while i know that general threads are usually bad practice, i figured this would be fitting for any short poetic works that don't really merit an entire thread to discuss. if you write poetry and have some pieces you would like to share, feel free to post them here

i was inspired to write this when i woke up this morning in late april and saw everything blanketed in snow yet again

Sat across each other
A felted table between
Was an old man and young woman

The woman jovial, resplendent in youth
Well-coiffed and adorned in flowing naive green
Worry furrowing her smooth face

The man gnarled, familiar yet aloof
A mess of white atop grey and brown rags
The grooved face unchanged by the double-sixes

O cruel fate, she wails
Her whole living seized in a moment
My winnings were already spent

Aye lass, replies he, as it is alway
Drawing in the spoil like sickle to wheat
Your substance perpetually forfeit in lending

From 'neath her bodice produced a pittance
The last of all clattering on the table
Before the unimpressed old man

Fate smiled upon her first cast, then second
Upon third win withdrew she satisfied
Leaving the apathetic man at the table

His indifference was no wonder
For surely she would return to his boundless coffers
Brimming with the souls of beasts and of men

AN ODE TO HAKUREI REIMU:

Reimu is Cool
Reimu is Cute 
If Reimu were real She would punch me in the throat 

A man walks up to an abandoned grand piano and seats himself. He cannot play.
An ocean of black and white ivory laid linearly before him, he cannot help but caress a few.
All produce distinct tones but clash against themselves beneath his careless fingers. He pauses.
Annoyingly attempting harmony he clatters on embarrassingly. He blushes and removes his hands.
"All melody ever conceived was from such things as these," he marvels.
"An invisible synthesis of unspoken coordination beyond language."
At once he removes himself from that totem, he stumbles deferentially.
"All laid naked before me yet there is nothing to see."

-- my relationship with art

Not mine, but a piece of wisdom from Jack Stratton I often ponder

James Jamerson used one finger
John McEnroe used a Dunlop
He used a Dunlop Revelation 200G
And where are your tools, man?
These are my tools
They're crappy student model tools, and I play better than you
James Jamerson used one finger
And you point, you point to what you want
I'll get, I'll have, I'll go with
Where are you going?
I'm not an angry person, and neither was Jerry Salinger
James Jamerson used one fingеr, is that true?
Yes, it's true, and how about you?
Arе you perfect?
Bob Babbitt used two fingers
Jerry Jermott used two fingers and dug in like a cleat
Tools, man, where are your tools?
Feist sang through an amp
Prince wired a snake in every room
Sampras had that Wilson
Sampras had their ugly Wilson Pro Staff 95
Go hope, go hope that comes back, go hope those colors come back
Subcamp, Bandstack, Faceschnook, Classact
All just tools, man
Buy an island in Hawaii with your SaaS money
You won't get a rise out of me
James Jamerson, on the other hand, used one finger
Basso profondo on ancient LaBellas
Plucking wire on the Golden Gate Bridge
Bach for dead strings, fugues for the masses
Bringing joy to you and your machatonim
You licked the toad, meanwhile,
James Jamerson used only one finger
Carol Kaye used a pick, and all bob der roads lead to bivouac
Microdosing matzo meal under a bridge just to get an edge
Use short words, use short German words
Don't show off, play fast, make it groove, repeat these bromides
Get on your knees and praise the lowly potato
Get on your knees and praise the Central Coast
Get on your knees and praise Bob Noyce
Get on your knees and praise commercial air travel
Say something good and move on
The comforting smile of William F Buckley will protect you
Rick Rubin is hitting on your girlfriend
Campaign for your burger stand
Ground beef so you don't have to chew
If you don't believe me or don't get it
I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry
Lalah Hathaway sang two notes
James Jamerson used one finger
Walter Murch stood before Final Cut 7
James Jamerson used one finger
Donald Hall wrote 300 drafts
James Jamerson used one finger
Nile Rogers played nines low
James Jamerson used one finger
Call out the phonies, you are doing the real thing
Reject drab, wear bright colors and play fast
Kubrick and the Arriflex
Chopin and the Playel
Wilt wore Chucks
Sinatra, Sony
Rainey, LaBellas
Babbitt, LaBellas
Benson, Thomastiks
Kaye, LaBellas
Call out the phonies, reject drab, know your tools
Say something good and move on
James Jamerson used one finger