Fablespinners: Literature's Online Open Mic!

by Victor Om Shanti

The serious poets within
The rebel poets without
Fighting the common foe
of platter clash
and cycle engine crash
Striving to be heard
By unhearing herd
Struggling by dint of spirit
To be heralded based upon merit
Trusting that word power magic
Will catalyze a tragic love affair
Into that plowshare which will bust
The tough rough sod of musty life
Knowing that alliteration will plant seeds
In the fertile soil of listening psyche
Faithing these seeds will blossom
As meme metaphors which will ultimately MATTER
The serious poets within
The rebel poets without coffee cups in hand
Stand with back to java-hut glass
Heads bobbing, lips mocking,
Thinking while drinking
A tall 44 toke
they're kicking lyrical ass
Of serious poets within structured walls
Coffee/Pot Poets
Writing structured verse
For structured minds
To deconstruct society's strictures
The rebel poets without
The serious poets within
Sound like yang without yin
Are bland martini without gin
Feel like a birthday clown without his grin
The serious poets
The rebel poets
Eyes peeled for a common vision
Unity without division
Within a piece of peace
Struggling by dint of spirit
To be heralded based upon merit
Striving to be heard
By unhearing herd
Yet how can they hope to catch the ear
Of every fathersonmotherdaughter
When the one can't bother to hear the other
Forlorn seriously rebellious coffee/pot poets
Without a light of love within.