Poet Glow Of Fame

Poet Glow Of Fame
© Surazeus
2026 10 17

Drunk on the bitter wine of arrogance, 
the Famous Poet, in tattered tweed suit, 
stumbles on stage to polished podium 
in bright university lecture hall 
to read with important voice of prestige 
his latest collection of meditations. 

Do not imbue on me that poet glow
that shrouds fools in veil of immortal Fame
which transforms mortals, fueled by lust to live,
to holy messengers of divine truth
with marble sheen of false divinity
that neuters mission to expand the mind.

Transforming into bat with devil wings, 
before eyes of the startled audience 
who gasp with surprise at absurdity, 
the Famous Poet flaps about the room, 
bumping into dark portraits of Great Poets, 
and shrieks dire prophecies in solemn verse. 

Strange glow of mute sorrow from long-dead stars 
radiates from frail frame of mortal flesh 
that imbues him with poet glow of fame 
as cosmic insight into social trends 
that illuminate with grammatic twist 
psychological process of the seer. 

After he finishes reading grand poems 
about domestic quietude of rage 
that surges from subconscious sea of faith, 
the Famous Poet sits at polished table 
and signs copies of his latest collection 
for each star-eyed worshipper of his greatness. 

Eyes blinded by his poet glow of fame, 
the Famous Poet wanders endless halls 
past doors that open to empty classrooms 
where ghosts of students haunt strange Otherworlds 
that emanate as holograms from books, 
then floats up into swirling clouds of glory. 

Riding in the back of the dented car, 
driven by the ambitious graduate student 
who gushes on about symbology, 
the Famous Poet gazes at bright stars 
that glimmer faintly through after-rain clouds, 
and ponders nature of the Perfect Poem. 

After waking sober in purple dawn, 
the Famous Poet eats eggs on rye toast, 
then strides gleaming halls of the glass airport 
to ride the airplane to the little town 
where he teaches poetry at the college 
since he survives on poet glow of flame.