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Where Have All The Poets Gone
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Where Have All The Poets Gone |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States 
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Where Have All The Poets Gone By Paul Wilson Where have all the poets gone have their quills run dry Do they stare at blank pages looking for words and ask why Maybe tomorrow the sun will shine as they embrace the Autumn of their years Clouds bring a cool Summer rain hiding their frustration and tears Not so long ago inspiration was a given everyday brought another reason to write The years have silenced their muse they search and search but he’s nowhere in sight Where have all the poets gone have they packed a bag and left town On these pages of blue not very many old friends can be found Some have passed on to eternity their hearts stilllonging to write They have left us with emptiness as they embrace God’s light Winter snows melt giving way to Spring flowers gone are the yesterday’s of our lives Tomorrows are yet to be explored we visit and read old friends in thearchives Copy Righted 4/1/18 ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ Paul |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
He's still around and kicking, Paul, and that old Muse will jump-start sooner than later. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
Hiya, Paul! Speakin' of...It's been a long time since you posted. So...the idea is to post more and reply even more! This technology may be Jurrasic to some, but the principles remain the same. One poet[ess] thinks it's mine and Lori Rhoden's site. Gee, all we do is post and reply to everyone who comes here (which isn't many) which is the foundation of this "Family of Friends", as Ron calls it. So I guess she and I are to blame for people leaving or not coming back. Many come and 'look around', but don't post or reply. If they do post, they still don't reply. That's why I posted this: /pip/Forum6/HTML/002191.html It would be great if you'd stay awhile, Paul.  ...just bein' Bluesy |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Jerry... Thanks I hope you are right about that old muse, Thanks for the read Bluesy... I tried the way you said I do read quite a lot but just don't reply very often I just seem burned out. This is my first poem in over 5 years and might be my last I never know. The motivation just isn't there Thanks for reading and commenting. I do know the more you reply the more replies you get but i'm not looking for replies or praises I just want to share my poetry with whoever wants to read it... Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
I was just passing by, I read that and i stopped, cause it is very moving and wonderful yann |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
Well then, I reckon your last line answers the question of "where have all the poets gone". Be well, Paul, and visit when the spirit moves you. ...just bein' Bluesy |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Islander...Thanks for taking time to read and reply. Appreciate it very much...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Bluesy... If you are trying to start an argument I won't play your petty game. If this is the way you treat new members and old ones that know the rules of this site no wonder members are leaving. Have fun in your own little world...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
An argument, Paul? With you? Certainly not! I don't know where you got that idea. I don't wish to argue with you, Paul and I don't play, "petty games". As a "Deputy Moderator", I would have expected a more reasonable response if you are taking umbrage with me personally or anything I wrote. I always post within the site's rules & guidelines and always reply to everyone who posts here. I signed on Pip soon after you did in 2002, Paul. I had to leave for awhile and then came back some years later. When you were looking for 'Earth Angel' in "Q & A", I tried to help you here: /pip/Forum13/HTML/001519.html. It strikes me odd that otherwise intelligent people who hover here put so much credence in preconceived notions. If you ask me not to reply to your posts Paul, I'll, of course, honor your request. I'm sorry you've chosen to feel toward me as you do. I'll not respond in-kind. Be well, Paul. ...just bein' Bluesy |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Some of us just linger in the shadows Paul. Peeling open the archives though, that's like a timewarp to a bygone era. When I do that, I lose days in the real world. Could stay there infinitely.I feel your words. Michael |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Michael... Thanks for the read. Those old ones are hard to beat. Take care my friend...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I wonder the same thing, Paul. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I wonder the same thing, Paul. |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Paul - This is Namyh, lingering here in the shadows and from this vantaged view, I believe you have stated a poignant question. Where indeed have the poet's gone? It seems that the imagination has separated from the painters who paint, the sculptors who chisel and we poets who write. My question is has the ink in our imagination evaporated, been deflected elsewhere or just gone dry? Thanks for this resurrection of thought for some and an emergence from the shadows for others. Now I feel like writing something. Thanks Dr. Paul for your dosage. I'll be back in 2 weeks for booster shots. LOL. Namyh |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Marchmadness...It looks like some of the old poets are starting to come back and that is good. I'd like to think that we gather inspiration from each other and like Ron's motto " We are a family of friends" I never noticed till now you are from California. What a great place to be for inspiration...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ Paul |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Namyh...No charge for the Dr. visit. I will keep an eye out for you in the shadows. So glad you liked this and for your reply...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Understand 'where from you come', my friend. j. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So good to read you today, Paul. Just when you think we are gone... we spark back. Calliope has been silent for so long, with Athena taking her place of late, so it is all good, and am still being creative. But some voices have been hushed; thank the Wiz for our Archives. Hugs! |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia |
