Scripturient Poems | Examples

To the fire in the storm,
thank you. 

Thank you for fueling me with rage 
that has led to such feverish words;

Thank you for the reminder that 
a downpour of pain is temporary.
So paint! So write! 

Thank you for burning my skin 
and leaving a scar,
dousing every phrase I pen with passion; 

So paint! So write!

Thank you for the incurable
scripturient need that would not, 
could not be denied.

Thank you for the coals to scrape
poetry across and igniting my insides;
Forcing them to explode into wild;

So paint! So write! 
To the fire in the storm,
thank you.

The enthusiastic logastellus,
empty handed yet so scripturient;
Try to write it feels incoherent,
without words there is no audience;

Plagued with a poor vocabulary,
madness fills an overactive mind;
First line leaves that soul unsatisfied,
not able to capture a writer’s quiddity; 

You can sit warm yourself by the fire 
believing the Muse comes on command;
When will raw emotion understand 
it takes tools to pen what you desire;

Go out communicate in person 
you’ll pick up a new line every time;
No longer with a struggle to rhyme,
No longer riddled with guiltroversion.

Troubles tell tales
Squash simple sale


Ply public poise
Craft crispy choice


Mind mellows make
Time truly takes


Words wander well
Dice dreary dwell


Plush pretty pink
Bear burning brink


Now never near
Face falling fear


Bear bursting brunt
Sad story slant


Wordplay writes wait
Glimpse grandeur's gate


Treat touching trace
Scripturient space




Leon Enriquez
16 August 2018
Singapore

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