oetry for ostmodern imes

oetry for ostmodern imes

by Daniel Keeran, MSW

Postmodernpoetrylacksrhymeandmeteroranyrulesoftraditionalpoetryandinsomeway
alludestopostmodernideasandimplications. Thepoetrymayalsocontainotherformsof
expressiondeemedartisticorenjoyabletotheauthor.

Poem #1
There once was a lady from Hope
Who smoked a lot of………
What is the most important thing you can do with your life?
There is only nothing: no principles, no values, no meaning of life.
Ideas of right and wrong morality are created individually or
by the group.
Anomie and nihilism prevail.
No matter. Humans don’t have much longer anyways.
Their suffering will be over, or maybe just beginning.
How sad. Tissues and violins, please.
Infinite interpretations exist of everything.
Or maybe not. OK maybe only one or two.
Humans call themselves sentient
Because they look similar.
Humans value sentience because humans are sentient.
And we know nothing of other sentience.
Words are given meanings by cultures.
Now gender pronouns are legislated.
Now gender is fluid, and liquid is the new sexual paradigm.
Consciousness is a medium of the Unseen One.
This is all that remains and the door to eternity.
Is transcendent meaning necessary?
I think so.