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The Cracked Urn

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waxing rhapsodic
gilded actor of the quill
writing beautiful lies
just for the thrill

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: upstate New York USA, USA

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Psyve

Psyve

14 years 7 months ago

Almost Haiku-like in its

Almost Haiku-like in its simplicity, I enjoyed this one for the meaning it conveyed in 4 lines:

An elegant write.

A poet on a poet, to my reading!

Psyve

K

Kailashana2

14 years 7 months ago

Thank you....reminds me of

Thank you....reminds me of one of the most simple (and therefore complex) and elegant lines of all time...

"There's a crack in everything,
that's how the light gets in." ~ Leonard Cohen