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National Poetry Day

Sometime ago I made a post about my favorite poems which is located here.

Also a lithe while ago I picked up Bo Burnham’s poetry book called ‘Egghead.’ If the name Bo Burnham sounds familiar it is because he is also a comedian. A lot of his poems are a bit raunchy but also have a Seussical rhythm to it.

One of the poems is called Perfect, and it is really, really sweet.

Behold:

Perfect by Bo Burnham

If you click the picture it will also take you to his Tumblr page which features more of his work.

Do you also know what is poetry? Music.

My favorite artist, Gerard Way, formerly the frontman of disintegrated band My Chemical Romance, just came out with his first solo album ‘Hesitant Alien.’ He’s going on tour and I will be seeing him on Oct. 20.

The whole album is on Spotify and I think he has them all up on Soundcloud too. Notables: Brother, How It’s Going to Be, and No Shows.

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Poetry

Being stuck indoors with our lousy winter weather has let me get back into reading poetry. I have revisited a few of my personal favorites ‘Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye and an anonymous, untitled poem I found online a few years ago:

I gave the hero of this story trust
issues. So that when his castle fell he
wouldn’t worry about the damsel still
calling from the ramparts, where I hold court
in the dust. For this is my battlefield
where the headstones will read like love letters
and the weeds will serve as the royal seal.

I gave the hero of this story hope
a magic bean and two old china cups.
But the china, brittle, the bean rotten
as these once fertile lands lie waterlogged.
You can’t grow your crops here, boy, go home.
I’ll drown this hero before he can stand
the sight of the muddy bank. A hero’s death.

I gave the hero of this story bread
water, and melody. To help him sleep
soundly and noiselessly, still. Arms, pillows
sway to the metronome of the city
beating such a heroic retreat. Stand
with fingers touching, childlike and brave.
Until the next wave comes and holds. It breaks.

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Found here.

I’ve also been reading a bunch of T.S Eliot and Jonathan Reed. Good stuff. Poetry speaks to the soul. And my soul has been doing a lot of searching recently.

I’m looking for more poetry, and may pick up a few compilation books once the weather allows me to venture further than the driveway.