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I Disown Myself

Partly an explanation of why I've not been on here since the fall of Rome. I've been involved in other things instead. Also, I read a lot of my old poems and I hate half of them so it's me coming to terms with that. Of course, it is indeed a poem about why I've not written poems. Awkwardly enough.

On with the show!
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I have written centuries worth
Paper piles high in a skyline of its own
Mainly characterised by its quality.
Largely unreadable.

I have been published
In compilation. Bit part writer.

I barely write at all. I have turned
On myself in a phoenix rising 
Lazily. I illustrate in awkward romances
Of dieselpunk and theremin.

I disown large swathes of my canon
It has chased up on me. Looming jungle dances.
However, I shall return in
A phoenix rising
Lazily.

Perhaps.

Copyright © Nathaniel Köhp | Year Posted 2012

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Date: 9/12/2025 5:34:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Date: 1/28/2016 11:38:00 AM

Nathaniel Köhp, A great pleasure to find and read your poem today. Love ** SKAT **

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