The Elixir Of Crucible Life Tests Flames In Fire Poems Poem by Terence George Craddock

great poets know the themes of novels
breathe the themes of great novels
even great novels can be put into poems,
the elixir of the crucible of life tests
in the heat of fire burn best some lives
great poems achieve profound implications,
poems deliberately ugly reflecting ugly themes
bear witness to black grit in life trapped under fingernails;

ugly poems ugly themes without beauty rhyme curse
cause confrontations with belief swept under carpet issues
ugly poems ugly themes written to stick in the readers,
throat critics will proclaim such poems are badly written verse
but as beautified themes demand beauty and bestow peace
horrific themes demand to be addressed stick in throat raise questions;


Copyright © Terence George Craddock