Poets & Poems (by Dennis L. Siluk)) Part VII)) Crown of the Hill & The Demon in Poetry

Poets & Poems
Globe-trotter Poet
(By Dennis L. Siluk)) Part VIl))
(Reviews, Commentaries and Poems)
[10-19-2006]



POEM:

Crown of the Cerro
(Unishcoto Ruins)


Up the *cerro to Unishcoto—I followed the rocks,
They changed from shape to shape, but scarcely a breathe did I linger
I moved from stone to stone, some had human shapes, others looked like old bones—.
I almost got lost in the gathering light,
Close by me my guide, my wife—a feast of ruins resided on top
And sparse tress combed the area thereabouts;
A white and blue sky, which looked like—
A wobbly sea was overhead—

And then, then
There was the crown of the hill ahead—
“Unishcoto!”


#1521 *Cerro=hill





Commentary:
“Readers & Poets”

The poet seeks words when he should be seeking matter, more concerned with choiceness of the verse, phrase or stanza than clean composition of the sentence, and the beauty that should be in the clauses. We need to weigh the matter and the worth of the subject (in the poem) more, and perhaps make better judgments as readers and poets—lest we go back to the ignorant Stone Age.



Commentary:

The Demon in Poetry

The poet, he often lives in a soul that is tarnished from his past, he looks too long backwards, when he should be looking forward. He may have ripe passion, exaggerated feelings, sentiment, but that cannot pull him out of his morbid dreams, or the rubbish many feel compelled to write. He needs to select the treasures of the past, to enjoy the present (if only he could).
Most poets live at the pitch of frenzy, they leave the demon in the poetry because it makes it more important. If he takes him out, he may have to abolish evil, and contend with life as it is.