A Poem for Prose (Again)

Originally posted 2/27/2014 – edited 5/3/2015

You will never find
A great dusty tome
Leather bound and fragrant
On whose spine is written
“The Complete Poems of Trent”
No university class
Will teach my verse
No students
Hanging on every word
For I am not a poet
I pretend not to be one
I am not a poet
Yet I fill the page with lines
Flowing from my pen
Hopefully flowering with words
And meaning
I write stanza and verse
Gaudy or terse
Rhythm and rhyme
mundane or sublime
(Some of the time)
Yet
I am not a poet
With prose I create my worlds
With prose I share my thoughts
It is with prose that I explore
The universe in and out
So why the verse
Why the rhyme?
Metaphor and allusion
Rhythm and flow
Imagery and openness
Poetry releases these colors
To paint my inner world
And once the colors are released
I can draw the words of my prose
A little brighter
With a little more style
And substance
I am not a poet
Yet still I write
A line or two

21 thoughts on “A Poem for Prose (Again)”

petescribes May 26, 2015 at 5:59 pm

I am not a poet either, I loved it and look forward to reading more

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trentpmcd Post authorMay 26, 2015 at 6:58 pm

Thanks! I wrote this when i started my adventure of trying to put up at least one new poem a week.

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forgottenmeadows May 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm

have shared it on twitter from your page…and I have to disagree I think for certain you are a wonderful poet :)

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trentpmcd Post authorMay 4, 2015 at 4:51 pm

Thanks Neha!

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jackiemallon May 4, 2015 at 1:08 pm

Hmm I might beg to differ.
Ok I’ll whisper it…(You’re a poet)

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trentpmcd Post authorMay 4, 2015 at 2:12 pm

Thanks Jackie, I try. Maybe some day I’ll accept that title ;)

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aladywrites4u May 3, 2015 at 8:10 pm

Poetry by Not-A-Poet… yep I can totally see that one landing on a desktop.

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trentpmcd Post authorMay 3, 2015 at 8:23 pm

If I ever do put out a book of poetry I’ll have to name it something like that – Non-Poet Poetry ;)

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1. aladywrites4u May 3, 2015 at 8:24 pm
  
  Ha ha good idea
  
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alienorajt May 3, 2015 at 5:01 pm

I love this one, Trent. In not being a poet, you actually show that you are one. Know what you mean about the relationship between prose and poetry: they complement one another in many ways, and the study of poetic form can tighten the prose style, eliminating the superfluous and self-indulgent phrases we all produce from time to time. xxx

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trentpmcd Post authorMay 3, 2015 at 5:06 pm

Thanks Ali! Somebody drug this up recently and I had to repost! As i said to Amy, when I wrote it I had written at most a couple of dozen poems. Hope I’ve gotten better since then!

Haven’t seen you in a while – do you have a blog up? I get a blank page when I try to find you.

Hope you’re doing well!

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1. alienorajt May 3, 2015 at 5:09 pm
  
  Now blogging on this address, Trent (https://orangehairedalienora.wordpress.com/) – but failed to warn people in advance and so became a lost soul for a few weeks. xxx
  
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  1. trentpmcd Post authorMay 3, 2015 at 5:11 pm
    
    Thanks for the link – I just found you via Google. I’ll try to take a look later:)
    
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    1. alienorajt May 3, 2015 at 5:23 pm
      
      Grand!
      
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Amy Reese May 3, 2015 at 5:00 pm

Nah, you’re a poet! Sublime, Trent.

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trentpmcd Post authorMay 3, 2015 at 5:04 pm

Thanks Amy! When I originally wrote this I think I could count the poems I’d created on my fingers and toes. Now, trying to write a new poem every week I hope I’m a little better ;)

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1. Amy Reese May 3, 2015 at 5:12 pm
  
  I didn’t even know it was a repost!
  
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  1. trentpmcd Post authorMay 3, 2015 at 5:34 pm
    
    A lot of times people skip reposts so I hide them ;) The first line under the picture is “Originally posted 2/27/2014 – edited 5/3/2015” and then there is the “(Again)” in the title. Usually I put “(Repost)” in the title, but decided to try something different.
    
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    1. Amy Reese May 3, 2015 at 5:35 pm
      
      Oh, I read it on my phone. So, I probably didn’t see any of that! :)
      
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      1. trentpmcd Post authorMay 3, 2015 at 5:39 pm
        
        I’ve missed things like that. The worse one was when someone I follow went on about all of the things she’s done in the last year, including coming out of the closet, and I wrote a long reply about “How in the world did I miss that one!” and then she replied that it was guest author posting. ooops… ;)
        
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        Amy Reese May 3, 2015 at 5:42 pm
        
        Ha ha! An honest mistake. It happens!
        
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