Post-modern Poet

[Hawkman]

:devil:

As a writer of post-modern verse
I pick my nose and then I curse
And write in glowing praise of odes,
I access via temporal nodes,
That I have writ in future years
As yet undreamed of by my peers.

My navel I shall contemplate
And intellectually masturbate
And preening in reflected glory,
Released from any social mores,
Praise my work in terms ecstatic
And write the words in automatic.

That they make no sense don’t matter,
As critics then are bound to flatter,
For words impervious and dense
Call egos rushing in defence
And even if they say it’s rubbish,
I’ll just go ahead and publish.

[hillwalker]

Very droll.....
not based on personal experience I guess, just wishful (and sinful) thinking?

[Hawkman]

Just sinful I guess!

[dizzydoll]

:devil:

As a writer of post-modern verse
I pick my nose and then I curse
And write in glowing praise of odes,
I access via temporal nodes,
That I have writ in future years
As yet undreamed of by my peers.

My navel I shall contemplate
And intellectually masturbate
And preening in reflected glory,
Released from any social mores,
Praise my work in terms ecstatic
And write the words in automatic.

That they make no sense don’t matter,
As critics then are bound to flatter,
For words impervious and dense
Call egos rushing in defence
And even if they say it’s rubbish,
I’ll just go ahead and publish.

Took a copy in case you change it, in order to compare.

The first two verses made me think of a baby actually. A boychild, it fits and you know what to expect.
The 3rd verse.. Bravo, nobody counts, publish it.

Your poems are always excellent Hawkman

[PrinceMyshkin]

Yes, by all means, do go ahead and publish. It's obvious you had fun writing this.

[Hawkman]

diz & Prince, thanks for your comments. Tongue firmly in my cheek with this one - H

[Delta40]

ha ha! I love it. Hope you use a can of campbells soup for an ashtray!

[Bar22do]

What a sinful satire! I wonder who would venture to publish... in the meantime, it was a treat, for me! thanks!

My navel I shall contemplate
And intellectually masturbate
And preening in reflected glory,
Released from any social mores,
Praise my work in terms ecstatic
And write the words in automatic.

I quote this here out of sheer pleasure, probably similar to yours, as you wrote this poem. Cheers! - Bar

[MorpheusSandman]

I love wry, mordant pieces like this that are self-conscious about the self-consciousness of modern art! It's all the better when it's done with a great deal of self-effacing humor like this. Just lovely.

[Hawkman]

Delta40, Thanks for stopping by to post your appreciation of my post-modern poem. You know, I once saw Marcel Duchamps being interviewed about the now infamous fountain. The amusement was written all over his face and permeated his voice as he told the tale to the earnest young man asked his probing questions.

Duchamps had entered the urinal into the exhibition for a joke. 40 years later he was still laughing as his joke had inspired a whole generation of artists and critics who didn’t get it. God Bless the man!

Actually I find nearly all the modern art movements of the first half of the 20th Century liberated and fulfilling. Constructivism, De Styl, Bauhause, and Oh how I love the German Expressionists (especially in film) and Art Deco. Better stop now or I’ll be giving a lecture ;)

(I can do without Gilbert and George though)

Thank you Bar for your tolerance of my teasing tirade. To bring a smile to your face is my reward!

Morpheus,
Thank you too. About the only use I have for post-modernism is in the lexicography of taxonomy in that it is a convenient label to slap on those weirder fads in the art world that have developed since the 1960s. Most art from the modernist period I consider valid (see above).

To make the world smile is a worthy aim but to have just a few smiles revealed to me is reward enough.

Again, thank you all – live long and prosper - H

[Buh4Bee]

It's been great fun reading your satirical poem and everyone's reaction to it.

[Hawkman]

Thanks jersea, to serve is my goal. - H

[blank|verse]

Yes, very good Hawkman. This is the sort of poem you seem to write very easily.

I have a quibble about your use of 'ode' which is a traditional form and something a post-modern poet wouldn't touch with a barge-pole, unless it was done 'ironically'; but it's enjoyable nonetheless.

[lallison]

In a word: ha.

[Hawkman]

Thanks B/V (I think, :) )

lall, I was hoping for more than one, "ha..." Never mind, I can't win 'em all.

Best, H