Two Halfs To A Whole

[bags123]

Two Halfs To A Whole

A poet's only half as good
If all his work's not understood
By everyone who may have read
A verse by him from where it spread
On napkins, bags, or paper plates
Epitomizing works of late...
All destined to be thrown away
Unsculpted thoughts, unmolded clay

Disposed of by the other half
That treds a more pragmatic path
Where poets rarely intervene
They're nearly never, ever, seen
But those disposed reside within
Somewhere beneath their cynics skin
Appearing when the mood is right
And pragmatism's taken flight.

[LadySaturn]

Wow... Sometimes Bagsy you hit one right out of the park... I mean Wow..

[bags123]

Thanks LS,...I'm trying to improve my batting average.

[DarleneG]

Two halfs of a brain make a whole. It's as if you've seen inside a poet's soul! A great poem, bags

[bags123]

Two halfs of a brain make a whole. It's as if you've seen inside a poet's soul! A great poem, bags

What a great comment. Thanks Darlene.

[nekot]

Another added to my favorite list.

[bags123]

Thanks Carol. Hope things are going the right direction in the daily struggles. Whatever they may be.

[nekot]

Thanks Carol. Hope things are going the right direction in the daily struggles. Whatever they may be.

Thanks Bags! Same backatcha!

[JukotoxKanashimi]

it's interesting to read a poet now after having read 7 years back.....and hmmm, nope, still don't understand.

i jest! or do i?

[bags123]

it's interesting to read a poet now after having read 7 years back.....and hmmm, nope, still don't understand.

i jest! or do i?

Glad I can still be mysterious Juko. Nice to see you back around.

[poeticpiers reborn]

the sum of the parts is greater than the whole perhaps

[bags123]

Perhaps.

[audiofool]

Good poem, bags.

Pardon me if
I fail to understand
I don't make sense (sometimes)
just demands.