Hi Paul, a great poem and all good questions, I have been posting on PIP since 2001 and loved to write something almost everyday mainly between 2001 and 2007, since I have posted a few but not many. I think the muse is very active when we need it to be, emotions and inner questions come out and become ones release, then new directions in life are taken and thoughts and needs change, or they did for me. When posting and sharing we find wonderful inner joy. I think it is not just our muse we need but someone to give us a topic to write on, that is what gives our muses something to ponder on. I used to be in a poetry club and there was a subject set each month, we all looked forward to writing and sharing. So maybe set a subject each month and see what happens. Sunshine and many other used to send smiles my way and made a real difference to inner satisfaction. With hope many will return Rick |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Rick...You are so right. I believe my words come from a higher power and I am only the messenger, be it every day or once a year I try to never force any of my poetry, I just let it flow. Thanks for taking time to read and reply...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Hi Paul, I often frequent the archives and embrace those treasures from the years gone by |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Coco...Thanks for the archives. Memories of the past are so wonderful too visit, as we make future memories. Glad you relate too this poem...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Jimmy...Thanks for understanding. Thanks for your reply and knowing...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Sunshine...It comforts me too know that some of the older members are still around in the shadows. Thanks to you and Ron for allowing me to express myself thru my poetry and for all the friends past and present that I have made here at Passions...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Some of us stop by Paul.. trying to get our muse to awaken. I'm lingering in the shadows by the archives. Hugs! Time has cast a spell on you~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Nancy...So great too hear from you and keep an eye out for Sunshine and me around the archives as well. Thanks for dropping in...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Nancy...So glad too hear from you. Keep an eye out for Sunshine and me around the archives. Thanks for dropping in...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
There is a little lump in my throat and my heart skips a beat simply remembering those days when the laughter the love and the tears ran deep and the poetry was so heart felt. My memories are vivid and ever so bittersweet. Beautiful poem Paul, thanks for the memories. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Ditto to Blues' beautiful message above, Paul. You have painted the thoughts of so many into a very beautiful poem. I believe that even those who have left or return only intermittently or have left this mortal coil, have left a part of their heart here. How could they not? |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
So nice to read you. I was called back tonight...I've missed this place. TD |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA |
Great job, Paul. You posed a lot of good questions and provided a lot of possible answers. Write on! |
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sewasham Senior Member
since 2006-09-11
Posts 714Oklahoma, USA |
Nice write Paul, good to see you back. I guess life just gets in the way sometimes. Take care and have fun. Steve. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I truly miss my old friends on PIP and understand where you are coming from and yes, I do see some of my old friends from the shadows on here just lately. I talk to Sunshine in FB all the time. She is doing well. Glad to see some of the old guard are still around. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
This Diamond...So glad you found your way back here. I thank you for reading and being a friend...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
John...Thank you my friend for your kind reply...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ Paul |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Steve...You are so right life does get in the way sometime. Since I retired I seem to have a little extra time to spend here at Passions. Glad you took time to read and I hope you spend more time with old friends...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Marchmadness...Thank you so much for your reply and for understanding. I would love to have more of the old members visit regular. FB seems to be the place to keep in touch with friends, but I have never joined and don't think I ever will...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I remember when my world revolved around these blue pages. Friends - both those I knew only from their words and those I knew in the "real" world - waited here... and I couldn't wait to join them. I responded more than I posted because my muse hasn't ever been prolific. And I lurked more than I responded. Life interfered, but this was my touchstone... and I came back when I could, watched and read... and cared. My muse going on near-permanent vacations would not have kept me away, but the caring? The place of joy became a hall of memories painful to visit as too many of my pals left for poetic realms these eyes can't read. I keep promising myself I'll be back on at least a semi-regular basis but I'm a coward and avoid pain when I can. So I've had to face the facts that 1) I have to maintain some emotional distance and 2) I don't know how to maintain emotional distance when I read poetry. It's a work in progress. I thoroughly enjoyed your poem... and the voices from the shadows. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
suthern...I truly know how you feel, I to miss the poets that are no longer here and those that have more serious commitments in life, and those that have lost their muse. Even if you don't post often it is still great too hear from you. Thanks for reading...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Blues Serenade... Your tender words touch my heart. Thank you so much for remembering the good times...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
me too stops by and found this poem i have not wrote much anymore but do cherish these bluepages in heart. there are saved so many good poems here from great Poets. and i still like to read in the archives  ~*Theresia~* |
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