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Why Not Poetry? |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
The world could be all poison darts and starve forever hungry hearts without a view beyond the scope of earthly pain and beaten hope. Always there are words that hurt and danger where deceit will lurk, but with no language of the heart who shall see or speak of art? To understand and circumvent the loss whereon the earth is bent one has to find what heaven knows ~ trim the thorns, and keep the rose. ~Klassy Lassy~ |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
"trim the thorns, and keep the rose" ~smiling~ M |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Good morning...roses to you! |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
For the rose is beauty sent for all to share and us to rent. A stem with thorns to deftly hold until the buds do then unfold. Good morning, a pleasure of a poem to read. |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Lovely, Magnus!  Thank you for sharing your roses! |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
At least the thorns have roses....  ~sky I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying.... |
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linkin16 Junior Member
since 2006-05-29
Posts 26Wales,UK |
easier said than done removing those thorns..good job! |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
But thorns rip Less than the rose As thorns tear But only at flesh Roses are roses Blooms are blooms The smell is often bad From to changes glooms Sorry for writing to yours It tickle'd something in me dave |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Splendid poem and that last line is a real beauty! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
wow I did love this one! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
love the write and the replies why not poetry? it is both rose and thorn |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Skyshine, yes, poetry does often have roses, thank goodness!  linkin16, how true, but I still reach for them.... sigh Bodger, You deliberately miss the point! Hmmmm, One green rose sprinkled with vinegar comming right up!...LOL Thanks for the read.  |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Lady, thank you. Poetry is last lines to an art! (You can cook up anyhing with it LOL)I can't resist roses, either.  Dixie, awww! thank you. (squeeze) Midniteson, a 49er for you, poetess.  |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
I read it again And I still like it Dave |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
A beautiful sentiment...and a really great poem....although I may not wholly agree with trimming the thorns (sometimes the thorns need to be seen at least in my opinion). Still, I like this piece so much, I'm shelving it.....jo |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Dave, I am smiling. thank you!Iliana, point well taken. Maybe I should put "beware the thorns". Thorns serve a purpose, too. I especially like how Magnus wrote it. It's really nice to see you posting again...missed you! |
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Troy Member
since 2006-06-04
Posts 52B.C. |
Your poem is certainly fine tuned to what it speaks of and definitely negates the negators of poetry and art or at least those who would be indifferent to it. Some things require a reaffirmation or they slowly drain from memory and memory, it seems to me, is explicit to your meaning: 'One has to find what heaven knows' Insightful and a pleasure to read! |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Beautiful write, Klassy Lassy! Without the thorns, would we know the rose? Just a thought. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Klassy, please don't think about changing this poem....it's perfect the way it is in and of itself....it's only the philosophy that all poetry should be without thorns that I can't buy into.....I'm glad there is rosy poetry (without the thorns), too, though....I'd hate it if everything had thorns.  |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Thank you, Iliana.  My poem is not well enough grounded to make my point. What I mean is that in a world already so full of thorns, how much sadder it would be without dreams to motivate us to a higher sense of harmony. Roses are rather like that, aren't they? The thorns are the challenge, the fragrance is the passion, the velvet petals are the aspiration.Hugs, Klassy |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Honeybunch, one can only hope that we would. It is true that we value what we must struggle to attain with a greater fervor. Thank you for your comment!~ Klassy |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Troy, I missed your comment and apologize! Welcome to PIP. Thank you, too, for the time to read and such a thoughtful comment. Life would be so much less without poetry, music, and art, I agree. I can't even imagine the apathy of the world without it. I will be looking to read your work.  |
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Jess Member
since 2006-06-06
Posts 243Washington |
I LOVED your poem!!! The last line especiallly. LOL...You've got game. |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Welcome to PIP Jess! Thanks for the cheer! ~ klassy |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
Beautiful Klassy as usual. I to love the last line, quite a trick to do sometimes though. :-) |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Steven, it does make one think twice about a bed of roses, nes pas? ~ Klassy |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Steven, So good to 'see' you, have been missing you! Klassy |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Steven, So good to 'see' you! A thornless yellow rose for you in my thoughts. ~ Klassy |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Steven, So good to 'see' you! A thornless yellow rose for you in my thoughts. ~ Klassy |
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