On Poesy

[Alexander III]

Poetry is but that lost proffession
Which every generation must re-learn,
By stumbling through the memory
Of a distant Eden.

[Alexander III]

Bump!

[miyako73]

Poetry is but that lost proffession
Which every generation must re-learn,
By stumbling through the distant memory
Of an ancient Eden.

Is your "proffession"
a vanity of poetic license
or just a folly
of a tired finger?

[Buh4Bee]

profession

[Alexander III]

Is your "proffession"
a vanity of poetic license
or just a folly
of a tired finger?

I suppose you did not like it.

[miyako73]

Too proselike and preachy for me. A short piece like this should not be peppered with redundancies. You have many in this one.


generation - relearn

distant - memory

ancient - Eden


Take care!

[Alexander III]

Too proselike and preachy for me. A short piece like this should not be peppered with redundancies. You have many in this one.


generation - relearn

distant - memory

ancient - Eden


Take care!

I see what you mean, and I have edited the poem beacuse I think your premis is right, I have tryed to get rid of the so called superflous.

[AuntShecky]

Please check your spelling.

[Bar22do]

Poetry is but that lost proffession
Which every generation must re-learn,
By stumbling through the memory
Of a distant Eden.

Hey AIII, poetry is an art, not a profession... it's never lost but passed over from generation to generation and some poets memory has hell for their fertile ground...
Anyhow, it was nice to find you again on the pages. I myself am back here again, slowly reading new and older entries. Cheers!