Basically 'Slum lines' is an effort towards better understanding of the art of poetry.......
it's not a disgusting, odious nor any sort of humiliation,
As nobody is perfect, we all here to learn from our mistakes......
you will see soon a sequel to this....
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Gulsher john
Poems by Gulsher john : 23 / 26
Slum lines
Perfectly fused ideas and conceits
Of a minds fabulous and hearts sweet
Feet meter and syllable
Often treat strangely that taste horrible,
Blank verse ceded the heroic couplet
As Gray`s elegies are voiced as Shakespeareans'sonnet,
Ah! All these Greek to my humble wit
As an Abstract art explained with Romantic kit,
Tho` adorn with some vivid colors and images
Still hard to catch poet's mind and messages
Often treated wrongly in our narration
A pathetic fallacy and personification
Leads to poet`s condemnation,
Whatever the case might be
Poesy is not a cup of tea,
And truly I too don't know why
Things queerly happen `neath the sky
All these variety of science and arts
Cause poignant anxiety to mind and heart.
Gulsher john
Submitted: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Edited: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Poems by Gulsher john : 23 / 26
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Dear Blessed Bard,
True to the core, poesy at her basic nature is like a school boy unwilling to school; as the bard upon Avon versed in 'As You Like it'. She likes, blesses, loves to remain intact in a few selected souls, and Thou art one of the very rare blest. Keep exploring, experimenting and promoting her at your best for ever more, as you are one destined to do so. God bless.
v true poetry is not everybodys cup of tea..........excellent write
this is a good one,10 from me
Poetry is, really, not everyone's cup of tea, and being a student of poetry, i must say that there are two things to be noted,1stly, that poetry is a revealed and intuitive art, and 2ndly, if one works hard to know and practice all tools like rhyming, rhythm, prosody, scansion, and figures...but then there's a difference between a poet, and a practitioner of poems, that's why all the teachers of poetry are not poets...your poem is deep, and i must agree with all here esp.Kevin Patrick.regards.
A great commentery on the modern attitude of poetry, it seems that our socially aware media, has no time for art or culture and looks down on anything which diverges from true beuty as being a fallacy of indulgence. Poetry reveals truth in language normal syntex cannot. This was a fine edition to the medium.
These slum limes have too much to convey and learn.
they are the excellent expression of truth and sense.
love it
i really can't wait for the sequel.. this piece was brilliant bravo sir
I also think so Gulsher but it has become very difficult to maintain these ideas and ideals. I will write 100 poem in a clumsy manner and then I will start in a new way. Provided, if life proves to be loyal. Loved it.
A slum line where I live is somewhere near camden yet not far from Philly. Sorry I so not understand.
I really enjoyed this excellent write with great rhythm and flow!