“Olana – Matthew 6” by Makoto Fujimura
most poets are frauds
I among them
affected aesthetes
scribbling dilettante verses
pretending to wisdom
purporting to know
mystic meanings of words
no one else can divine
giving putative truths
decoration of metaphor
figures of speech that
conceal the loath candor
of utter uncertainty
feigning the artform
enough to enamor some ear
entertain some fey eye
seduce credulous hearts
by deceiving the mind
with ornate compositions
of secret hypocrisy
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this is so true 🙂 how insincere can sincerity be? what lies behind the verse? are rhymes the beat of the heart or the drums of war?
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I love the way you think
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Yes, true. I write rarely because I have to feel it intently, even then I battle against pretension and insincerity all the time.
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for the great ones, such struggle is unnecessary – the rest of us have to keep battling through
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Fantastic. Very well written. Thanks for sharing
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I’m glad to know you enjoyed it
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Dude, lighten up
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*smile*
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Wow
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much appreciated
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You, Sir are not one of them. I fall into traps of my own making regularly…the curse of the Jack of all trades, master of none…not so, the poetic musings of genius. Not a ‘throwaway’ I might add. Whatever gift you have I’d gladly pay a King’s Ransom for.
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I’d gladly share with you whatever you think I know – over a chilled pint
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What a fine idea
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Reblogged this on Jerri Perri.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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This is fantastic!
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I appreciate that most sincerely
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The preacher who says ‘I’m just a wretched sinner like you!’ has taken his first step in preaching a sermon someone definitely needs to hear. The prophet Amos arrived in town saying ‘I’m not a prophet! Just a shepherd & a fig`picker from down south!’ Then proceeded to dissect the idolatry of his time till folks ran him out of town. What a prophet! And you, my friend, are a POET! And what a poet . . .
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I had been thinking of Matthew’s discourse on ostentation – and somehow this came forth – your thoughtful comment mean a great deal to me
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Well, I like your poetry, Paul. I also liked Cynthia Jobin’s poetry. Does that make me a fraud too? (smile)
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ha ha – I don’t know, but I thank you most kindly, cynthia
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Made me chuckle and think, thank you for both 🙂
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h ah – you’re twice welcome
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Power piece, my friend
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many thanks, syl
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You’re welcome, Paul
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Point taken – but then we can but try. For how shall we ever learn not to be fraudulent if we, as poets, fail to embrace life and explore the meaning behind the words? After all, we all dance to the sound of our own drum. But what if our drum is broken or we are hearing someone else’s drum instead?
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well said
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Wow, powerful words against poets and can’t be true of you!
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I think we all share similar weaknesses
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Great words Paul and I agree. Poetry, like all art, can at most be a simple attempt to convey the wonders of the Universe
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you give me new purpose..
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Probably true of all of us who deal in words,
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Ah, but… we do what we do best, right!
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we try
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Everybody has to write their quota of purpose before the produce something real.
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spoken from experience
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Hmm, sounds kind of harsh. I hope my poetry doesn’t reflect what you describe here–certainly it’s not my intent.
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written tongue-in-cheek
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You wrote ‘For You’. You are excused from self-criticism by virtue of loving one woman forever. That is all that matters in the end. Be as kind to yourself, Paul, as you are to your love. You must have done something very right. A heart that loves as yours cannot go far wrong I think. Hug your wife from me, please. And a hug for you. I admire you both.x
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your sweetly put compliments move me deeply, Anne-Marie – I am beyond any reasonable measure of fortunate – and I shall take your advice glady
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My gosh, we are, to stretch the meaning, a ‘subversive’ lot aren’t we poets? Hahaha! We have seen all this and more whether in written acts of gallantry or the futile ranting of knaves who feign artistry! Let us bow our heads in proverbial prayer for the sanctity and survival of the art in its making…
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amen
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All I could say after the first read was “you go dude”! I love the “fey eye”
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much appreciated
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