Words Come For Free
Just a thought in passing
Choosing words from the quiver of one’s calibre,
But none making sense like undeciphered cipher.
Stringing them to a staggering tongue without restrain,
Harping on the same toxic refrain.
Harping on the same toxic refrain.
Shooting them through automated lips,
Unmindful of brazen lies escaping with mean quips.
Unmindful of brazen lies escaping with mean quips.
Acts of absurd theatre that one gets to witness,
Wish on words too they begin to levy a cess.
Wish on words too they begin to levy a cess.
Distraught audience would then be saved,
From onslaught of speeches so far they have braved.
From onslaught of speeches so far they have braved.
© Gomathi 2023
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The politicians come to mind here, not sure if they were in your mind as you wrote this though. A wonderfully powerful poem full of strength and no-nonsense language. Sue.
Yes it is directed at them. Day in and day out it we are subjected to their tall talks, promises, lies…seems we are on a campaign mode forever. Thankyou Sue for reading it and for the encouraging comments! Warm Regards, Gomathi.
Hi Gomathi. I am impressed by your command of the English language. Better than mine as it took me some time to interpret the word ‘cess’. The first definition that the dictionary gave me was: cess (sĕs) n. Irish Luck. [Possibly short for success.] It was only as I kept looking that I found that it also means ‘any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland’. I understood that it was a fulmination against political shenanigans but wasn’t sure if it related to politicians in the UK – and I can assure that it does –… Read more »
Thankyou so much Luigi for your interesting observations, opinion and compliments. Yes it is an outpour on the goings on in the Indian political arena. As for language skills I am deeply touched by what you say but have to concede that my vocabulary is very limited and no where near that of all you stalwarts out there. The word cess is a common jargon in Dept. of Direct Taxes where I have put in many years of service and also we are paying many kinds of cess on regular taxe viz. education cess, farmers cess, sanitation cess, clean energy… Read more »
Hi, it’s me again. I wasn’t suggesting to do away with rhyming. What I was saying, use a different structure, i.e. ABAB, ABBA, etc. You’ll find many examples in classical poetry. Just a thought.
Regards, Luigi.
Good Morning Luigi!
That was such an avoidable oversight on my part. Am really sorry for this little confusion. I Like your suggestion and will try and post one on coming Friday. Thankyou so much for taking interest in my writing and wishing it well Luigi!
Warm Regards, Gomathi.
Am overwhelmed Trevor! So grateful for the encouraging comments motivating me to tread less travelled paths in poetry. Feel blessed to have you all well wishing poets here who are sincerely reading my humble poems and taking keen interest to bring out the best in me and using such an affectionate tone to see me do it. Thankyou so much for your time and goodwill! Basically I am into prose, short stories, essays etc. So poems for me uptil now is all about lyrics, metaphors, rhyming etc. But now that you say, I come to understand that it comes in… Read more »