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Paula Finn
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0 posted 2002-06-11 09:49 PM


I'm not a poet anymore.
The connection between pen and soul, severed.
The wellspring of emotion, dried to the barreness of nothing.
The vision between heart and mind,gone.
I'm not a poet anymore.

I'm not a poet anymore.
Scents no longer summon passion.
Music, a forgotten echo in an empty heart.
Eyes seeing only the mundane.
I'm not a poet anymore.

I'm not a poet anymore.
Once every scrap of paper was a challenge.
Once words flowed like a swollen river.
Once it saved my sanity,
but I'm not a poet anymore.

© Copyright 2002 Paula Finn - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2002-06-11 09:51 PM



Phooey.

Bet you are, too!

{Paula, this is where you say,
"are not"... - you KNOW what I, and many others, will do...}

Martie
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2 posted 2002-06-11 10:01 PM


Paula

If that were true, then you would not have just written this poem.  Your heart told you to, did it not?  You are a poet!

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3 posted 2002-06-11 10:23 PM


You're not a poet any more?
That's what you confess?
You may not be a poet any more
But you're not one any less!

Kethry
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4 posted 2002-06-11 10:26 PM


Paula,
how can you say the things you just said?
when beautiful thoughts flow out of your head
how can you say those words are all true
when look waht you did and look what you do?
Welcome back
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



Madame Chipmunk
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5 posted 2002-06-11 10:28 PM


Paula...this poem was obviously written by a first rate poet....
Either you took it from her...or you are her.
I like the second one best.

~ hugs to a poet

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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6 posted 2002-06-11 10:40 PM


Yes Paula, you are too
A poet, through and through
And no matter what you say
A poet you are, you will stay!

And a very nice poem to boot!

Enchantress
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7 posted 2002-06-11 10:47 PM


Paula, you have been missed!
You are too a poet!!
Look at this beautiful piece!
~Hugs~

the_loner_23
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8 posted 2002-06-11 10:48 PM


This is a wonderful piece. You are a true poet.

Cold hands means a warm heart

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9 posted 2002-06-11 10:49 PM


A poet can stop being a poet like the sun can keep from shining.Sometimes it is hidden by a cloudy day.Above the clouds it shines though we may not be able to see it.

paladin

nakdthoughts
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10 posted 2002-06-11 10:55 PM


once a poet always a poet...so nice to read you again *s

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ethome
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11 posted 2002-06-12 10:57 AM


Hey you're a poet forever.........I won't hear of anything else.....absolutely refuse to even think any other way!!!   Poet poet poet poet poet poet...that's you POET!!
serenity blaze
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12 posted 2002-06-12 01:40 PM


hey lady! Glad to see you again. and? sorry to argue, but this reminds me of leprechaun denying the existance of magick!

Warm hugs, POET!!!

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13 posted 2002-06-12 01:43 PM


Well, there goes your theory right out the window
Well done, poet friend.

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Sunshine
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14 posted 2002-06-12 01:50 PM



See?  Told ya'so...{Sun Skips away...}


Bridget Shenachie
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15 posted 2002-06-12 04:27 PM


Paula,

I know the feeling, and you expressed it so poetically.  I hope that this passes quickly, just cause I want to see more.  I'm new to Passions and have lots to learn from these pages.  I've been amazed at the volume and quality of poetry in these pages.  And I scratch my head and try to write...

Shenachie

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16 posted 2002-06-12 04:32 PM


you can't ever not be a poet
for poetry is more than words and pen
poetry is life and blood
flowing from the soul and from the heart
in words that speak and sing
in languages that are still yet unknown

you can't ever not be a poet
for poetry is the very air that you breathe
the very food that you eat
the very water that you drink
you move through it as you move through your days
sometimes slowly and with great effort
and other times
very quickly and with flowing feelings of joy

you can't ever not be a poet
for the Muse is never silent
oh yes, there are times where we can't hear her
but, those are just the times dear Writer
where we have to be just a little quieter
to hear the words that she speaks

you can't ever not be a poet
it's what you've always been
for although you feel that your songs no longer come
and you feel that inspiration has escaped your heart
there are always the words

wow. . . well Paula, see what you have wrought??     it's like I say, once a poet, always a poet. . .

hope that you're doing better. . . drop by again soon. . .  

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

[This message has been edited by Sven (06-12-2002 04:33 PM).]

vandana
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17 posted 2002-06-12 04:41 PM


enjoy your read
EagleOne
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18 posted 2002-07-02 07:44 AM


Ya wanna bet?

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.  ~Arthur Miller

2dalimit
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19 posted 2002-07-02 08:12 AM


Once it saved my sanity
You certainly have this write.

but I'm not a poet anymore.
Now, that’s just silly talk. Keep on writing.


Melton

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20 posted 2002-07-02 08:18 AM


I never was one
I just write for fun
It's evident in my content
And that usually equals none

Mother_Earth
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21 posted 2002-07-02 11:15 PM


Paula, so this is what a non-poet looks like?  Even I know that is a big lie.  Sorry honey, but a poet you are,   ME
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