geoffrey Brewer December 15, 2019 at 12:16 AM I don’t know how I missed replying to your very gracious and generous comments; but here is a heart felt thank you, though over two years late.

Kim Rodrigues June 7, 2017 at 6:48 AM Very nice, Geoffrey!

Maria Williams June 6, 2017 at 3:08 AM In your usual poetic flair , you told them Geoffrey. This is a definite fav for me.

Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer May 31, 2017 at 5:55 PM Interesting observations Geoffrey. I couldn't help including it in the winnning ten! Geoffrey Brewer June 7, 2017 at 12:36 AM Cecelia. Thanks for indulging my acerbity.

Kim Rodrigues May 31, 2017 at 5:51 PM I'm pained by your rhyme but reason says it is simply sublime :) Congrats, Geoffrey! Geoffrey Brewer June 7, 2017 at 12:42 AM Kim - Sorry for the pain afflicted, but thanks for the appreciation unpredicted.