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Krawdad
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0 posted 2013-12-06 02:06 AM


Sometimes there are ears to listen, sometimes not
Should that be reason to write, or should it not?
I never captured certain ears I dearly sought
Others listened dear but now are naught
Who cares of blood or flesh one's rent
Or values the trouble you have spent
It is all old words you have reused
No need to wonder or be confused




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paderewski
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1 posted 2013-12-06 08:27 AM


Such is the life of artists. I relate to this absolutely.

~*~ You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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2 posted 2013-12-06 09:49 AM


I agree with Paddy.
But I must say about the old words reused...there in lies the heart and soul of the poet.  And a Poem, like the tree in the forest, whether heard or not, still makes its own unique sound.

Lori  

EmmaRose
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3 posted 2013-12-06 09:52 AM


They are still YOUR words, whether the echo is magnified in the great big world or your own private one. They light your way
Marchmadness
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4 posted 2013-12-06 11:32 PM


Always read what you have to say, Krawdad.
                              Ida

OwlSA
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5 posted 2013-12-07 07:38 AM


Ed, I, too, am always interested to listen to what you say.  Smiles.

Owl

Michael
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6 posted 2013-12-08 12:22 PM


"Who cares of blood or flesh one's rent"

Great line that.  Got me listening.  

Michael

Krawdad
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7 posted 2013-12-09 01:49 AM


Thank you all for your comments.
This one was generated as a comment to Kent's "No More Words".
I get a fair amount of my stimuli from what the rest of you write.

Kit McCallum
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8 posted 2013-12-09 07:00 PM


I very much appreciated your reflection and the thoughts this brought to my mind Krawdad. Whether ears are there to listen, or not ... it is good to write. Always, it is good to write, and you do it beautifully.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Gale
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9 posted 2013-12-09 11:54 PM


Very true )
And I think no matter who is listening to you, while you have something to tell, your writing makes sense )

7(12) notes,
7 colours and plenty of tints,
thousands words in hundreds tongues...
several milliards of people
Someone will hear you. Maybe that very man who needs your word.

JamesMichael
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10 posted 2013-12-10 10:28 PM


nice...James
Margherita
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11 posted 2013-12-11 05:28 AM


It might be true what they say, that all we have to say has already been said, but all of us have their personal touch in how we say things and it is always a great pleasure to discover the different shades.

You are a writer and poet who always inspires, dear Ed.

Margherita

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