Poet's Dream - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Ron

Administrator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-05-19

Posts 8669
Michigan, US

0 posted 1999-07-24 05:45 PM

Poetry is not meter,
Nor rhyme,
Nor even words we use.

Poetry is the willingness
To dream,
And the courage and skill
To share that dream.

So that others may dream, too.

wayoutwalt
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

1 posted 1999-07-24 05:50 PM

words to live by thanx mr ron

Lost Dreamer
Member Elite

since 1999-06-20

Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow

2 posted 1999-07-24 05:51 PM

Well said, and thank-you for giving us this wonderful place to dream.

Poet deVine

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 1999-07-24 08:27 PM

Exactly! Beautifully expressed. I know you don't have a lot of time, but your poetry is what inspired me to post my very first poem with you. You shared your dream with me and now, I hope, I am sharing it with others and they are sharing it....to create a never ending circle of dreams. Thank you.

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 1999-07-24 08:42 PM

Poetry is dreaming what we write, and writing what we dream...

Ohme
Senior Member

since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

5 posted 1999-07-24 08:47 PM

A prescription that that should always stay 'filled'.

Moon Dust

Member Elite

since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

6 posted 1999-07-24 09:08 PM

Poetry is confidence, in sharing a dream.

------------------
The day is at it's end, but for you it's only just begining.

Fred Hobbs
Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 329
Tallahassee, Florida, US

7 posted 1999-07-24 09:35 PM

Ron,

You've done a great deal to further that dream for a LOT of poets. Congratulations on the continued success of this site and on the encouragement we've all received as a result of your work.

sandman

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

8 posted 1999-07-24 10:53 PM

When pseudo-poets have long since gone
We'll still be here... We thank you, Ron.

INclan
Senior Member

since 1999-07-20

Posts 1024
Indiana, USA

9 posted 1999-07-24 11:03 PM

Well said.

If poetry is a dream....then music is the poetry of tone.

elvira
Senior Member

since 1999-07-06

Posts 936
California

10 posted 1999-07-24 11:08 PM

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ~~~Voltaire~~~ the same can be said about poetry

Alwye

Moderator

Member Elite

since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

11 posted 1999-07-24 11:34 PM

I agree with you Ron. Poetry is willingness to dream. You've captured many of our feelings exquisitely. Thank you for everything.

------------------
*Krista Knutson*

"It's a crazy thing, fate has perfect wings..."-Deanna Carter

Ladycat

Senior Member

since 1999-07-05

Posts 782
At the edge and a doorway,TX

12 posted 1999-07-25 05:08 AM

I don't think that anyone could have put that better.. Unless you and Nan wrote together..

Love,
Lady

------------------
Live in my world just once and you'll find yourself enraptured.

DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

13 posted 1999-07-25 05:24 AM

I agree with your statement, Ron, always have in fact. Yet I look at the definition of the word and find it lacking in comparison to your description. Perhaps the defintion should be revised.

I'm glad that the forum is here, but I see all these comments to this and wonder why that understanding isn't directed toward everyone, instead of just you.

Question: If I find something to be poetic, does that mean it is poetry or just being described as such?

------------------
Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings?
DreamEvil©

doreen peri
Member Elite

since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

14 posted 1999-07-25 12:02 PM

To dream, to write, to be.... excellent, Ron.

Colin
Senior Member

since 1999-06-05

Posts 596
Callington, Cornwall, England

15 posted 1999-07-26 02:24 AM

I like *8)

blueloon
Member

since 1999-07-07

Posts 161
NY

16 posted 1999-07-26 10:18 AM

I agree wholeheartedly with you Ron. You are a wonderful poet which reflects the fact that you must dream. What beautiful dreams they are.
blueloon

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

17 posted 1999-07-26 10:33 AM

Ron

Nicely put - but (leave it to me to add in the 'but' - lol), I think what distinguishes poetry from expression is that poetry demands that we first think about our dreams, and then express those dreams thoughtfully and creatively. For example, a dream for peace can be expressed as

I wish I was more at peace with myself.

Poetic? naw...

Peace, please, Peace, I've needed you
When others have not needed me.
My dreams of your sweet release,
Have eluded me spiritually.

Poetic? naw... lol - well, that is sort of the drift.

Since I'm new here, I think there should be some latitude given me when I say: Thanks for the board, Ron - I've been searching for so long to find inspiration.

Drauntz
Member Elite

since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California