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The Best Poem You Ever Read (repost o yuh)
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The Best Poem You Ever Read (repost o yuh) |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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Is not necessarily by Thoreau Or for that matter Keats or Shelley Or Edgar Allan Poe It might not be amongst the Dusty books there on the shelf The greatest poem you ever read May just be written by yourself Did you ever write a poem That just made you softly sigh Was there that one emotion That made you bittersweetly cry Is there one that was born to you That made you wholly believe Words weren’t born long time ago You yourself can conceive This poem that I am writing Is not the best there ever was But few poems can do for me What my own poetry does When you think of Percey Shelly And when you think of ole John Keats Remember theirs is their own Even if... You wish to match their feats I hope the poetry you respect From that which you have grown I hope the best poem you ever read Was one you call your own |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
One of my favorites, Walt! Can't wait to see it in the book! It is in the book, I think, right? |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
heheh yuh |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
Good one Walt..yes every once in a while ill write one that i really like alot..and like reading over and over...not too often though haa.. ~Victoria~
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
How true!! But the best one I've ever read is the one I haven't written yet! |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
Goodness, this is outstanding! Loved it!  Sauni Sauni :) |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
well don't know if they are the best, but well some of them can make me cry as they shows my grief and sorrow within. thank you for sharing Charisma |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
one of my favourite poems that i have come across this site i remember this well and am grateful that you reposted... |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hey Walt I get where you're coming from. The best poem I've ever read may not be my own but I wish it was...so I try and that's where this poem comes in! Great stuff Walt! The role of poetry is to utter the un-utterable; to open up |
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Watersign6 Senior Member
since 2001-05-25
Posts 823Hurricane,WV |
well Walt i must say this is really amazing and i always enjoy yours and i am proud of my writing. Back in 1993 one of my poems i sent to one of my favorite musicians was turned into a song and thats how i knew my writing was good enough to keep on writing,the poem i sent was called "Wonderin'" and i had wrote it right after seeing a program on tv that shows all the kids who are suffering from malnutrition and diseases over seas and it got to me deeply so this poem just came flowing right out and i am glad it is a song now,I am most proud of writing it and it becoming a song |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thanks for the read of the repost and woohoo to water for getting a song made o yuh i envy yuh |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Hey, I remember this! A cool poem, with a soft and giving touch, ya, uhuh! Cor |
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