Casting Nets Out At Sea

Casting Nets Out At Sea

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Casting Nets Out At Sea

I'm Fishing for Poetry

Beneath the Surface

Words Percolate

Up to Me 

*

They're Not 

My Own

Know Not 

Where they 

Came From

*

At First

They Were

Shy

And Hiding

Yet I saw them once

When I was out

Riding

*

They Went

Unheard 

Drifted

Back

Under

The

Sea

Far

Far

Away

From

Me

*

I was then startled

Yet I did not run

A Muse did appear 

Like the beating of a drum

Melodiously

Arising 

Joyously 

Warming My Heart

Under the Sun

*

Words Then Lept Forth 

Soaring

As if They Were

Birds

Far

Above

Earth

*

Oh We 

Soar

To

Places

Far

And

Near

Where

I Can 

Hear 

The

Power

Of

Poetries

Thunder

Roar 

*

Words fly off left and right

If you are not quick

They will like a

Bubble

Vanish

From

Sight

*

It's impossible

To Explain

Glossed

With a Sheen

It's Meaning

Moves shakes

Shifts

The

Magic

Of

Poetry

In 

These

Times

Often

Goes

Unseen

*

Now

Let's

Peak

I look

You

See

The Silent 

Spaces

Between

You and Me

*

Diving Down Under The Sea What Do I see?

*

I'll Tell You What I See

In 

Stillness 

We

Can

Love

We

We

Are

Safe

Can

We

Can

Be

*

Because

In The End

Love 

Triumphs

So Why HATE

When

Love 

Wins 

Ultimately?

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Feel the Words Tumble, Rattle and Roll

Feel them shake and thunder 

Deep down in your soul

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Time to Jump Friends

Oh Amazing Grace

Hallelujah!

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AH AH AH

Freedom

Sitting High 

Love 

Upon a 

Throne

Sounds

Forth

Silent

Unspoken 

Songs

AH AH AH

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Word Diamonds Sigh

Scattering Across Time

Fractals Go Poof

Dance and prance 

Other Melodious

Neglected

Words 

Are In a Trance

Others Sing

Flying High

Some Words 

Can appear

Without Any

Reason

Why

*

Some Soar

Far Away

In Space

Other Are

Near

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If you don't cast your net 

At the exact moment

You may find 

Your words

Disappear

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Some Think 

Poetry is Silly

Something for fools

If They Met

Homer

Long ago in BC

They Might Find

BLINK BLINK BLINK

Poetry Can

Help Us Break Free

In the Flash

Of A Wink

Why Starve?

Poetry Is Food

Why Die of Thirst?

When Poetry Is

Drink

*

See the Words Sing As They Go

Where They come from by Great Spirit

I must be Honest I Simply Don't Know*

*

Poetry's Call

If not respected

DANGER

One might could

Find

Themselves 

Drowning

In The World's Sorrow

Without a tomorrow 

In Misery

Lost Out At Sea

Hearing the Sirens Song Call

Seduced By Deaths False Charms

Ready for A Big Big Fall

*

Without

Poetry 

One

Could

Find

Themselves

Drowning

Lost

Out

At

Sea

In

A 

Dire

Emergency

Where

There

Is

Only 

One

Medicine

And

That

Is

Poetry 

*

No, like breath

Poems are life

A Dress Of Lace

When you read a poem

You see it lights up

Someone's face 

Opening Up

New Vistas

Within

Undefiled

Space

*

If You don't recognize

Quickly the Poems 

True Face

It Will 

Disappear

Without a 

Trace

*

My Oh My Hey Hey Hey

Thank the great Spirit

For these Words

Raining Down

Today

*

So I spend my days 

Casting my net at sea

Looking at what arises

For something that will be

Of benefit to others

All Sentient

Beings 

TheEarth

And

Humanity 

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Now it's time to relax

Slow down, ready the nets

Head on out to sea

If you wish to cast your net

Please

Be my guest

Climb

Aboard

On this

Extraordinary

Journey

With

Me

We

Can

Dream

Poems

Together

Floating

In Peace

With the Poets

Of Old

Singing

Forgotten

Songs

We

In Harmony 

Deep

Beneath

The 

Sea

Where

Long

Ago

Love

Gave

Birth

To

Poetry

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Written by David Arndt on August 11, 2022

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Artwork Daniel Mercadante