Rejected Catalyst Chemical Brain Reactions Poem by Terence George Craddock

I made a mistake at university
'too many cooks spoilt broth'
all the poetic movements all the styles
ruined my own voice for a few years;

I rejected catalyst chemical brain reactions;

I could easily imitate poets
I was studying but did not
I wanted my own voice
to discover what I would write;

without interactive influence;

the mistake was nothing happens in isolation
the hybrid interaction with other poetic minds
contemporary and past eras is a genuine cross
fertilization if filtered into time now in medium;

sift interactive thought;

it is not an imitation
or copy but a genuine
new form if personalized
with the new readers mind;

hybrid cross fertilization births new forms;


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock