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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands 
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Like scattered leaves, my words will flow Am I a poet? I don't know Oh geez I'm not supposed to rhyme Because this verse is meant to be free But will I ever be free, in verse, in life, in mind? Like scattered leaves of roses white Blown off by wind in moments time Like words in mind will disappear the moment they pop up? Will they ever flow my words of rhyme not rhyming like scattered leaves in red like moments in life But will I ever be free? Am I a poet? I don't know My words are scattered and while flowing through my mind I try to rhyme a free verse I try to live a free life I try so hard to keep a free mind I don't know All I know is that,  |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
you are a great poet since you write from your heart and you are a wonderful person since you speak from your heart and this is a great poem... straight from the heart and of course your words will foeverly flow...  regards to you Titia, sudhir |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Titia...Very Good. Really enjoyed reading. To capture every single idea that comes to mind on paper would be wonderful, but like leaves blowing in the wind some are meant to remain free. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Oh that is such a neat poem, Titia... A free verse poem about not being able to write free verse... I think we become so used to rhyming which is what makes it hard to write free verse. The trick is to completely open your mind, write down your thoughts, replace the thoughts with wonderful images and then somehow turn it into a poem... That last part is the trick, its what we are here to learn... and it looks like you have a great start, Titia Lyra |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Sudhir, you make me blush friend Paul, I think you're right there Lyra, thank you dear lady Titia Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Titia, The wondering, the anticipation... "will this be a write to remember?" This is what I get from your piece which I think you have expressed most eloquently. Doc |
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Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
Loved this poem, Titia. I watch for your postings. I have such frustrations with thoughts escaping like scattered leaves and most of what I write started out to be something else entirely. Your poem let me know that I was not alone in my frustration. Thanks for sharing! Shenachie |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Your words do indeed flow, Titia.. and you are truly a poet - Your verse in English is simply wonderful - You incorporate great imagery and share your thoughts with us quite fluently, m'friend...  |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Titia~ You let them scatter in the wind then rake so gently the word-piles from within Piles of poetry at your beckoned call If they rhyme or they fall free matters not a whit to me It only matters that your thoughts-in-scatter are placed with ease of poet's please~ *You are soooooooo good !  We'll have a raking party in Tampa~  *Huggers* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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