I am a poet in transition,
who still has the plasma cover around him
and yet can travel miles,
Miles,
until the chord pulls me back and shows me my
Limits.
But I am arrogant,
and pretend to be bold,
This boldness is feigned
I am an ostrich trying to hide myself
from predators...
Yet,
What makes one a poet?
Is it the poet's emotions or objectivity?
Is it memories of a love that
never worked out or an endless love for the entire humanity?
Tender regrets or great satisfaction of completing a poem?
Or,
Is it,
Just words - right words placed in right
places,
each one chosen like a general chooses his
Soldiers,
each move made with the dexterity of a chess
grandmaster,
And then placed in the right slots to solve the
puzzle that a poem is
A poem is a solved puzzle that becomes only
a piece in a bigger puzzle when the reader reads it.
So,
Why do call myself a 'poet in transition'?
Because my writings (poems if they are) reveal more than what they hide...
Unless it goes the other way around,
it will always be like this:
I will be poet in transition,
Waiting for the metamorphoses to complete,
to turn into a butterfly from a caterpiler
The shell finally to be broken,
But now my poems are just solved puzzles
well explained..well answered rhetorical questions well written like all your poems i read.10
Very much thoughtful piece of work with wise interest shared here that attracts attention. Each movement of poem makes a poet grand-master definitely. Turning into a butterfly from a Caterpillar makes life easier. Nice sharing....10
A poet is always in transition. A human is always in transition. That is the state of everything. Keep writing and transition positively, Souren.
Or. is it, just words placed in right places Each one chosen like a general chooses his soldiers.? . Such sort of things, in my opinion, can not be comparable with a poem. I feel that a poet inducts a soul of it's own in his poem and any poem with a soul becomes a master piece. Otherwise the thing called poem remains a write with line below line saying some thing dry, not touching reader's heart.7 points.
Thank you for your kind assessment and rating.. I appreciate it.. P: S: Just to clarify/ defend myself, I used the analogy of 'general/soldiers' because I wanted to convey that at times writing poetry can be like fighting a war, i.e. think about a writers block.. To compose in such conditions can be no less stressful than fighting a war.. Maybe, I wasn't clear enough to make it understandable or it didn't work out well..
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Just words - right words placed in right places, each one chosen like a general chooses his Soldiers, each move made with the dexterity of a chess grandmaster, And then placed in the right slots to solve the puzzle that a poem is Solved Puzzle! What a deep and profound definition of a poem! I have fallen in love with this write! Yes, from a chrysalis, you can easily grow into a butterfly and the world will be delighted at the sight of the soaring beauty! This deserves more than ten! 10+++++++