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A Poem Will Not Write Itself by AmiableJay(m): 4:46pm On Jan 01, 2016 |
Love will not help you love In your slumber, heaven offers its muse But shan't spur your verses in motion When each line as in your dream Like a plot it is, fades in your head. A poem will not scribe itself Though the rhythm dance merrily Your pen, ink-rich gazes From a pile of poetry manuals. A song will not sing itself It wants of a voice, melody and sweat. A war cannot fight itself But by a pair of steel swords And witless rage on either side Peace will not quell its rift It needs humble hearts Ego bruised and seared By the glittering scars of meekness And arms ready to do no more harms Though the enemy lines crumble in disarray And the walls levelled to bramble Lo! The White Flag needs not taboo their communal pride. A story will not write itself The gods give their alms of inspiration So let your fingers wield the quill Buried in a blanket of cobwebs and dust. Your mouth in quick bursts Must spit wits as an adder's fangs A poem will not fight for the commons If each lines in trenches lie Signalling, "we're but civilians" But then, without wait, I'll shoot my words Clean and fair, with youth and zeal A bunch of fingers on either arms And that question friend, is Will your poem write itself? This song ain't goin' write itself" Eminem -When I'm gone. So it's a new year. Most of our failures arise out of inactions and rarely out of our actions. Imagine if Wole Soyinka upon being inspired failed to rouse himself from slumber and write great poems like Abiku, Telephone Conversation, Civilian and Soldier and the likes. Or if Shakespeare expected one magnanimous God to write the globally acclaimed works of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello or Merchant of Venice. Or if Bill Gates didn't take a decisive action to found Microsoft. The possibility is endless as well as dreadful. The best way to mediocrity is to fold your hands and do nothing. This year 2016 should inspire you to take charge of your life and do something that will continue to resonate through the centuries yet unborn. Indeed Benjamin Franklin rightly said "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." So comrades, are you gonna write that poem, invent that thing, make that discovery or let mediocrity get the better part of you. Yes, you'll fail, that I assure you. But you'll learn and become better with each try. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY 2 Likes
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Re: A Poem Will Not Write Itself by Nobody: 3:53pm On Jan 18, 2016 |
really and colourful 1 Like |
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