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Excerpt from “To a Poet” - 1
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Excerpt from “To a Poet” - 1 |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Excerpt from “To a Poet” - 1 I am very envious of young people, such as yourself, who make it seem so easy! Readers, mind you, never really understand what it is that makes us [poets] WANT to write... as you very well know, to shut a writer up is to take their very air away. No wonder at times we feel as if we carry the lead weight of the world upon our shoulders... nothing gives us more FREEDOM than spilling our soul onto the parched white... The camaraderie of writers is akin to that of mothers having gone through childbirth. No mother needs to tell another mother what it's all about ... a wink will suffice in the sisterhood of knowledge gone unspoken. It is the same for writers. I don't need to tell you the desire that is within me to bring some "thing" to birth! Because you have that same desire, sometimes intangible, sometimes painful, and we wonder, "Are we holding on to something miraculous?" or is it just heartburn? We only know that we feel this unnamed hidden desire to bring it to the forefront... whether it fails, or merely fulfills the desire to scribble... it HAS to come out. BUT...what if it IS successful? Do we write for the masses, or some inner desire to just create? Do we share it with one and hope they appreciate it as much as we do, or do we share it with anyone and all, hoping that some one person finds in our words our deepest secret? Do we dare take that chance? [This message has been edited by Sunshine (09-24-2002 11:04 AM).] |
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Krishankins
since 2002-06-23
Posts 972Texas |
Wonderful job, Sunshine!!  I totally agree!! You don't have to say a word, just a wink will suffice!!  Hugs 2 U!! Kris Hey dog, did you see the size of that chicken!? |
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Paddy Member
since 2002-09-23
Posts 52Straya |
Wow! This is an excerpt? I should like to read the full piece if I may? I guess one becomes content with one’s poetry when one opens the book ten years hence and does NOT exclaim, “Did I really write this?” |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (smiles) Yes, it is a chance worthy of taking, for we should all "gather ye roses as you may" as Robert Herrick tells us, and make the best of life, to be able to create something for our children so they can wake and have something to relate to, to dream, to aspire. (sigh) This is beautitful, sweet friend, write on, you are a true poet of sunshine, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karilea, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." Shakira [This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (09-24-2002 10:56 AM).] |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Karilea...You just KNOW I love this and agree with every word.. Writers just HAVE to let the words out... ~Hugs YOU!~ ~ Time has cast a spell on you |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Karilea, This is like a map for those who don't understand -- and for those who do. |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
*S*U*N*S*H*I*N*E* My voice is lost but you express so well secrets inside I long to tell... Thank you! ~Tier "I shall never bond again, as I have bonded with you..." |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Do we write for the masses, or some inner desire to just create? Do we share it with one and hope they appreciate it as much as we do, or do we share it with anyone and all, hoping that some one person finds in our words our deepest secret? Do we dare take that chance? We should always dare, in art every chance is a chance worth taking. Inspiring words beautifully written. Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
A wink to you for this one, Karilea. You said it just right. |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Awesome job Cold hands means a warm heart |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
wonderfully done i agree too  |
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Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
 Shenachie |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Wow! Yes! We do take that chance---and thank goodness for all of us at PIP---you do just that---take a chance!---and if you didn't, you would be holding onto something "miraculous" that should be shared with the rest of us! Now excuse me, while I head off to read the other parts of this wonderful series of yours. ~ smiling with you ~ Linda |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
 *claps* |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Of course we take the chance...why not...James |
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Magician Member
since 2002-08-14
Posts 126 |
I think it is that last thing sunshine, that some one person will find the secret behind and between the lines... |
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GOlDsparklESS Member
since 2001-12-13
Posts 428central nj |
"Are we holding on to something miraculous?" or is it just heartburn? haha. just kidding! wink. |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
We write because we are all an expression of life, in life....this is beautiful Karilea~ Lauren~ I need some distraction |
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