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Poetry isn't for Summers
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Poetry isn't for Summers

according to The Great Poetry Machine

A poem written upon the realization that the premier poetry publisher takes the summer off. I learned this last year and wrote a farce for the occasion.

Today closes the window for submission to the great poetry machine
the summer’s too nice for poetry, you probably know what i mean
poems are for suffering, not so much for celebration
because they dig in deeply and describe concatentations

and summer is pure, or so we hope it will be
simple acts of joy in the sun and fields and sea
splashing laughing dreams as if we were still eight
rolling around in pleasant, pigs in slop don’t wait

don’t reflect or compose or care, just rub the skins and flow
follow the whims of the day, unlock the doors and go
run the paths of wander, chasing own nose down way
letting the world speak glow, rest rolling in golden hay

visions don’t click so easy.  joy for sure is there
in the midst of being, but perhaps not as hoped will fare
the joy is shared with others, all of us carried away
floating off in bliss bubbles, but pop they will someday

what happens then, that moment? those ups when they come down?
smiles do fade and falter when those vibes of joy pass on 
the connections made seem broken, at least left behind
diminished and past the present, forgotten and out of mind

Two things to remember, to recall and hold that joy
the magic in the action, the seeds planted with others do buoy
futures that will come, connections once again, 
dynamics of coming and going blend us all inside when

we rejoice in what is good, no matter for whom or how
the beneifts are shared over a long duree hull
for all these minds are mixed, sums and parts and wholes
blessings universal shower, even for burrowed sad moles

the second maybe subtle, may challenge the boundaries of joy
the dynamism of this change from up to down we know
is a normal thing, but not the boring bit
nor the loss of wonder, but proof itself of wit

the energy of mind visible in the wind
change is seen and known, motivated from within
this is joy incarnate, the potentials manifested as light
warming the entire world, countless suns in flesh do bright

recognition of change is proof of life inside
capacities for knowing, loving, and shared joy rides. 
these basic beings already themselves be joy pure
resting in their moments, explicit or demure.

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