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10/3/2016 10:27:40 PM
Bob Atkinson Posts: 294
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Energy of Diction
- by - Bob Atkinson
spell me here for a moment
this thought of words displayed
gives me some room to think aloud
about my use of communication
do I try hard to distinguish thoughts
with character of verbs and nouns
or do I use an easy way to talk
not erudite nor profound
or do I use a level path
which gains or drops not as
I spend my time, no sympathy
head not fully canted
watch me speak with pomposity
that trend which sells my soul
for ego driven ecstasy
to comfort me when old
forced, in a quiet time
to blend my thoughts with words
I keep those conflicts to a minimum
and shun poetic verve
I cannot seem to believe
we have no feelings left
which don't apply to our lives
or seek to bring out our best
bring our best to a page
where another can deduce
we've gone not overboard with lies
and other common abuses
so please find me distracted when
I choose those simple words in speech
which describe my feelings on a subject
private and discreet
for I've been given a hand of cards
I don't fully understand
yet someday, with effort I may find
some words with which to plan
plan an option for my duty
to settle differences by deduction
that worn out tool which we don't use
when we declare abstractions
as we prefer to glare with eyes
not concerned with common good
unfocused on our blindness to
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10/17/2016 1:20:37 PM
Graphite Drug Posts: 81
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Excellent work Bob. I like this best of all your work I have read. It has an interesting contradictive character, desiring simple language,yet being complex and poetic.
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