On Poetry Poem by Mike Barrett
On Poetry
There
Are among you,
You who read these poems,
Those who think
Poetry
Beautiful rhyming words,
Pleasant thoughts -
New combinations
Of strange comparisons.
Alas,
How utterly wrong
You are!
There is poetry
In a rippling brook,
In a fly's beating wings,
In the dead skin of a snake -
In both time and space
Wherein myriad worlds spin!
Man, himself
Is an infinitely poetic
Structure
As are all his thoughts
Feelings, actions
And past history!
To appreciate
These words
As they are herein placed,
As they are now arrayed
Is but the birth
Of the beginning
Of the understanding
Of the meaning
Of the word
POETRY!
© M. Barrett – all rights reserved
You are so correct that there is poetry in everything, but it needs someone like you with the necessary skills to put it together into a poem that is so pleasant to read. Thanks
Hi Loke Kok, It gladdens my heart that these words spoke to your higher self, Soul. For me the key to true poetry does not involve the head but rather the heart. When one lovingly surrenders to the creative spirit, it rewards that soul with a gift of ITs creation. As an Eckist, I do spiritual contemplations and the poems flow through me. I see them simply as gifts. Cheers!
I completely agree, Mike. Hatred, cockroaches pimples and kindness are all but verses of the same poem.
Hi Kelly, thanks for your comment......you clearly got the point! Not all do! Cheers!
A poet sees poetry all around! It is not confined to limited images..... Poetry is spread over the entire universe... any object or experience can be turned into poetry! That is why there is no dearth of subjects for poems! What is man other than God's great epic poem? Enjoyed!
There is poetry to be found in everything if one will look. Interesting write, food for thought.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Is rember me about the Krishna of Gita... He is every where even in a part of stone... Poetry is every where but you have to choose perfect word and unic feeling for write down it in a script... Nice! ! !