Winter 2005 (March)
by Joseph Powell
Chapbook: Mofo' Risin p.29
In this house
On Quill Street
There will be
Healing
And there will be laughter,
It is a must--
For
Sorrow and
Pain
Have been
Unwanted tenants
In places
We've lived
In the past
And we
Will fight
To keep
Them out
Of our
House here
On Quill Sttreet.
We will
Write poetry
And craft stories
In this house
Here
On Quill Street--
For quill
Means pen
In a language
Most consider dead
And our language
Is life,
As are the words
We will write
Here
In this house
On Quill Street.
We will
Welcome friends
And
Be friends
Here
On Quill Street.
Open hearts
Open house
Where
There will be
Laughter
Where
There will be
Healing,
And poetry
And shared stories
And words of life,
All is welcome
In this house
Here
On Quill Street.
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by Joseph Powell
Chapbook: Mofo' Risin' p.8
Available in print edition.
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Title of Poem: On Quill St.
Author: Joseph Powell
Rating: 5 olives
The poem "On Quill St." is a wonderful poem about the writer's or poet's chief instrument - the quill.
In modern times, the writer or poet now uses a pen or a typewriter or a computer to craft his stories or poems.
When the ballpen, the typewriter and computer were not yet invented, the quill is the most important instrument of a writer or a poet aside from the paper.
The most often quoted cliche by writers and revolutionaries is -"The pen is mightier than the sword." The pen or quill can persuade people to action for a particular cause..
In this poem, the poet reveals that the quill can also be an instrument to cause pain and sorrow.
This poem looks on the other uses of the quill.
The quill also makes people laugh.The quill can help build friendships. The quill can heal souls.
The House on Quill Street is like a utopia for the poet. What is utopia? Utopia is an ideal place where pain and sorrow is banished or pain and sorrow does not exist. The poet wants to banish the "tenants" pain and sorrow from the House on Quill Street.
The poet wants to welcome writers and poets who writes stories that make us laugh, make our souls heal and build up friendships in this "House on Quill Street".
Is there a place here on earth like the poet's "House on Quill Street"? Is there a place here on earth that is devoid or free from pain and sorrow? Can we really banish totally pain and sorrow?
Well, some families live in a house of laughter and freindships. But not all families live in a house of laughter and friendship. Some families live in a house of chaos, hunger, divorce, poverty.
This poem caught my interest because this poem is kind of a poet's longing for utopia.
Pain and sorrow is very common in some countries Africa and Asia where hunger and starvation is just as normal as breathing. Pain and sorrow is very common in families living in houses of poverty, or with alcoholic parent/s, or with drug-dependent parent/s, etc. Pain and sorrow afflicts the rich not only the poor.
The "House on Quill Street" will be a nice place to live in. It is a house of laughter, healing, friendship and no pain and sorrow.
This poem is nominated "Best Poem of the Year 2004" for the Muses Review Awards for Poetry. .