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Within mundane vulgarity does dissipate. Why have the arts declined to such a state, Discoveries of past to pieces hacking? All written forms with structure are imbued, Prose—formed by grammar, eloquence, and plot. The deconstructionists remember not That poetry apart from rhyme is skewed. Call rhymeless chatter “naturalistic dialogue” But do not dare magnificence deride, Equating it with masters who had thought applied, Reducing vivid speech to bark of dog. To title “poetry” each arbitrary surfaced whim Demeans the dignity of men who’d greatness wrought, For rhyme with meaning is derived from thought And careful choice of words profundity can’t dim. Mere plain, unstructured, casual feeling Cannot objective, processed truth convey. Rhyme mandates that one never stray From lofty conscience which is facts revealing. Life logic is—Art for art’s sake is rotten. The patterns of reality in words must mirrored be, Else will the clear-cut reason of morality By bumbling, stumbling creatures be forgotten. One never should under his feet a hole Dim-wittedly for devastation dig; Thus one should not the art of poets rig, For art is the technology of soul. If algorithms from your machine were banished, If backward savages your gears sought to steal, And rearrange them to fit how they "feel," Would not your profit become wholly vanished? How does rhyme differ, even in its aim, If poems’ goal is to enhance your motivation, To think and labor for your interests’ satiation? Rhyme’s lack would your existence, then, defame. No, rhyme is not a mere societal convention; Not for the norm must man a sound scheme follow. ‘Tis that without it his world is hollow That furnishes its quest of intricate intention.
G.
Stolyarov II is a science fiction novelist, independent
filosofical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician,
composer, contributor to
Enter Stage Right,
Le Quebecois Libre, and the
Ludwig von Mises Institute,
Senior Writer for
The Liberal Institute, and
Editor-in-Chief of
The Rational Argumentator, a
magazine championing the principles of reason, rights,
and progress. His newest science fiction novel is
Eden against the Colossus.
His latest non-fiction treatise is
A Rational Cosmology. Mr.
Stolyarov can be contacted at
gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com. This TRA feature has been edited in accordance with TRA’s Statement of Policy. Click here to return to TRA's Issue VI Index. Learn about Mr. Stolyarov's novel, Eden against the Colossus, here. Read Mr. Stolyarov's new comprehensive treatise, A Rational Cosmology, explicating such terms as the universe, matter, space, time, sound, light, life, consciousness, and volition, at http://www.geocities.com/rational_argumentator/rc.html.
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