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Poesy

Not a typo. Poesy is the archaic and implies meter.

noun

ARCHAICLITERARY
  1. poetry.
    “they were enamored of poesy and the fine arts”
      1. the art or composition of poetry.
        “the genius of poesy”

    The art of poetry is in jeopardy. Only by re-inventing its mode of consumption will we be able to maintain it’s place on the literary shelf and societal influence. A new mimetic at the heart of the language of origin. For every poesy must be rooted in its citizen poet. The city’s shadow capturing memes of life, memories of the language of a generation. Record of our greatest and smallest moments.  The archetypal drum, beating out our stories, repeating verse after verse after verse after verse.

    I present you the chorus of our psalm. Singing praises to the human being, doing what we do. How we exist. The emotive world we absorb that transforms and transmutates our language and our ability to relate to our surroundings and each other. For if there is a place for poesy left in this lingual-fragmented culture, it must be brief and with the heartbeat of the people. Anywhere, anytime.

By Makar

Stephen Sutherlin is a designer, poet and musician. He writes poetry about life in the southwest and enjoys metrical lyricism.