Friday, 18 March 2022

Friday Night Poetry Slam

THEME: The Basis of Awareness

SLAM RULES: Share your zen poetry below! The theme is only a suggestion. The best poem will not be determined by upvotes nor any other metric of mass approval. The winner of the slam will not be announced nor notified. By entering, you agree to judge your own work. The winning poets will be privately awarded with the intrinsic reward of their own art. Now, show us what you got!

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The Basis of Epistemology

The poet writes of lost love, and of cedar groves

with lilting rhymes and meticulous metered flows

What's the basis of all poetry? No one really knows.

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The dancers leap with flourish and feet step in rows

From clomping country jigs to ballerinas' toes

What's the basis of all dance? No one really knows.

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The painter brushes in shadows with spattering color throws

From Impressions of landscapes to detailing the model's pose

What's the basis of all art? No one really knows.

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Who with eyes sees the crimson petals of the rose?

Who smells the fragrance at the dual entrance of the nose?

Who thinks all these thoughts? Who is the one who knows?

Peel to the innermost core of the onion, as far as it goes

When you run out of layers, then wonder just how it grows

What's the basis of all awareness? No one really knows.



Submitted March 19, 2022 at 06:05AM by jungle_toad https://ift.tt/rDn1s7B

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