Lend me your pen
Mighty and indelible is its ink
Mysterious, how it gives voice
To a dumb and blank page
Lend me your pen
Ever spewing from its nib
Is a mystical ink
Which like water
Oozing out of a spring
Teems to make a stream
That quenches thirsty throats
And rinses dirt
Lend me your pen
I've an itchy pimple to scratch
And a torn garment to patch
Lend me your pen
It composes glorious songs
Dirges for funerals
Serenades for lovebirds
Carols for Christmas
Eulogies and etudes
Poems and odes
Lend me then your pen
I've an anthem to compose
An anthem for all to sing
Civilians and captains alike
Lend me your pen
So I can write like you do.
Wonderful poem! Splendidly developed! Great vocabulary! This is what a poem should be. Regardless of the subject matter, which may move us to tears or to laughter, may make us forget the sorrows of the world or burn those sufferings into our memory, a poem is a piece of literature and must be artistically made. I admire your ability to do justice to both halves of poetic creativity - the subject matter and the poetic craft. OH, can I borrow your pen! !
I LOVE this poem. First, its clever, because it again, brings to mind another speech I had to memorize as a child, Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me Your Ears..., from Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar. While the content is completely different, the sound of the phrase Lend me....affects how I read on. Second, I like the choice of images, rotating between funny and serious, with the use of one well-selected couplet, I've an itchy pimple to scratch/And a torn garment to patch. Is this a metaphor? Finally, I enjoy the exchange between imagined poets while I read this piece. And the ending is perfect!
it's ok, dear Tapera: this poem of yours will be in the Anthology book ''HOW TO WRITE A POEM - COME SCRIVERE POESIA'' - at Amazon - Bilingual Edition Cheers
oh man what a nice piece of poetry.i think i need to borrow yours.wu funi kubhalha
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
You have no need for the pen of another your pen is like no other's.. iip