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I Am Not My Poetry
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I Am Not My Poetry |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I wrote here of pain and sorrow from one woman's adultery I want you all to understand I am not my poetry! A writer of fiction in prose and verse my words may seem to ring true but these are not the words of my life and for that I apologize to you You gave me sympathy most kind cheered me on in my pretend fight And now I must confess to you to set things straight, get them right. For reasons of my own choosing I've hid myself from everyone so none of you can really know the truth when all is done I hope this little rhyme of mine has helped to let you see though I write of pain and love I am not my poetry. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
You struck me as too private a person for it to be so. People being people however....... "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve" |
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Waseem Cheema Member
since 2001-03-16
Posts 369Pakistan |
Very excellent .......I liked it......wait for my poem........"I AM MY POETRY"...lol  I love to nice poetry. |
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cpalmer Senior Member
since 2001-06-26
Posts 977Phoenix, Az |
Very interesting.... Thanks for clearing that up for me I wondered...being new and not knowing you I really wasnt quite sure! you are truely a great poet! Cindi God is our inspiration; Words of the heart can be music to our ears |
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S Arthur Grey Senior Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 719woven by a poet's loom |
Well, now we know. Thank you. Fiction, well done, is easy to believe. But others have cried foul or ridiculed those responders that believed their fiction here. Not much respect in that. We can't have it both ways, though some will continue to play that game. Perhaps there should be an icon to accompany fictitious poetry. Then we would know. Not everything here is fiction. S Arthur |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Ah, but we are what our imagination seems, if real or otherwise. ~tis in the heart of freedoms pen~ Deb |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
wow, what a write, and just to set the record straight, no one really knows me either!!!! I loved the courage in this one, Sharon. |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
And ditto too for me too, I even get emails!!!...to which I respond as I am sure you do, "it's just a poem". It is funny how the reader assumes that everything written is true when it is the muse who runs off on a tangent. Very well said, now if this could only be posted in big red letters somewhere. Well done (and by the way, I loved the series). If I made you smile today then I did my job! |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
An excellent idea...a way of telling everyone...AFTER...the power of a particular piece has had its chance to HIT THEM WHERE IT COUNTS...to then be able to show, with an icon...this is just fiction, please don't be concerned for me or for yourself if "I seem as a demon on the loose." Hmmmm, what should it look like...how about a pic of a jester sporting a sly grin? |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
You have nothing to apologize for... this, as you know, has been a topic of debate here many times.... why do "we" assume every poem is personal, why do we seem to focus more on the poems emote than its structure or format... we see more replies offering hugs and shoulders to cry on...than we see complimenting the poem's rhyme scheme, metaphor, imagery, etc... we seem to look at each poem as a diary entry and forget that the sign of a writer that is growing is one that can put themselves in any ones shoes and write thru their eyes. And yes...many of us including me tend to write more from personal emotions... but when the poems topic becomes gossip or assumed as confession..then something is lost. Something we all need to think about before reading every poem so literally... something I have been guilty of as well. And please dont get me wrong.. its because we are close, caring and concerned about each other like a family here that we do want to offer emotional support...and thats never a wrong thing... but maybe we need to try and look at poetry for its talent and merits equal to how we look at its emote. Sorry to go on...but it bothers me when someone has to explain or apologize for their poetry. Perhaps this needs to be a topic in pip lounge or alley?(again) We're all feeding our lonely like it might go away, |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you all...I was worried about some of the replies I was getting so I emailed a few people to let them know these weren't my life. I think the emotions are real, I think this is how I would handle a situation like this - I would find out the truth and make sure 'he' knew I knew. So in this way the poetry is part me. |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Well written and something I think we are all guilty of at times...I think sometimes things are so powerfully written that its hard to imagine its not coming from personal experience...and like Janet said...being the family we are we rush to offer comfort to one of our own...LOL I like the idea of an icon for the reality check hehehe |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
No problem with me, I never thought you would be and that goes for everyone. We all are peaces of our own poetry or at least we could be. I'm as much or as little your poetry as you are mine I guess. It's the feeling that counts, and the way it is written. Titia A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess... Feel free to use the pictures on my website. http://communities.msn.com/Titiasplace&naventryid=100 [This message has been edited by Titia Geertman (edited 07-04-2001).] |
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MyEnchanted_Melody Senior Member
since 2001-05-30
Posts 1106across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be. |
I am not all that my poetry might say Though my heart and feelings are there in some way......  ................... Thank you ......... ********************************** It's only me.......only me I hope that would suffice eternally {{to cross a sea of wonder, and hold close at heart all dreams}} [This message has been edited by MyEnchanted_Melody (edited 07-04-2001).] |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
let the philosophers deabte this question. . . I just like the words. . . well done. . . --------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah...your talents precede you.... |
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Logan Senior Member
since 2001-05-28
Posts 1641Arkansas |
For reasons of my own choosing I've hid myself from everyone so none of you can really know the truth when all is done Poet, gentle smile, whose life is ever an open book to be read with ease. Can anyone here say that there are not hidden depths that only they know or share? I can only congratulate you on being a superb writer, and like Sven, let the philosophers decide the issues, I just have enjoyed your prose. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Sharon, like those who preceded me I will not debate the philosophy...but isn't that the mark of a poet...that you can write well enough so people think it is personal and you must have experienced the situation...as you do! Write on poetess. Keth Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Sharon, I always love your poetry, whether fiction or fact. I am one who tends to (in general) think that a poem full of emotion or pain might mean the writer needs support. But I never assume anything. Luv ya Sandra |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Just like watching a movie. Never can believe what you see. Heck I just like the way you developed it through each poem. The last was the best, he got it in the end. |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
hey even I am guilty of a little fiction sometimes, the point is it dont matter as longs as it's a good read and u have certainly prooved that. Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning. |
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Rosebud1229 Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813North Carolina |
this is a great poem, really grabs you with the title, and throughout the poem, one thing is for sure, though you may not be your poetry it is you! |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
I've read enough of your work to have figured out that if it was all true...you'd be an even wierder administrator! Loved this. |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
I enjoyed your poem Sharon and I agree, it may be based on some truth, but not necessarily personally experienced. Sometimes it's what we observe in others that can move us to write! I think this poem speaks for many of us as writers. |
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