NPM: Poem 14

In celebration on National Poetry Month, I am attempting to write a poem a day.  Fun!

I wrote the following poem as my opening selection for the Poetry Slam the White River Reading Council hosted along with Lyon College's Mortar Board.

Slammin' with The Poetics

Meeting tonight with peers, students,
And the, oh, so talented speakers of The Spoken Word.
To chant, to feel, to move, to empower
Those who sit, who absorb, who then are moved. 

What is this Spoken Word?
What are these rhymes that lure?
What are the motives behind this emotional tour? 

The answer: 

We celebrate the language,
The love of words.
We celebrate the images they convey,
The responses we survey. 

Then, 

We empathize with common brothers and sisters of the Word.
No, not a nerd,
A fellow writer, a fellow speaker.
To revelation, we are a seeker.

Tonight,

I am slammin’ with the Poetics,
Ready now for your words to mix,
Along with mine, along with others,
Speaking of friends, fathers, and mothers. 

Tonight,I am slammin’ with the Poetics,
As we celebrate language’s ebb and flow,
As our emotions along do tow.
What a privilege, what an honor,
Now, your turn,
Now, on your words we ponder.