An epic, <br />written by a brilliant mind <br />like Van Gogh, <br />underappreciated. <br />The poet dies in a squalid flat, <br />penniless and alone. <br />His lifes' work- <br />fantasmic verses of a visionary- <br />are all stuffed post-humously <br />into a box. <br />His genius, <br />mistaken for useless scribble, <br />is discarded like so much riff-raff. <br />It decays, forgotten. <br />Years pass. <br />The epic masterpiece alone survives <br />in that box filled with scraps of faded ink. <br />A single heart-wrenching poem, <br />now loved by millions, <br />by a now-mourned author <br />who's name evaporated, forgotten by time. <br />An epic <br />written by <br />Anonymous. <br /> <br />(15 minute poem challenge)<br /><br />Meggan McGuire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-of-an-unknown-poet/
