by swallowedscream
for a simpleton like myself, but I read it again and again because it became so addictive. For me the line: "Following the lyrical breadcrumbs that lead to your inner self." Just displayed your very imaginative hidden talent. Very nice job, thanks for the read.
It coheres. And builds nicely to a crescendo. Makes me happy to find a poem like this one.
this piece of poetry does all that i think you intended it to. you portray the relationship between reader and writer with absolute artistic clarity. i had never thought of it in these terms before, but now, with this lyrical buffet s pread before me.....i can't believe i ever missed it. "follow the lyrical breadcrumcbs that lead to your inner self". that line is pure gold.
I wouldn't call it allusions but rather very nice alliterations - the "riddles and rhymes" and "literary breadcrumbs" that lead to somewhere secret and and full of wonder.