Listen!
Or read, or whatever
But by God, Just observe
As I bare my mind
Do take it the wrong way
I always prefer that.
I seethe from the sham
The cacophony and insolence
Of you teaching your betters
Even putting on airs
Like you know a thing.
“Wow, keep it up”
Please, Hush it up.
Up is where I belong
You didn’t need to say.
See, Because I’m a scribe
Therefore I write
Read well you may
Understand you may not
I am on the pedestal
You are the pedestal
Feel free to come up
But tramp not my work
Try write your own
“I love it!”
Shut up.
I wrote it.
I write what I like,
You read if you like.
Understand if you can
But please do not edit.
Don’t wonder at my rage
Its just that I hate
When you pretend to relate.
Least you should know
Its hard to be mates
With those you predate.
“Terrible!”
“Remarkable!”
Make up your minds
Its why I pay no mind
I know I am good
You know if you are
Don’t tell me to improve
Your reading should do
You don’t understand?
Boy, Its not the work
You need a higher stance
To elevate your mind
“This poem is so silly”
Come a little closer
And say that again
Straight to my face
And I scar your facade
The post might be bad
But Its not an exam
If there be any error
Guy, Its only a style
Or you may be the error.
I write for higher minds
“Sorry for your loss”
Dummy, Its fiction
None really died
Writers do lie
You think I can do better?
Yes, I agree
That your life needs be better
See you are no editor
Can tell by your comments
That You don’t have a job
Debate was not the intent
As shown by your comments
“Nice, I love it!”
Noise, who cares!
I impress me too
So do join the queue
Line is quite long.
True I have an ego
But see, there is a reason
I don’t need acclaim
Nor your dismay
I just do my own thing
And like my own way
I am not so impressed
By what you profess
I be the true judge
Of anything I post
I write for myself
Not for no reader.
Don’t love
Don’t hate
Don’t lol
Just be silently impressed.
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kaycee @kaycee
The Free Spirit.
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I would pay any amount to have this satire published over and over again. Although I wouldn’t fall for the sense that the aesthetic distance is far from the writer. The piece speaks against him to. What an irony. You see, Kaycee, you are also counseling yourself and your like on NS; those who go tearing pieces down all in the name of critique and appreciation. Well, a good writer would need those though. But never to the detriment of his artistic progress. It is good you have written this; I would in another sense consider it as a service to NS writers who in time past have been bombarded with damaging peer-appreciations that at times did more harm than good to writers who needed encouragement than anything. One thing readers and writers on NS should know is that every member on the site is still on his own path to establishment. One important reason a large numbers of member have joined this site for is to be counseled mildly when the case calls for it and encouraged in all ways. Please, let’s pare our strong criticisms to the minimum and keep them for those who we pay money to read.
Funny Kaycee full of ego and doesnt even care what the editors say
Do you just call Kaycee an egotist? I fear Kaycee has an AK47. It shows in the tone of his poem.
Lol
Wait till you read the other one, “NS critics to writers.”
Uhm…erm…uh…ok..well…
This is definitely full of innate pride and arrogance (as per ur short bio). I like the style, the attitude, the in-your-face-wetin-u-wan-do spirit…but that’s not to say I agree with the views expressed…
People with such bio do not really care what others think. Especially when the thoughts are negative.
And what views do you disagree with?
@gboyega otolorin
Oh there’s a lot I don’t agree with. The whole “I be the true judge of anything I post, I write for myself and not for any reader…” “I am not so impressed by what you profess…” “I know I am good, you know if you are, don’t tell me to improve, your reading should do…”
I don’t agree with all that. No writer writes for himself, and if you write for yourself why put up your stuff here on NS?? Also, you can’t really truly know that you are good at anything until ppl tell you that you are. You can believe you’re good at it, but that could also be self-deception…a lot of ppl go for talent show auditions believeing they can sing and in reality their voices are terrible… Then again, even if you’re good at it, why can’t ppl tell you to improve? It’s not like anyone is born perfect..
Anyway, like I said, I like the ‘attitude’ in your piece but I totally disagree with the contact!
sorry I meant the content…
@writerer, Why are you making it personal? I wasn’t writing about me.
That’s the problem with NS readers, they think people always write about themselves.
This is a banter, between Writers and readers. I haven’t posted the reader’s reply yet.
Haba!
Read the poem again. I didn’t post the poem for you to argue with it. LEARN.
It is a POEM, it is not scripture!
Did you say one can’t really know when he is good?
I am so in sync with your views @guywriterer and I keep wondering what people really mean when they say they they write for themselves when in truth they engage in the very art of writing to be applauded.
In what area do you disagree @Gboyega
Very direct Kaycee, nevertheless NS writers still need them. In every word s/b utters there’s always s/th to learn.
Maybe, man, maybe.
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Bless you!
Kai this is too long now. You tried anyways. Your rage shone through.
Keep improving your art. There is no end to development.
My rage?? ME??
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I can just imagine the incredulous look on your face as U jab Ur finger on Ur chest, asking “My rage? Me?”
Ha. Classic!
Hehehehehehe…..another timaya in the making.
LMAO at the ‘Timaya’ factor/comparison….
Choi!
I don suffer.
Don’t you guys get it? It is not about ME!
It is fiction o
Ah!
Na wa!
We got it.The smelt of ego and arrogance.
And you have a problem with that?
Who cares?
Nice one Kaycee! Can’t wait to see the reply.
@Gboyega,I do write for myself or I should say because something is on my mind or weighs on my heart. I do care however what people think of it. I write because I need to write and not to please anyone but I always look forward to know when someone likes it.Is it contradictory?
Writing is incomplete without readers.
Yeah, jeff I feel you.
Writing is first to express emotions. To pour feelings out, such writers don’t care so much about readers.. E.g James Baldwin, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Soyinka.
Some writers however write, not only to express their feelings, but to sell their ideas and put it out there, or to entertain. Such writers are the ones that care about the reader.
So, you @Kaycee is an exception?
Kaycee,I beg to differ.First thanks for putting me in the same category as Soyinka.Not Rushdie though. I do care about the readers.As Whiz said,writing is incomplete without them. I am a reader and I respect them.What I meant is that I do not try to please them.I will listen to constructive criticism but I will not change the idea of a story or the kind of poem I write because it will not please someone.I write because I need to, because there something inside me that can only be complete with writing.I will listen to critics about style,grammar,plot etc.But I will not change what I want to say because it would be like not being true to myself.
Káýçéé î$ hî$ ñâmé…
Ok….. I guess this is the poem you talked about….hmmm…..
Your presence on NS and your personality seeps into and overpowers this piece, making it difficult for the readers on here to not relate it to you personally.
I can’t say have read off all authors but the few I have read do not exude such arrogance, I get what you are doing and look forward to the critics’ response but any author worth his salt will let his works speak for themselves; writers are not boxers or fighters, I don’t think we say “I know I am good /You know if you are / Don’t tell me to improve” to the critics who appraise our works, such statements are indicative of a mind that does not seek, writers are curious folks always seeking, to express or find something.
I like the tone of the poem but it is not the tone of a writer on NS or any writer who truly seeks to improve his art. If you read my piece, which I believe might have spurred this one (not sure though….) you would note that every character (the author included) was flawed; in a way it was my excersice at self-analysis as which is a handy tool for any author / writer seeking to develop. Your character in this piece seems to lacks that and I can hardly consider him / her a proper / true writer. Maybe be this was deliberate, yes? And you are depicting a certain personality. If so I would like to see the critics response. But if not then I would say this piece failed in what it attempted to do.
Also if deliberately written from the view of a character whom I have described, then it certainly lacks a certain “la morgue littéraire” that one would associate with an arrogant personality who is good at his what he/she does (writing) and knows it. It reads like the words of a prize fighter who has attended a few creative writing classes…. no finesse or flair one would associate with a good writer who is arrogant and knows he is good.
Anyways keep writing.1
My last words
“….. then it certainly lacks a certain “la morgue littéraire” that one would associate with an arrogant personality who is good at his what he/she does (writing) and knows it. It reads like the words of a prize fighter who has attended a few creative writing classes…. no finesse or flair one would associate with a good writer who is arrogant and knows he is good……”
are meant to describe the character in the poem as I construe the poem to be his words; this piece being fiction and all.
