vazambam: Brief Lyric on the Futility of Trying to Write Like Someone Else

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Brief Lyric on the Futility of Trying to Write Like Someone Else

At first glance it sounds
So easy, almost

Like child’s play until
You try a combo verbal

Double cartwheel summer-
Sault and watch what’s become of you

All these years crumbling away.

3 comments:

Conrad DiDiodatoSeptember 1, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Yes, Vassilis

nothing (in poetry and in life) is harder than being absolutely nobody but yourself. Time was when every great poetry had the unmistakable imprint of its maker.

And look at it now...
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Ed BakerSeptember 1, 2013 at 7:00 PM
sometimes
it's not so easy
being myself

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vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)September 3, 2013 at 2:51 PM
Yes, let's face it--it's not so easy being a poet "in a mean-spirited time."
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