In Esteemed Halls Of Academic Poetics Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

once upon a time in the esteemed halls of academia,
in a far far away land of university literary studies,
lived a very foolish associate professor of literature;

now this professor of American Lit believed resolutely,
that only academics could write real poetry because this
learned process involved a great deal of literary learning;

his resolute conception of all things poetic had an absolute
rule; which was nothing new could be created without first
building building building upon layers of poetic past theory;

all great poets built upon poetic foundations of past poets,
who proceeded them and blazed forth sacred holy poetic paths,
and thus only learned academics could write academic poetry;

layers upon layers of poetic technique theory meant absolutely,
nothing could happen in isolation no poet could have original
thoughts conceive independently a new poetic form in moments;

of eureka thus his poetry was a fossilized form of dry academia,
never could he admit innate poets bypass transcend academia,
genius poets transcend time space rules in homage to their muse;


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