I
Have Not Found Yet
Anything
Or Nothing
My
Lust Exaggerated
I
Creep To The Smoke
I
Don’t Understand The
Parable
Of The Unjust
Steward
Except When
Honouring
My Debts
For
Undertones Of Loss
Freedom
In Cash And
The
Lecturer As King
Makes
Me Sadly Aureate
The
Girl Never Reached
And
Their Study Shackled
To
Binary Sibilant Opposites
And
Callow Axioms Teach
Unaware
Movie Stars Are Just
Now
The New Saints Of Glory
Leave
Your Paraffin & Cicatrice
At
The Door Of Your Entrance
For
An Academic By Nature Spins
As One By Trade Or Commerce
Dear Matthew~ Your chagrine for the university experience is showing... as is your talent for effectively weaving words.
ReplyDeleteYour style in this poem is very intriguing, with the use of capital letters throughout. I'm not familiar with all your work, so perhaps this is the way you always set out your lines. I find it stresses the importance of every word, whilst I'm reading.
ReplyDeleteEach stanza offers a unique view of modern academe - lessons which seem to have to no point, lecturers holding sway in their own little kingdoms...what does this tell us about the calibre of today's educated?
Thank you for sharing on Real Toads.
It's there, on the tip of my tongue. Your words, the way they are expressed, leave things wide open to thoughts and opinions. I like this isn't neatly wrapped in a bow but it will take some wrestling to comprehend. And even after that, I, the reader, still may find more.
ReplyDeleteha. fun piece...and i agree...a very interesting style...i like how you dont understand the parable until you put it in practice, but then again most universities are def more lecture with little application....
ReplyDeleteI'm also captivated by your use of upper case..and the way the words "taste" when read aloud!
ReplyDeleteI'd love for each reader to try to summarize what they felt or understood from your poem.
ReplyDeleteFor me, short lines, and all caps are high-maintenance. Maybe that was your intent.
Several of the lines and ideas were rich and screaming for development and coherence.
But I am a poetic novice.