Mythic?? (Or the meaning of poetry)
Alone, skin seared but sodden, drifting free
on Stygian rills mid steamy marish mud
that fleetly ebb to the wide open sea
My dinghy follows and must somehow scud
else this bled plain becomes my deathly home
Has this tale ample pathos to capture
the woe that fills life's tragic, noble tome?
Does any poem yield a true rapture?
So, knowing life is thea'tre, but in codes
the poet seeks a verse alive with meaning
Unknown to him a secret lies in odes
These writs disdain and laugh at doom's keening
The light of Cadmus is so very bright!
It coaxes mirth to ease death's ghastly blight
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Author:
George (My real name) (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: November 5th, 2017 13:06
- Comment from author about the poem: There are a couple of words in the first stanza that are not contemporary. I invite the reader to look them up. I hope I don't sound condescending here, It's certainly not my intent. One final edit today 11/21/17.
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Comments1
Super write Seeker, the meaning of life can be found in many poems but they need a lifetime to read. My laughter will continue for a while more.
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