The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, when asked what compelled him to read and write poetry, said "because I had fallen in love with words." I too have had that same love affair with words throughout my life as a teacher, a poet, and as a reader. It is my hope that this blog be a continuing conversation about poetry and writing.
An Ongoing Conversation on Poetry
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Brain Drain
Brain Drain
Christopher Bogart
It pains me to think
of a thought worth developing
when trying to write a poem.
Demons leap out, and
scout 'round the mind,
in an effort to find
words borrowed,
words new,
or bought at a price of
who knows what,
and the price that
I’ll have to pay.
Words whirl around ether
bang against cranial walls,
dull words,
weird words,
wonderful words
or so it seems at the time -
then rhymes
in the millions,
a bombastic blight,
a whirlwind of trite
and, finally, some just right
to express just one thought
that was bought
at the cost of this
brain drain.
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