When a Poet Dies
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What do you do when a poet dies?
When Maya died Oh how I cried.
Who will give us the words from the other side.
A poet, a scribe, a teacher, a preacher, a...
Friday, May 1, 2009
the po~et 23 (from his cave)
The paper lies drunk saturated with his fermentation. Having waited to be quenched--to taste his foliage. Odd phrases morphed together in a conundrum of expressions. They seep out from his vineyard. His mind has found some cave like cellar. It permits his request and invites him in. A chaser of stories, inside he finds the lives of those who once crawled inside. Their passage, a relief pattern, adorn the walls.
He stands at the mouth of the cave. He recites their tales. Tales of unknown men , common men, white men, insane men, intellectual men, simple men.
To her his echo is vintage. To her he tells these puzzles hoping she'll discern their color.
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