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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2001-05-26 11:50 AM

What is a poem?
...one might ask,
The answer not,
...a simple task,
Writing words,
...that sound the same,
Is it but,
...a writing game?
Penning thoughts,
...of life sublime,
Within the frame,
...of metered rhyme,
Or is it more,
...a subtle art,
To bare one's soul,
...express one's heart,
To laugh, to cry,
...to live and die,
To tell the world,
...the reasons why,
T'was once written,
..."shall never see,"
And with this thought,
...one must agree,
A poem is,
...but written word,
Of what will be,
...what has occured,
A snapshot of,
...our mortal soul,
The beauty of,
...what makes us whole,
A baby born,
...a mother dies,
Small children laugh,
...a father cries,
What is a poem?
...'tis spring's first rose,
A summer breeze,
...'tis heart's disclose,
Pen and paper,
...meld as one,
As poet's work,
...is never done.

What music this that stirs within mine soul,
With thoughts sublime, from gods on clouds above?
A tender word, that doth on heart inscroll,
Brings forth sweet memories of life and love,
As nightingale, on wing in evening sings,
Soft melodies, that touch mine soul within,
And free the heart, to fly on feathered wings,
To rise above, to calm our daily din,
A soothing balm, one's pain in comfort frees,
Love's madrigal, flows forth from goddess lips,
As gentle wind, upon life's satin seas,
Doth fill with grace, the sails of passion ships,
What creature this? What magic to hold dear?
'Tis sonnet's voice, that in mine heart doth hear.

[This message has been edited by Mike (edited 05-26-2001).]

Cerenity
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since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

1 posted 2001-05-26 12:04 PM

Hi Mike,

You are so amazing, I just love your work, this is so wonderful, a keeper.

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-05-26 12:07 PM

Mike, this is beautiful. I must have a copy of it, OKAY??? It is filled with beautifully depicted truths.

Watersign6
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since 2001-05-25

Posts 823
Hurricane,WV

3 posted 2001-05-26 12:14 PM

hey Mike i am gonna have to go find more of your poems,this one is excellent! i love it

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2001-05-26 01:11 PM

Mike~
These are two beautifully crafted pieces ~

'A poem is,
...but written word,
Of what will be,
...what has occured,
A snapshot of,
...our mortal soul,
The beauty of,
...what makes us whole'

And in the penning ... we are made whole !
I adore that thought.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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5 posted 2001-05-26 06:25 PM

Mike--You say so much with your title..and each poem so uniquely different, so beauifully done, and so true.

Death
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since 2001-05-26

Posts 112
Twilight

6 posted 2001-05-26 06:37 PM

Ihave a friend who says poetry has even more defintions than poets. Something about most writers of verse rely on a multitude of defintions.
Having whatched the many-faceted lives of humans, I cannot but agree, poetry seems an absolute only in its subjectivity.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2001-05-26 06:45 PM

Enjoyed this Mike...James

Titia Geertman
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since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

8 posted 2001-05-26 07:00 PM

If you put these words in prose, they wouln't have the same impact as they do in poetry. Simple words and yet so special.
Loved it.

Titia

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

9 posted 2001-05-26 08:27 PM

A snapshot of,
...our mortal soul,"

this sums it up best

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

10 posted 2001-05-26 09:50 PM

Studying you again...loved the set-up before the sonnet Mike...as always perfect meter and the phrasing is extraordinary...Mind if I shelve this in my library?

Hope not!

Elizabeth

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Minnesota

11 posted 2001-05-26 10:15 PM

Exactly right.

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

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Hurricane Alley

12 posted 2001-05-27 09:17 AM

Truly amazing...you never fail to hit the mark with your writing....and this snapshot of your soul is perfect!

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

13 posted 2001-05-27 09:28 AM

...a subtle art, indeed...
of reaching out to entwine, just
as you have done...

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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14 posted 2004-05-21 01:08 PM

thought-provoking

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