The Idea Of A New Idea Poem by Denis Martindale

Oh, so many ideas you have conceived,
Either at work or at leisure,
But what you have not perceived, is the idea of me.
For I am the new idea, the as yet unconceived,
The idea of anti-reason, upheaval,
Tumultuous and juxtaposition...
I will break the old, yes, piece-by-piece,
To create the new, yes, step-by-step and bit-by-bit.
I will stop the working of the logic and the reason,
Yet with all of the right justification.
The junk has to go! The new has to come!
What we need to keep, this we will surely keep,
Yet we need to continue... till the germination.
An idea remains an idea till it is materialised,
No knowledge is workable till it is truly realised.
No idea is an idea, in and of itself,
If it does not remove ignorance and poverty,
Merely an utopian idea, guilty of impracticality.
I am here! The unconceived idea!
The new definition, the new perception!
The true beauty, the true perfection!
I know I am but a dream! But... if you are after me...
You will get fulfilled your much-desired aspiration.
I know I am but a dream! But... if you are after me...
What wonders, what wonders, what wonders we will see!

An adaptation by Denis Martindale, January 2012.

I was invited to read the original poem by my fellow poet...
It motivated me to see if I could create something extra.
This is a new tribute version poem of the original poetry:
The Idea Of An Idea by poemhunter poet Salema Khatun and
that's why there's a title change...

The adaptation's meant to show the use of punctuation, to help
increase the drama and to add passion to the very personality
of the new idea, that is in effect effervescent and untamed,
unconfined, unfettered and unrestricted by all previous ideas,
schemes, themes and dreams. It's on the horizon... waiting...
beyond Man's grasp till it arrives, unbidden, then it's here!