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Am I a Poet?
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Auguste 
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea 
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Am I a Poet? by Michael If I am a poet, then I am window glass. You are able to peer inside and see what in me lives. So often I've seen imagery camouflage a poet's feelings. Though not purposely done, done all the same. I've seen the same occur with my own writing. It causes me to ask, am I a poet? The day is overcast, threatening rain. I hear a muffled thump, thump, thump in the distance, as someone hurriedly repairs a house before the skies release their moisture. My lawn is a mixture of grass and assorted weeds, short, though trying to grow in this still chilly month. Thousands of tiny flowers erupt each year at this time. About the size of a woman's smallest fingernail, they are a deep lavendar with sun-gold trim around the edges of the petals. Quite lovely for a weed. A Brown Thrasher hops about, exploring the lawn in search of food, ever alert. First one bird, then three. I go and refill their feeders. Beside the window, I place my easel and try to put on canvas, not only this scene, but how this day makes me feel. As I touch the canvas and recognize its familiar spring against my brush, I wonder. Am I a poet, or just an image maker? Michael Auguste~ |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
You're a poet and don't even know it!! ;-> Very good question to ponder, Michael... I think that as long as you have a motive of expression, then how you choose to express it is up to you -- poet is, afterall, a label at the core of its description... isn't everything in life a description? Image-maker or author, do you stir others to FEEL from what you are "imaging"? THAT'S what counts, at the end of the day. Nice work. -MVS "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Yes, you are both, and do both so eloquently, I might add  Michael, I adore this, there's much to ponder here, simple and complex, it's a keeper for sure for this poet amateur!  Take care, Melissa~ |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
You, Michael, are a poet. And a fine one, my friend. All writing comes |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
poet/painter. . . and painter/poet. . . different canvases. . . same idea. . . excellent my friend. . . ---------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Michael, you are all that.....and more. HUGS On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free. |
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Suetang Member Ascendant
since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187Melbourne, Australia |
This was truly outstanding Michael, I loved every single word. Take care......Sue Suetang |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Poets ARE image-makers, image-reporters, image-creators.....and much, much more... |
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Lisa Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 88Lunenburg,VT USA |
most definitely a POET! And a very good one too. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
I read the words with pleasure and an image formed in my mind. So sir you are everything all rolled up into one. Weeds do make such pretty flowers. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Michael...You are a wonderful poet and artist...and also a good friend. We all see things so differently...to share with words or paint, is to share...and that's a good thing. Hugs! |
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walker Member Elite
since 2001-02-11
Posts 2240Florida |
Both, you are both and more... |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Well Michael, I came in here already answering your question in my mind before I read the words ... and after reading, it only serves to emphasize a resounding ... "Yes! You are a poet!" You've also given me a stirring want to pick up my paintbrush again ... it's been far too long since I've stretched a canvas. Ahhh ... to feel that "spring in the brush" ... thank you for the inspiration!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Yes, you are |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
you meld your days with mine, in deep inspire while I search about in wallow of what to say that would most touch a heart... and wonder... am I a poet? then... does it matter? ~*~ It matters first that you are indeed, a poet, that your images are glass, sometimes clear, sometimes opaque, sometimes....crystal... and it matters more that you transform others with this gift, and your other gifts, as you wend them so well throughout your words.... yes, Sir...you are most certainly, a Poet. [This message has been edited by Lady In White (edited 07-02-2001).] |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Mark, Thank you for the kind words and very well express, I might add. Melissa, I am also an amateur. I'm not sure what a professional is, but it seems that to be so might take some of the fun out of writing. Thank you. Lone Wolf, Thank you for the nice compliment. Sven, Yes, same idea. I can often paint what I cannot write and sometimes write what I cannot paint. Thank you, my friend. Gentle Spirit, Thank you and hugs to you also. Sue, Thanks, sweetie. I'm glad you liked this one. Deer, Yes, true. However, what I was trying to say in this is that we often use so much imagery that our message is obscured. Unfortunately, I obscured my own in this poem. Thanks. Lisa, Thank you very much. inot2B, Yes, weeds do make pretty flowers, don't they? Thank you.Martie, Yes, sharing is always a good thing. Thank you, my friend. walker, You're very sweet. Thank you. Kit, You're most welcome and I do hope you pick your brush back up. Painting gives me so much pleasure. I just bought a 24 X 36 inch stretched canvas and plan do paint an ocean scene on it with a sinking Spanish Galleon. It ought to be a lot of fun. Thank you. Interloper, And yes you are. ThanksLady In White, You always say such nice things. I much enjoy your posts on my work. Thank you. Michael Auguste~ |
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