Oberservationist Manifesto
by Daniel-J-Weller
(verb) Observe.
1. Notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.
1.1. Watch (someone or something) carefully and attentively.
Observe all. See all as significant.
Especially that which seems strikingly not so.
Watch it carefully, attentively, examine the subject, the object, the Thought. Stop and take your thoughts in, then;
Sit and let the words out;
Sit and be quick, for observations are constant;
Sit and you may forget them all, so
Sit, and write.
Observe beauty—or ugliness—in the mundane
And the daily.
The prettiness of flowers is well documented
As is personal love.
Observe feeling without vague subjectiveness
Or dreamt-up narrative.
Observe your surroundings and take in that moment
Five minutes to write it down
(Or ten, if you're lucky).
Cast away your barriers.
Meter and rhyme,
Lines ending with full sto—
—Vocabulary narcissism.
Let everyone understand your words, for
Poetry is not for the well-educated
Or the creative
Or the recluse,
Poetry is for all that observe
And register their sights and sounds significant.
The poet merely watches carefully and attentively
Then marks it down
(noun) Poetry
1. Observation