New poem: "The More He Reads..."

 

The More He Reads…

 An eclectic and voracious reader

his whole life, with thousands of books

in his home library, but lately a feeling

has crept over him that the more he reads,

the less he knows, and it’s terrifying. All

the same, he’s taking a deep dive into

a great writer’s life, his many and varied

works of literature—poetry, short stories,

novels galore, not to mention hundreds

of book and art reviews, personal essays,

and criticism, less than half of which

would be more than enough to shatter

the confidence of most writers; but the

lonely writer soldiers on, as most writers

are wont to do, plugging away at the great

writer’s magnificent oeuvre, in the hope

that one day he will get over his phobia

of reading him and enjoy the great writer

for the literary genius that he is.