God’s in This World, All’s Pyrite in Heaven
“God’s in His heaven–
All’s right with the world!”
~ Robert Browning
When poets enter other people’s brains,
Especially the made up ones, the threat
Is like paradisal tree that strains
Itself producing different fruits, a set
Of separate ones from month to month, say pear,
Then apple, orange. Silliness might come.
A little girl’s mistaken thoughts might blare
In innocence. They might be more like scum
On optimism. Or it may be worst
Will happen in a pessimistic mind.
The likelihood is there’ll be a burst
Of wrongness twelve time over, just refined.
Unless it’s Shakespeare at his tragic best,
The poet may turn out to be a minor pest.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Oct 7, 2024 | IM |