Thursday, August 1, 2019

DILEMMA by Chocolate Waters

I can’t stand poets who won’t read other poets.
I can’t stand poets who won’t read.
I can’t stand poets who are too drunk to stand up
when they read.
I can’t stand when I can’t understand poets.
I can’t understand poets who can’t understand
when I can’t stand
poets.

First published in Poems That Thump, 1994





Chocolate Waters loves to drink and write in bars. She’s produced four poetry collections this way and currently has a new collection, Bittersweet Resurrection (Eggplant Press, NY, NY) coming out in 2019. “Write drunk, edit sober,” said Hemmingway – and she does. She’s lived in Manhattan for nearly 40 years. Sorry, no cats.
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2 comments:

  1. Janet Robbins aka mickeyfan26@gmail.comAugust 1, 2019 at 5:56 AM

    I CAN UNDERSTAND ALL YOU'RE CAN'T STANDS, ENJOYED THEM ACTUALLY. BUT ....NO CATS???? GREAT JOB! TWO THUMBS UP !

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  2. chocolate watersFebruary 6, 2021 at 8:11 AM

    Thanks, Janet. Just now seeing this! Still no cats...

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