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a poem from the perspective of the poem
by Andrew S Adamscrush me up into four-folded-segments
where the lines meet ninety degrees from one another
and hope is just one word in a mass of far less important
'the's and 'and's and 'or's and 'a's and quotation marks.
i am equality, with emphasis put on only the words
nobody will care to read; subtle, and hidden.
i am vaguely admired and shoved in the back
from time to time, i will be taken out, shown
around and disapproved of. or approved of;
i'll never really know; i'm a poem. i am not
consciousness, i am just what i am made to be.
and as we speak, the scars are being etched in some more.
i think the last thing he wrote was,
'i think the last thing he wrote was,'.
and i will never be complete, just a work in progress
until i am locked away or shown the light of life
and if you understand me,
then i suppose i made it. 07/13/2003 Author's Note: although, i hardly feel complete;
thank you to all of those who made this poem of the day. this is one of my favorites of my own, so i'm glad that it made it. a bucket of flowers to you all!
Posted on 07/13/2003
Copyright © 2025 Andrew S Adams
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Scott Cadence on 07/14/03 at 07:38 PM love this |
| Posted by Scott Cadence on 07/14/03 at 07:40 PM 'I am not consciousness, I am just what I am made to be'... we are walking poems sometimes. great work. |
| Posted by Cymbre Dolphay on 07/15/03 at 05:43 AM okay, we all knew you spoke the language of poetry, but this...hmmmm, very good:) |
| Posted by Anne Engelen on 07/17/03 at 07:24 AM Such a cool idea...and great perspective! Yeah, quite a good trip! |
| Posted by Leslie Ann Eisenberg on 09/04/03 at 12:50 AM as we speak, the scars are being etched in some more.
an amazing poem about writing poetry. a great read |
| Posted by Maureen Glaude on 11/20/03 at 01:59 PM simply outstanding! how unique to take on the perspective of the poem itself and carry it off so beautifully. |
| Posted by Lindsay Sanders on 11/20/03 at 08:25 PM this is absolutely wonderful andrew. a very interesting read. congrats on POTD! |
| Posted by Stephanie Kent on 11/20/03 at 08:35 PM very cleverly done...congrats on a well-deserved potd:) |
| Posted by Cole Miller on 11/20/03 at 10:03 PM buckets of flowers eh? sounds like ya got a little bit of sarah coursin through your veins. congrats andrew, this is a well worth it poem for poem of the day. |
| Posted by Cymbre Dolphay on 11/21/03 at 12:15 AM I know I've already told you how I liked this one, but I must congratulate it on being POTD. Not you, just the poem itself. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 11/21/03 at 01:02 AM Hmmm can we say, "a poem is a poem is a poem"?
Congratulations on POTD! |
| Posted by Kristine Briese on 11/12/04 at 02:48 AM This is wonderful. So unique and original. Very well done! |
| Posted by Kourosh Taheri-Golvarzi on 04/08/05 at 05:38 PM very original! I dig it! |
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