CPC PICK-APART POETRY CELEBRATES POETRY MONTH
Welcome to the April 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry
as we celebrate Universal Poetry Month with several poets
who have written poetry about poetry.
Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman
and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are but a few
of the many poets who have written about
that which we love to write and share —
Poetry.
And as we continue to remember all those
affected by the tragedies of recent weeks,
we can’t help but have hope for the future
as April celebrates the voice each of us has
and the role of our words and our creativity
as we write and share our thoughts and words.
So please choose your 25 words from
any one or all of the following pieces
about poetry . . . .
POETS TO COME
POETS to come! orators, singers, musicians to come!
Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for;
But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental,
greater than before known,
Arouse! Arouse–for you must justify me–you must answer.
I myself but write one or two indicative words for the future,
I but advance a moment, only to wheel and hurry back in the darkness.
I am a man who, sauntering along, without fully stopping, turns a
casual look upon you, and then averts his face,
Leaving it to you to prove and define it,
Expecting the main things from you.
— Walt Whitman
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Sonnet XVII: My Poet, Thou Canst Touch
My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes
God set between his After and Before,
And strike up and strike off the general roar
Of the rushing worlds a melody that floats
In a serene air purely. Antidotes
Of medicated music, answering for
Mankind’s forlornest uses, thou canst pour
From thence into their ears. God’s will devotes
Thine to such ends, and mine to wait on thine.
How, Dearest, wilt thou have me for most use?
A hope, to sing by gladly? or a fine
Sad memory, with thy songs to interfuse?
A shade, in which to sing–of palm or pine?
A grave, on which to rest from singing? Choose.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The Poets Light but Lamps
The Poets light but Lamps—
Themselves—go out—
The Wicks they stimulate—
If vital Light
Inhere as do the Suns—
Each Age a Lens
Disseminating their
Circumference—
— Emily Dickinson
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The idea of Pick-Apart Poetry is to select 25 words
from the pieces posted and create poetry of our own.
The words chosen may be used more than once
and tenses and forms may be changed.
So your poem may end up having
even more than 25 words.
The poem you bring back to share doesn’t have to be about poetry.
We look forward to and welcome all styles and themes.
Our goal is to simply have fun and be creative.
It’s always a joy to be here together each month
as we look forward to what we all create and share.
~Barbara K and Cherie~
Greetings and good evening and welcome to Pick Apart. We look forward to creating and sharing.
POET BE READ
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New brood
Justify me today
Native
Greater than before
Write one or two words
I advance the moment
In the darkness
Stoppin turns
Prove and define
The main things from it
Orators singers musicians do come
And poets be read and heard accordingly so
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Written By: Bettie Davis ————- © April 23 , 2o13
Wonderful Barb…just wonderful……late as always, I am!!!!! 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 Hope I can get my muse in gear!!!!!! :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
Dearest melody
each age a song
a hope, a memory
future words
without stopping
hurry along
following you
answering you
gladly vital light
singing Sun…
c2013 Cherie
Happy Wednesday to all…………………………….. :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
Always fun trying and seeing how close I can come to the 25 . . . . 🙄 😉 🙄 :entertained: :love: :love: :love:
INTO THE FUTURE
Serenity touches me,
her melodies floating
between the Now
and the Before,
within a moment
defined by a Future
that looks me
in the face,
carrying me along
within its music,
as we advance
into the After.
(c) barbara kausteklis 4-23-13
This has been a lot of fun. I’ll sleep with the words under my pillow and hope that a muse visits my dreams so I can come up with another Pick-Apart tomorrow. Good Night and rest well and I look forward to seeing you again in the morning. Big Hugs and Lots of Love. (((HUGS)))
Greetings and Good Morning and Happy Wednesday to All. We’re looking forward to what you bring back to share today. I’m working on another piece as I sip my coffee. Cheers and Hugs to begin the day. :love: :love: :love:
Hello Barbara and Cherie –
I’m so happy to be back again with you and all our friends at the CPC – being silent differs little from being dead! As usual, you’ve picked wonderful pieces for the pick-apart challenge, and I confess to my excitement, which caused me to color outside the lines a bit.
From Emily and Elizabeth
words define you surround you
in well-placed circumference
becoming an inverted lens
inured to worldly memory
as points on a compass
choose them gladly
sing of light
in the darkness
diffuse its forlorn shade
without lantern-lit aprons
life’s a wickless stage
choose vital hope
for the legless dancer
a lively cabaret is a
rousing answer
write in pure air
tune musical notes
befitting the scene
arrange seminal moments
whether grave or serene
now choose
a proper quote
the perfect stanza
to set medicinal melodies
afloat
© Ted Meredith, April 2013
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by and shared our love of poetry and writing in general in our monthly Pick-Apart way. Looking forward to next month already. Big Hugs and Lots of Love. :love: :love: :love: