The
Art of Poetry
vs
The
Discipline of Poetry
(c)2013 Bob
Atkinson
Fine Art has
its alter ego
Art D'cor
which also breaks
these two
ideas into factions
one
primitive, one more staid
Fine Art
means something learned
art
constructed from the past
having
trained in master's techniques
meaning that
will ever last
Art D'cor
lies more transitory
fills merely
a momentary need
more for
pleasant decoration than
further
advancement of the breed
in literature
begins an era bold
of truly
differentiated tastes
in a time of
new beginnings
of newness
that will rage
Poetry as an
art leans
toward the
wispy, mindless tripe
thoughts
without complex emotions
guided by
throttled emptiness
no purpose in
its dreaming
no research
done for its themes
no imparting
information gathered
beyond simple
illusion of mindless motif
Discipline of
Poetry
on the other
hand
takes our
minds into a world
of culture
broadly expanded
always
purpose in those words
always
thought deep in what seems
complex
exploration of existence
researched
flowing through watered streams
that tell us
what we didn't know
what a writer
knew not too
when he began
his assemblage
of words that
wanted to
expand our
understanding
of this,
that, or the other
setting us on
a journey to
correctness,
not toward blunder
he sets out
to explore a point
be it theory
or merely fact
and takes us
on a journey meaty
never wanting
to look back
he opens
books of reference
gives those
notes there for our usage
to let us
quickly acclimate toward
understanding
an idea's currency
here we've
gotten something good
what pushes
on our hearts
total
construction of our world
observed at
least until we're dust
