Prompt: De, at D’Verse Poets Pub, ask us to do enjambment — with which I find little resonance. But here is a piece with no respect for orthodox lines, not to mention scripts.
Perfunction
November 5, 2015 by Sabio Lantz
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“no respect for orthodox lines” is the perfect description of enjambment! This line makes me almost as happy as your poem does. And your choice of font and design are fantastic.
Love this! None of us is truly unique. We’re each a different circle in overlapping Venn diagrams of experience. Peace, Linda
There’s a time and place for politeness, and another time and place for dropping the pretense ~ I believe deep down, we are all the same wild peeps ~
This is such a wonderfully unique piece 😀 love it!
Exactly! Points well made.
well you are unique! even the letters point to other meanings but especially like ‘politely perfunctory’
This captures enjambment in form, word and content!! Awesome!
Quite the piece, its imagery enhanced by the font & design. I disagree with the premise, but love the verve. Our uniqueness, despite the similar DNA count, times billions is just one of the magical things we contend with on this plane of existence. Poets & other artists leave the truth of this wholly evident. “There is nothing new under the sun” is a defeatist attitude I do not endorse. Remember that it is the poets who do the heavy lifting in this world.
Pray tell, Glenn, what do you see “the premise” to be?
I am simply saying that people who are going through hard times should not assume they are the only ones suffering out there and thus use it as an excuse to be grumpy in greetings and daily encounters.
I agree that each of us is very different, of course.
Interestingly, in Girarde’s recent obituary it tells us that: “He argued that human conflict was not caused by our differences, but rather by our sameness. Individuals and societies offload blame and culpability onto an outsider, a scapegoat, whose elimination reconciles antagonists and restores unity.”
I think this is perfect.. love the presentation, and using the uniqueness to point out what’s not unique.. and how cumbersome life would be if we didn’t try to imitate a little.
Terrific. I could eat it, it looks so good . I often have similar thoughts and it always perks me up to know that i’m not the only one with problems. Fellow-feeling.
And to think I thought I was special, blowing between palms on the head of a cardboard match on this flame.