Colin Mitchell Williams Poet Free verse

To Grasp a Poets Heart

To Grasp a Poets Heart


A Walk in The Forest    2       ( hope you don’t mind Michael )


To express the inexpressible
A poet dreams
Of such

To capture by turn of word
The intrigue of
Emotive import 
And spin from the vague
A captured replenishment

To grasp a poets heart

The burning lines of stone
Chiselled from reality
With blood and sweat and tears

The crystalline lines of stone
Etched from life
With joy and beauty and blood

These open moments 
Resound
In their keeping of their faith
To paint so the adornments
In living voices
Of other worlds
And different eyes

To grasp a poets heart

How courageous
To stand upon the pages of your soul
Written profound
Written whimsical

Written by injustice
Written with care
Written in the outpourings
Of simply being
Human

Who then should take up your brush
And if to turn such by critiques discourse
And alter the strokes made by Rembrandt
Scratch out the rhymes of Dylan and Cohen
The beat of Marley
The photo of Cyndi
The essence of Joni
The drive of Eminem

The mark of flowering genius
Where ever they began

To grasp a poets heart
 







History alone will record your greatness my friends

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Lena Pate May 17, 2009 at 8:07 PM Inspirational and passionate. The flow to this piece is remarkable and the vibrancy of the poem is spectacular. Comparing the genius of so many types of artists as they share in creativity of self is so well written. Well done.

Sharon Winter May 9, 2009 at 4:27 PM Steve is right, your words are never trivial. They may contain what so many of us feel inside, but the way you write, you give gift to our thoughts. You decorate our emotions and ideas with dignity and purpose, so uniquely, it stands out, above and beyond many. This touches the heart and soul of every poet. This is truly a masterpiece, whether I've said this before or not. I guess most of your work, if not all, is absolutely that brilliant. Love, Shar

Carolyn Devonshire May 9, 2009 at 2:47 PM You hit a home run, Colin! Brilliant work!

Kristin Reynolds May 9, 2009 at 2:30 PM YES! LOVE IT! From Rembrant to Marley to Emenem (all 3 of them are some of my most fave artists) yeah! You tell 'em, C! Rock on. love, K

Christopher Higgins May 9, 2009 at 2:11 PM Well written piece of art.

Carrie Richards May 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM Wonderful, Colin.....I applaud and agree!

Steve Voorhees May 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM Your words are never trivial Sir Colin...whatta profound bit of writing!! You went from Rembrandt to Eminem...thats a progression you will rarely see, I love it! Im a big underground hip hop aficianado myself...I highly recommend you check out an Artist by the name of Sage Francis. His lyrics are some of the best poetry you'll ever come across...you can find quite a bit on YouTube. Check it out! Right on, Write on!! Steve