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Tennessee Angel
Senior Member

since 2000-06-03

Posts 661
Tennessee

0 posted 2000-08-10 08:38 PM

Yeah! I'm a poet...
was my first reaction to,
the realization rhyming words
was something I could do.

Random thoughts inside my head
bouncing to and fro.
I began to sound like Dr. Seuss,
but how I loved it so.

Newspaper, toilet paper,
on the palm of my hand...
disregarded scraps of paper,
with a stick in the sand.

Crayon, ink or pencil lead...
even blood would do.
Praying there was one more word
I could find to rhyme with 'you'.

I spent my nights in cafes
drinking cappacino.
Reading all my work out loud
so that everyone would know.

But as the nights and days went on,
sheets of paper I did fill.
From my head onto the page
words continued to spill.

With my Muse on my heels
there is not a moment's peace.
For the words, thoughts, images...
simply will not cease.

Inspirations seem to come
at the oddest time.
If I finally go to sleep
I even dream in rhyme.

It is a blessing and a curse,
though at first I didn't know it.
My reaction should have been...
Oh no! I'm a poet!

--You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.--

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

1 posted 2000-08-10 08:49 PM

I love this! It reminds me of something I heard before... I'm a poet and don't know it.
The words flow very nicely, I look forward to reading more.

Deb
BloomingRose

SpitFire
Member Elite

since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

2 posted 2000-08-10 08:49 PM

~Superb!!! Ooh how I enjoyed this piece. Awesome! Take care TA. *Peace.

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

3 posted 2000-08-10 08:50 PM

Hi T.A........
         Oh, yes, you really are a poet, and
         a great one at that!! I really
         enjoyed this one, and there's a lot
         of us who've used toilet paper, for
         writing. I like those little bar
         napkins, especially when they get
                      wet!!!

I have only one goal
in life..
It Is:
To have more than
one goal in
Life!!
~ ~ by Sunny ~ ~

MMoonchild
Senior Member

since 2000-07-13

Posts 1715
PA

4 posted 2000-08-10 08:57 PM

Tennessee Angel...you sure your name isn't MMoonchild...I feel the exact same way..I even needed a pen in a book store the other day...left mine home...so I borrowed one from the clerk...they didn't have any for sale. I bought a $16 journal to write in because I felt guilty...but I sure wrote a lot of ideas that wouldn't stop their flow...
~~soft smiles
Maureen

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2000-08-11 07:11 AM

TennesseeAngel~
Oh - NO !
ME TOO !

Whew !
Glad to know someone else caught it too !
Delightful read, my friend.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

6 posted 2000-08-11 11:12 AM

Yes you are a poet in deed. Nice to see that you make use of the tools around you.lol So is that stick in the sand really a magic wand like the one Marge carrys around. Wonderful read and a great pick me up this morn.

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