Neon Leviathan

O powerful western orb of orange menace, How you proceed to and fro on this day of much sorrow?   Have the pangs of the bullet casings against the ground, amongst The torn sinew, within our thoughts, through bone, life, Death, roused you and yours from sleep?   Our prayers are with you and your family.   O mightiest western hand of orange menace, The work you invest in safeguarding you and yours, Us and ours, theirs, you and yours truly, is not Overlooked; we see your hard work, it is Transparent, so clear, such void Of errors, all refutations must be fake; how you suffer; Our prayers are with you and your family.   I loved well the people felled by the pangs of bullets, I loved well the idea of them living tomorrow too; O I loved well the safety I am afforded by your hard work, I loved well I loved I know well. I know these ruminations share a hearth in your orange menace, As they do in our universal sigh; Surely, ...

Thoughts on Poetry      When considering which to do first, I would definitely choose to write about poetry before endeavoring to write a poem myself. Dissecting a text comes second nature at this point (some may say I could do it in my sleep) so I will happily tear apart a poem and write about what it conveys before I choose to take those musings and write my own poem. I suppose one would need to know how to do one to fully understand the other. If I can dissect a poem, then perhaps I can turn around and write one using that newfound knowledge. If I can write a poem, then I can explicate it till I’m blue in the face to explain my choices. A positive to writing about poetry before writing poetry is that I can try to emulate what others have done before me in my poetry. If that slant rhyme worked for them, then surely it will work for me. Then, if the slant rhyme worked in my poetry, I can explain why it was so effective. It’s all very circular in nature. Poetry in the Cla...