Most writers embark upon a legacy of prose <br />the most lucrative venture in an unyielding sea <br />only a fool would choose <br /> <br />poetry <br />to chart the circumference of a life <br />no profit to be gained <br /> <br />and <br />very possibly <br />obscurity in the passing <br /> <br />unless <br />there be some deeper truth <br />to plumb <br /> <br />a reward of soul <br />unfathomable to the surface <br />of a word. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in The Odeum, Nov 2001; The Poet's Porch, Jan 2002)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dying-breed/
