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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Do you show your (husband/wife/fill-in-the-blank)all your poetry? Why? |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
LMAO @ JM!! |
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magic_612 Member
since 2003-07-31
Posts 190NB, Canada |
my bf and I have been together for 9 months and he is the only person who has read it all. He's the first person I have been able to open up to completely. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
yes...when I first began writing I showed my husband..when he left me for another woman I showed him more and he even showed her..the jerk..since most were about him but he didn't even recognize it.. and now I show family when it is about them...I have nothing to hide...and no one to hide it from  but I can understand the reasons others wouldn't. M |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
When I was married, I showed some of my writings to my husband... he liked a few, but disinterest was the norm... I ended up feeling like a puppy who couldn't find anyone to care that he could sit up and beg. *S* It wasn't until I was participating on a poetry forum and Toe and Long John united to badger me to post more that I realized some of my work might mean something to someone other than me... So... in the flush of excitement, I collected some of my favorites and gave the books to family and friends. Talk about disinterest! LOL They didn't need me to do their laundry, so they made my ex look enthusiastic! *G* Even now, in the accepting atmosphere of PIP, I don't show all I write... and still show more than I should. *G* |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
when I was married, yes indeed showed him who I am and what makes me tick what makes me sad or happy showed my soul *smile* |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
I don't hide the fact that I am posting on here to anyone, and even have given the site out to a few who have joined; however, I don't normally show specific examples to anyone unless that particular scribble is about them, and depending on who it is. Example, I showed a few friends ones that were inspired by them, yet- until very recently- didn't show my ex ANYTHING. As I am about to have some of the ones about her published, I felt it was the right thing to do to show her. We are all equal but we’re individually different |
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KristieSue
since 2003-01-31
Posts 1460PA, US |
hmmm...depends who it is/was and what the reason for writing it was most of the time I prefer to keep my thoughts private Ya know what they say. Curiosity salted the snail. |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
He is free to read what he wants...and I find my notebooks open at times...plus I write for him always...just little notes left on his pillow, or his computer. But not too many other people here in real life read my stuff. |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
Seems to me it gets down to a matter of control. If I show a poem to somebody I feel strongly about, be it wife or anybody else, I'm hoping for a positive reaction and if I don't get it I write the next poem with an eye toward that person's likes and dislikes. If it's somebody as close as a wife or husband, you could be essentially limiting your audience to a single person, and turning over responsibility for delivery and content to them because you're intent on matching their expectations. I think that will inevitably make you less as a writer, because you're limiting yourself, ruling out some topics and ways of saying things. I have actually trashed poems for that very reason, when the response was strongly negative, and of course I would refrain from writing something similar even though it might be objectively good. That's why I stopped doing it, and don't mean to start again. |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
I havenothing to hide, and glady would.... If I thought he'd understand ....sadly he takes no interest in anything I do...  so no.....Lauren~ i carry your heart with me |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
um...I don't. What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall? |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Lauren...once again we mirror one another... my reasons are one in the same... its not so hard to understand why we would eventually find our inspiration elsewhere. And my poetry is the one thing I do for me... its the one thing that is all mine and I dont have to explain, justify, or share it with anyone I dont want to. Words break into splinters on the pages I write |
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Miah Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062Pennsylvania |
Of course. I just never post it anymore because it stinks. |
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eor Senior Member
since 2002-09-26
Posts 959blues & greys |
some of it i write for my self, and it has to stay that way, but most of it sure i will share with anyone "For those who understand you, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, none is possible." |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
usually, I show him some of them. There are some that are really too personal for me to begin to explain, or have to justify them. I shouldn't have to, not even to him. He doesn't pry or snoop, so that is pretty cool. He knows I post in here, as does most of my family. But no, I do not show him all of them. Just ones I think he might like.  [This message has been edited by SEA (11-04-2003 09:03 PM).] |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
We don't always share our every interest with our friends/relatives/spouses do we? It doesn't matter whether it's playing golf or writing poetry. If both are interested, then both will enjoy... If one wants to play golf with every spare minute, then off they go to the golf course - enjoying their obsession without their spouse. They play with others who are commonly interested in their own passion. That's what we do here with our poetry. There are really no differences that I can see... |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
When my husband and I were still together, I did read my stuff to him over the phone in the very very beginning of our relationship. He liked them then as far as I could tell. He didn't understand them all, but he seemed to like most of them. Then one day...I started finally started really unleashing myself upon the page and began writing the erotic and sensual poetry that had been stirring in me since I was 16. Some of the first stuff was pretty graphic and I think surprising to him. *sigh* He didn't like it. Its like I put a part of myself out there honestly and let him read...and I guess it scared him. I didn't let him read very much of my poetry after that. Now that we've seperated, I let him read some of the ones that I've written about our marriage...the ones that are very difficult to write. Now, I'm involved with someone. I don't let him read everything because some of it sounds insane to me. I don't like to make him worry anymore than he already does. I get in very dark moods, and the stuff that is in my notebooks...some of it, would scare people...geesh..it scares me sometimes. Some of my stuff is actually in my journals. Some thoughts I just need to keep private. As for my family, they have read a little of my poetry. No one really thinks it is as amazing of a talent I think. I have let my Dad read one of the poems that was for him. He just smiled softly, and I can't really remember what he said, but he loved it. My Stepdad started flipping through one of my notebooks when I was visiting home one time. I got antsy, but tried to be still because at least he was showing interest. My friends used to read my poetry in high school and afterwards all the time. My best friend and her husband read my work when I give it to them to read. I do sometimes. When I give my work to people to read, I often get carried away...especially if they like it. LOL! Then I start letting them read stuff and can't seem to stop...think it gets on their nerves. lol.. Thats all I have for now. thanks for listening to me ramble. I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I once wrote a poem on his... |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Serenity!  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
It was a short poem.  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
LMAO @ Karen...  "if you won't let me fall for you |
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