Haba! Eldee you just committed a grievous fallacy! who and what denotes the classic “la morgue litteraire?” I guess you should know that the world has witnessed several revolutions in the literary arts (even other arts); there was a time simplicity was the thing and another time when ambiguous tropes reigned. In order to exhibit a good critique, you must avoid putting the writer in a box as a critic.
You talk plenty, but I read you.
Its???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
This is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fcuked up.
Again, it’s soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool.
I’m confused. I guess I’ll just say ‘lol’ then.
Forgot to add, go rhyme a little with Mastress.
This reminds me of her rambling. Very cool.
well am just LOLing my ass out.
Supercilious and Presumptuous
u writing for somebody or ur very self, huh
For the sheer beauty of this piece, its smack down, no-holds barred, you-can-kiss -my-arse candour, I doff my hat! I couldn’t stop the wave of deja vu that swept over me with each line. I can really identify with the character’s seething.
And yea, in some way, our themes are an extension of our ideologies and leanings and so, me thinks a writer’s first obligation is to convey that voice within. If it catches on, fine! If it doesn’t there are other themes that might.
However, I am equally aware that with a poem like this, it is hard to believe that the character is by any means objective. In this craft, tough skin is a given and the sense to extricate oneself from one’s work to view it from different perspectives is equally sacrosanct.
@midas,You sound very very intelligent.
Hate him or love him, dude’s certainly got one helluva persona. If you ask me, I think I’m loving him for him (I no be gay ooo). lol
But sha @kaycee, the puem no send anybody at all o. As in he arrogant die, though the message still came thru somehow. There are times when people actually display a high degree of ignorance when leaving their comments. I feel you on that.
Lol.
You got the point.
Thanks for that
This is the kaycee I know…Mr controversial.Any way,whether thi is fiction or not every writer projects a part of him in any write-up,the above poem is no exception.c’est fini!
Simple.
And guys, I think you should cut @kaycee some slack. This poem actually indicted him too.
“Sorry for your loss”
Dummy, Its fiction
None really died
Writers do lie…
Those who know kaycee know how much he loves it when the protagonist in your story stays alive. So I think he was basically trying to portray something y’all didn’t get; that the average writer has an ego, whether he expresses it or not.
Hmmm… legal fees dey pile up for here o. lol!
Everybody on NS takes thinks personal. Somebody writes a post where a mother dies, and everyone starts to console the writer. It was just a story in the first person POV, the writer’s mother didn’t die. Not all posts on NS are personal experiences.
Writers lie a lot.
Kaycee, you made your point. You got the whole NS world talking about you. You are one arrogant hombre but look at this our quill- pushing business this way: If you write solely for yourself why communicate it to others? Why does 2FACE DISH OUT STUFF TO US IF HE NO SEND? Then-this is not personal about you-but there is a trend among our generation of artists, especially writers: the critics (broadly defined by me to be anyone who dissects their work with some analytical framework) is regarded as an antagonist to be dissed. Come on, we ain’t there yet! The literary gadfly of Nigeria, Professor Charles Nnolim, took Achebe’a ARROW OF GOD to the cleaners. My literary girlfriend, Sefi Atta, got the rough end of the stick with her novel EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME. So know that folks gonna talk about your stuff. Thank the Muse for that and, even if you do not like all they say, show ‘em some respect. I pray you become a writer of bestsellers-though I am no big fan of poetry-to face the joys and pains of literary success. I will take the flak any day but keep on writing. You are a ‘swaggeristic’ swaggering swaggerer. Merry Xmas, bro.
You guys are a major embarrassment.
No one actually got it.
IT IS FICTIONAL, it is not about me.
I am more of a critic than a writer.
The post was what I felt some writers should be feeling about the comments they get, especially from likes of me.
Hehehehehehehe, I had lots of fun while you guys were constructing epistles and come backs on the post.
Who says NS isn’t fun!
Wow! I love this! this is what I call creation at the peak! you had some hilarious lines really going – “Sorry for your loss”
Dummy, Its fiction.None really died” liked this one particularly. you made some very cogent points, I have noticed also how critiques are done on this site esp. with prose writing, most people tend to fixate on the content, disregarding the context, style, embedded meanings, etc I think it is quite funny that anyone is taking your post personal. thumbs bro you killed it!
