More Than Just... Poem by R.M. Engelhardt

MORE THAN …









More than just this;




A hand, a halo, a tryst,


Swallowed up in imagery

Synergy … the electricity


Of a single.. simple …. 'Word'.




Phrases given by divine intervention,

Ecstasy or the need for flight,


From God or Buddha, Mohammad

Or the night.





More than just this;


Your love, your voice exists.


Re-invents astrology resists where history, temptation has been,

Genesis, or the temporal servants of the momentary rhyme,


Or a monumental pause … of the mind.





More than just this;



Poetry must be


Can be




Much more than just a drunk

Or a mere critic, a contagious madman

A martyr, a saint, your youth, your death, or your age.




This crime of sincerity

More than just an eternity





'Forgotten'






R.M. Engelhardt 2008