Crucifying Prufrock
By: John Kaniecki
Slander!
Blasphemy
Who gave you consent
Repent!
Repent!
Repent!
Ah how dare you encroach?
To arrogantly approach
Such sacred a name
For shame!
For shame!
I caught the victim in not a garden
But a mansion grand
A library with tomes
In Greek
In French
In Latin as well
Hell!
What was his sin?
What was his crime?
Simply appearing in
Some cosmic rhyme
Three nails for the dastardly deed
Three nails I desperately need
Academia
Robbing poetry from the masses
Ambiguity
In ignorance it always passes
Spite
For T.S. Eliot could not sing the blues
Half as well as Langston Hughes
I wait with eager eyes
To see if he shall arise
John Kaniecki writes prose and poetry. His poetry has appeared in over one hundred outlets. John's poetry is always in a state of flux and he is always reading and learning. John hopes to bring his poetry into this new age and then some. He works as an assistant to a lawyer and also a peace activist and a minister in the Church of Christ.
John has over a dozen books either published by small publishers or self-published. His poem “Tea With Joe Hill” won the Joe Hill Poetry Contest in 2012.
Please be sure to visit John Kaniecki's websites at www.johnkaniecki.weebly.com and www.johnkaniecki.blogspot.com.