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Poem Finder
“The world is never the same once a good poem
is added to it.”--Dylan Thomas
Quite often, poetry hides in plain sight. It can squat
beneath clover, or coagulate on a fresh corpse. In
the street of the sky, night walks scattering poems.
It can camp alongside a red rock in a clear stream,
or under your dirty fingernails.
I found a poem once in a smoking pile of spent brass
cartridges, as well as in a puddle of oil on my garage
floor, and between the dull teeth of a hand saw, and
on the back of a peeled label from Bukowski’s beer,
and even in the spaces between the lines of a Rumi
quote.
I discovered a long poem deep within the rotting pulp
of a dragon’s tooth, and a short one in the damp folds
of Marilyn Monroe’s panties. I tell you, you can find
verse within a swarm of fireflies, or in the middle of
a squirming snake pit.
Glenn Buttkus
Prosery
Posted over at d'Verse Poet's Pub
14 comments:
Ah, a poet who will never turn away inspiration!
Wow! You nver cease to amaze me, Glenn. That Marilyn Monroe line made me gasp...and then smile. Only you, Glenn, only you. WELL DONE! And yes....we do find poems in the most unusual places sometimes! Hope to see you at OLN LIVE Thursday! And hope you'll participate in Poetics tomorrow....my turn up as pub tender :)
One never knows, eh? Fine work, Glenn. Thanks
Glenn, it's funny how that works, but it works. Love your examples, esp. Buk's beer label. Glad to read you again, my friend.
Stunning Glenn- this is amazing!
Wow! Full swing, and you knocked it out’ta’da park brother … going going gone! Loved this Glenn. Your perspective and approach was so free and unfettered. Imagination at full stride rounding the bases, heading home. The result was superb my friend! 🙂✌🏼❤️
You are true poet, Glenn! Your poem is exactly right... poetry is all around us waiting to be found and shared! Well done.
AMAZING, Glenn! (gotta ask, though, where did you find a pair of her panties???)
~David
Thank you, Glenn, for the portrait and inspirational quote of one of my favourite poets, discovered as a child and never forgotten. You’re spot on about poetry hiding in plain sight and the places one can find it. I especially like the thought of ‘a long poem deep within the rotting pulp of a dragon’s tooth, and a short one in the damp folds of Marilyn Monroe’s panties’ – she wrote poetry too!
So true, Glenn. Inspiration can come from anything and everywhere. Well done!
This is so beautiful although prose it felt like pure poetry and love that you included Dylan Thomas, strangely he features in my piece too :)
Poetry is, indeed, everywhere. As is true of most of life, though, we are largely oblivious to it.
Indeed... poetry can be found everywhere, but sometimes when you search all around all you find is 💩
Don’t know if you’ll see this my friend, but I’ve missed seeing you around dVerse. What’s up buddy, are you OK? Drop by my Image and Verse and just say hi, would love to hear from you.
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