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The Best Poem You Ever Read
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The Best Poem You Ever Read |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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Is not necessarily by Thoreau Or for that matter Keats or Shelley Or Edgar Allan Poe It might not be amongst the Dusty books there on the shelf The greatest poem you ever read May just be written by yourself Did you ever write a poem? That just made you softly sigh Or was there one that emotion Made you bittersweetly cry Is there one that was born to you? That made you wholly believe Words weren’t born long time ago You yourself can conceive This poem that I am writing Is not the best there ever was But few poems can do for me What my own poetry does When you think of Percey Shelly And when you think of ole John Keats Remember theirs is their own Even if You wish to match their feats I hope the poetry you respect From which have made you grown I hope the greatest poem you ever read Was one you call your own The End (sentiment) [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 05-22-2000).] |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Walt~ And a beautiful 'sentiment' it is ! You've stated a very profound view here. 'But few poems can do for me What my own poetry does' I've written many ... but I hope I've not yet written my 'best'. But there are some that have that distinction in my heart ... nobody felt it like I did ! What honest refreshment you bring into my life, my friend. Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Walt, Good point you have made here A lot of poems and poets have touched my heart, but none so deeply as my own All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Walt, I hope this poem of yours did for you what it did for me, made me think about how amazing your messages are, and how they can reach and make other's think. I have written many of them poem where I have no idea where they came from, certainly not from me yet I was the only one around and there it sat in front of me. Then there are other's that come from the intensity in my mind and everything spills out awesomely. I don't have enough self confidence in myself though to think any of mine are better than anyone elses though, I'm just me, and I just write and hope someone might like it. |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
Oh walt, you are such a softy  Excellent message here walt, and yea, I got a few poems of my own that tear me apart every time I read them, just wrote a new one that ranks right up there, maybe at the top, who knows. I loved this walt. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Walt, this amazes me....you have gotten better and better this past year...really good job here!! Thank you.....  |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Walt this is superb such words of wisdomI think the one's written by ourselves may not always be great poems but they mean the most to us as we know exactly what we mean in it and they express our inner feelings. Thanks for sharing this Walt. Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Walt, you are so deep, thank you much for this... |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
ya I like........... best poem I ever read is very short..... Me I am. author Unknown... Parker |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
I think the poems that touch us most deeply are our own, but it is great to read someone else's poems and step into their head/their world. "I hope the poetry you respect From which have made you grown I hope the greatest poem you ever read Was one you call your own" a beautiful sentiment all round, a fantastic poem. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
You've an important message here, Walt. I think outstanding poetry means as much to the writer as to any of its readers, although I sometimes wonder if others can understand what I try to convey with mine. No mistaking the meaning of this one, though...you say it so well... ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you yuh wonderful bunch o poets yuh. everyone who puts their feelings into words is a great poet to me o yuh! |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
Walt ... This may not be the best that was ever read ... but it's amoung the best that was ever said thumbs up 'o yuh' Rex |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
walt, this makes perfect sense to me... as you... um... often... yeah that's it.. often do...  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Our poems, in a way, are our 'children', our own deepest feelings expressed, really a part of who we are. You've expressed that well here, Walt! Denise |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Walt cheering for you! You have improved over the year. I don't know how to describe the thoughts and feelings you left me with here. Couple poems I've written, one made me cry while writing it, and one I was just elated over. As I'm sure someday when you look back through yours, you'll go WOW! I wrote that? Excellent, excellent my friend! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
*Sven stands up and applauds wildly!* This was great Walt. . .should be on the wall of every poet who ever lived. . . Excellent!! --------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Exactly......and precisely...James |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas |
Walt, this was a tremendously intuitive piece of writing. It was one of those, that after you have read it, you say, "You know, he's absolutely right, wish that I had written that". Keep up the good work. ~GS~ |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
oh all yuh sweet poets yuh |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
This is definantly one of the best poems you've ever written!!!! I'm just sittin here saying AWE... (Now I'm getting all mushy on you) This touches the heart Walt...so sweet!!! Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Sometimes, Walt, I wish the poems that come out of my head have been the best I have ever read - so many beautiful poems in this world - so many more to read, and, yet, still so many more to write. Would be awful to have to compete with oneself over which poem written is the best. Be an inner war. And, what if your best could never be matched? GREAT poem, Walt - truly enjoyed. |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
Walt, You hold my deepest respect! this was one of the best i've ever read. i am truly humbled by this fantastic peice of work. i've printed out a copy to hang on my bulletin board for inspiration. i give you mad props, my man. i dig it. We all got somethin' we need to atone for. |
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2dalimit Member Elite
since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228Mississippi coast |
Walt, How true. Great poem. Although I appreciate the thoughts of others, I like my own. Melton |
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Corazon Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209 |
was gonna read this yesterday, but my server was acting up and I got thrown out of PIP...lol...am glad I didn't miss it....its perfect....love your writing my poet friend, love this poem! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
See it was hit all the way! Now Walt, print it out and frame this one!  |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
now see here white dove you know my printer is broken i'll take anyones castaway printers as long as they work i got UPS at work i'll pay shipping o but i'm not begging or anything not me...thanx for all the comments yuh yuh |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
OUTSTANDING WORK HERE WALT!! TAKE A BOW FOR THIS ONE!! EXCELLENT WRITING AND SENTIMENT JM ----------------------- Music, When Soft Voices Die by Percy Bysshe Shelley Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory - Odours, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken. Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed; And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, Love itself shall slumber on. |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Walt, you amaze me! This is really brilliant and I really do agree totally with all you have said! Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Walt....again, superb. I've gotta agree with PdV: you just keep getting better and better...yawp, yuh-yuh. Alicat |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
i'll ne'er get another poem to 30 replies so hehe i'm bumping it up for number 30 oman in heaven thanx all!!! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Great insight Walt, and here's to 31! Corinne |
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Lone Ranger Member
since 2000-04-16
Posts 92Salvador , Bahia , Brazil |
You know, I thought that the best poem i ever read was mine, but after reading yous , I'm not quite sure wich one is better... excellent poem... "Only in the dreams , is that man can truly be free It was always thus and always thus will be" Prof. Keating Dead Poets Society |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Walt, I came back to read your poem again. It is very good! So BTT just for you. Hope you get 92 ~netswan |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank yuh rereaders and first time readers and God and everyone who made me feel like i was worth something and mom and dad and timmy who fell in the well and recited this verse and i copied it down and he died and that was sad but now the poem is mine all mine yuh oops in a canyon in a cavern excavatin for a mine dwelt a miner forty niner and his daughter clemintine!!! yeehaw! |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
*Bravo* well done Walt... I knew a timmy once... nope.. he didn't write poetry like this... this is a classic Walt. |
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kat Member
since 2000-05-20
Posts 387 |
Walt, you are so right. I've only recently started writing poems and all because I was inspired by someone in my life. All my poems come from my experiences and I feel every single one of them. Therefor, they are to me the best one's I've ever read. Thanks for that. |
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