Poem Of The Day ~ Gregory Corso’s ‘I Am 25’

cottonlazarus (65)in #poetry • 6 years ago

With a love a madness for Shelley
Chatterton Rimbaud
and the needy-yap of my youth
has gone from ear to ear:
I HATE OLD POETMEN!
Especially old poetmen who retract
who consult other old poetmen
who speak their youth in whispers,
saying:--I did those then
but that was then
that was then--
O I would quiet old men
say to them:--I am your friend
what you once were, thru me
you'll be again--
Then at night in the confidence of their homes
rip out their apology-tongues
and steal their poems.

I hope you enjoyed today's choice, another one coming at you tomorrow.

by Cotton.

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submarine (49) 6 years ago

Source:
https://sonyasolo.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/a-poem-by-gregory-corso/

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