EXACTLY!
For a while there I thought I was all alone.
Thanks for “seeing” jare.
Above all, the musketeer opinion is needed here.
Where is @seun and @raymond.
Right here Musketeer. Give me a few moments while I gather impetus…
“Read well you may
Understand you may not
I am on the pedestal
You are the pedestal”
If by this you mean you stand above everyone else…I disagree, but I do see the point. Writers do feel; either consciously or otherwise, like they are intellectually superior to every other human being. You know, we play ‘god’ at times.
“I know I am good
You know if you are
Don’t tell me to improve
Your reading should do
You don’t understand?”
This should be the mantra by which everyone; not just writers should live…TO A CERTAIN POINT. Do believe you’re good, but not so that you cannot get better.
“Dummy, Its fiction
None really died
Writers do lie
You think I can do better?
Yes, I agree”
‘Writers do lie’…up to an extent. I can tell you that almost everything I’ve ever written has either been directly or indirectly based on my experiences/something I witnessed so yes; even though the story might be fiction…it’s sometimes based on fact. Get it?
“Nice, I love it!”
Noise, who cares!
I impress me too
So do join the queue
Line is quite long.”
LMAO!!!! I agree die!!!!
You should see my fanbase. Heh.
“I am not so impressed
By what you profess
I be the true judge
Of anything I post
I write for myself
Not for no reader.”
LIE.
If you write for yourself…write in a language ONLY YOU understand…and lock the fucking thing in a drawer…and read it alone every ten months. Get off that.
You might write for YOURSELF first which is what I do….but somewhere at the back of your mind…is the realization/hope that other people would read it.
I mean seriously; why not post this and disable comments if truly you wrote it for yourself?
Lol…it’s true what they say: those who say they don’t care are ectually those who care the most.
All in all…It was an interesting and engaging read. I think I would like to create a response to this; but I fear you already have one.
Tell me I’m wrong.
@seun.You ά̲̣яε right, partly. But because its you, I will agree. I do have the reply, but I havnt posted it yet.
Do the honors of replying. I will commit mine to the flames.
Okay then.
I’ll put it up soon.
Well done.
Gracias
@Seun, not all writers feel superior to others oh. I agree with Ur 2nd, th and 5th sentiments.
And to the 3rd, I’ll add, yes, Writers lie. I mean, I was thinking about this a couple of days back. We make better liars than Lawyers. But then, even these lies we tell, who is to say they are not all true? Who is to say that we (Myself included who writes…..things from the Other side) are nothing but messengers, chronicling the happenings of Parallel worlds? Who is to say that once in a while, by virtue of some sort of magic, we are afforded a glimpse of what lies behind the veil of Reality, and we come away with the feeling that we must tell this tale or go mad?
I am going mad.
You’re not ‘going’ mad.
You are already mad.
Gbam!!
@raymond
@raymond, I read this your comment again, man it is deep.
Perhaps the supposed lies are a glimpse into the metaphysical.
Yes Boss. I always see myself as a Conduit.
@Kaycee, simple, straight to the point poem.
But this ya message seff,………
@babyada, I no send anybody any message O°˚˚˚!.
Lol
This nice @Kaycee, @seun did something like this a long time ago, u might want to read up the comments that followed….this na naija, if it’s not stand-up comedy, then….I hail o.
Yeah…that was my poem When I Die…very amusing.
I particularly liked the fact that most people took the advice I left on there: ‘If You Do Not Understand…Do Not Comment’…
Works…ALL the time.
This just cracked me up man. Kai! The first few lines tore me apart. I am waiting for the reply oh!
Thanks @raymond.
@seun is writing the reply.
Kaycee, Kaycee. This surely is one of NS’s finest poem. The discourse it has spurned is one proof of that. Great one bro. December Featured Writer, you are!
Banky
Hahahahahahahaha
Thanks, man.
Enough has been said already.@ Seun travelled directly into my mind and echoed my thoughts. I don’t know what a little me can add to this discourse again.
Anyway sha @ Kaycee, please let us read the reply even if @ Seun does his own, it would give one the double pleasure of reading.
Well done!!!
Thanks for reading man.
Lol.
Will think about it, but…everything has been said kinda…