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inot2B
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since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

0 posted 2001-04-22 04:10 PM

i not 2 judge

I judged a poet not long ago
having never met him face to face.
I thought of him a virtuous gentleman
by the words he penned with grace.

Tenderness poured from his pen
as words to us he did compose.
He never wrote ill of past loves
who filled his heart full of woes.

Wanting to know more of the man
who lived behind the rhymes,
I wandered through rooms of the forum,
in one I saw what I thought to be a crime.

The words I read rhymed and flowed,
But made my heart hit the floor.
The poet wrote of vulgar displays which
I thought should be kept behind closed doors.

Disillusioned and feeling oh so betrayed
By the poet who I had placed in high esteem
I stopped enjoying his sweet poems of love.
I had seen he also wrote of smut extreme.

Then my beloved brought to my attention.
The poet I excluded was not at fault.
He did place his vulgar poems behind closed doors.
I opened the door, although I knew I should halt.

I unjustly judged a poet not long ago
having never met him face to face……

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-04-22 04:15 PM

We do that don't we? Judge unfairly. But I want my own sweet poets not to write smut on the side. What does it accomplish, except more vulgarity. Joyce

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-04-22 04:53 PM

This tells me we should be careful what doors we open----very interesting poem....hope you are well.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2001-04-22 05:03 PM

into2B,
Very good write, enjoyed the read.

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

4 posted 2001-04-22 05:37 PM

Joyce, guess no matter how old I get I should know better than going into the Adult Poetry.
Kathleen, glad to see you. Yes I'm well, just learning not to wander so much.
Seymour Thank you for reading and enjoying.

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