The Reader (a poem)
His empty eyes fix to the page
Pouring over the words of elegant superiors
Enticed by the musical motion of the lyrics
Carefully chosen and placed
To shock
Stun
Soothe
Seduce.
Fingers brush the edges of the book
Caressing gently the binding of somehing,
This thing, so lovely, so awe-inspiring
Not wanting the music to
Stop,
The words to run out,
The poet to cease,
Writing, telling us how the world is
Beautiful.
We cannot see it on our own.
It takes an artist.
It requires a dynamic our creative souls lack
The paint, the pen, the words,
The vision.
Comments
Yes, we can be spellbound by a poets words, just as we can by an artists beautiful painting. A very nice piece of work and I really enjoyed it, Thanks for sharing.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing:)
- Author
Glad y'all liked it! Just happy to be writing and posting again :-) thanks for the comments.
Oh, my love language! I love free poetry... well done!
This is a great poem, Huey. I can relate to this reader a lot. Being caught up in a writer's art and words is a beautiful thing.
Voted up!
Right ,very right..some writers won t let you to put down their books till you eat up all the pages.
Very beautiful poem.I voted up too!:)
"Writing, telling us how the world is beautiful" was my favorite line. It really summed up more than I thought a single line could sum up about writing and literature. I'm glad to have found another great poet here on hubpages :)
- Author
dallaswriter, Ryem, James-wolve, and HaleyMCruz thank you soo much for all the praise. I'm happy to have come out of my funk with something new that has received such positive feedback. Glad you all enjoyed this piece and i hope to come across your writing as well. :-)
OK. this one was really a good poem. nice job. very nice.
I loved it.
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