I write to simply,
sort a thought,
blunt though edgy,
‘Gang aft agley’*,
hewn and wrought,
a new panoply;
Helping to justify,
Patterned conditionally,
Worn alternately;
one eye always fixed to attack
one eye forever looking back.
by Shay Ryan
*Taken from Robert Burn’s poem “To a Mouse”.
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nice…those last two lines are like a cool mantra…
and some fun rhyming and words that stretch me in between
like the nod to burns as well…
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Thanks Brian, you can’t beat a bit of Burns from time to time!
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Greatly expressed! I particularly like the closing couplet.
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I guess to some extent, we all write poetics with a heavy dose of alacrity, for even though we are not at a mic, or at a pulpit, or on a soapbox, still the words will go forth like good soldiers, forward into a maze, answering a call, an ungodly howl off in the mists, and once dispatched, they cannot be recalled–so we salute them as they move out of our sphere, first onto a page, or a screen, & then whizz like demi-gods to Brisbane, Hiroshima, & Bummfukk, Egypt. God be with them, & may they serve us well.
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Ay, Bobby Burns and all. What a fine take on the prompt. I, like Brian, especially love the last two lines. Well done!
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Yes, sorting thoughts. Well done.
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Oh yes… the simplicity of poetry.. yes that’s splendid
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Fun read, cool take on the prompt.
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Simply to sort a thought is all the reason we need to write…those last 2 lines are wonderful.
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I agree with Ronald. This is so interesting and the last two lines are awesome. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Thank you mishunderstood – those two lines seem to be really important to the whole poem – I quite like the emphatic finish to be honest but why do you think they are central to the reading of the poem as a whole? I’m curious to understand how those two lines are perceived and any feedback you can give me will be appreciated. Thanks again, Shay.
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