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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA 
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Can a poet taste sincerity? Can we write with the flavor of truth? Can we pen the odor of futility, or the burning sting of joy? Can we as poets, capture the color of honesty? In our scribbles? In our fevered writings? Can we artists, self-proclaimed speakers of beauty, imprison life's essence in ink? Or do we just dance a dirge of delusion? A frenetic tango of self-importance? Do we type our inane lusts in the computers of illusion and call them scripture? I think not. We share the climax of speech in heavenly form. We express the weary world in the fury of our odes. We offer a respite from reality's bite. Through the soothing balm of our lyrical prose, We are the healers, of broken souls the dreamers of dreams spoken, and instigators of fantasy realized. Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. Nil Desperandum, Fata viem invenient [This message has been edited by JP (06-18-2002 09:05 PM).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Believe me, JP, NOTHING I write even remotely resembles scripture! The questions your poem asks are probably answered differently by everyone. Some poets think they DO write all those things...are they the ones blinded by their own 'supposed' talent? Do you think ANY writer(poet) can achieve what you are asking? |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Yeah, I do (snicker snicker) Check out the revised version De Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Now you've gone too far...if I was a 'healer of broken hearts' would mine then not be mended? Or can't a poet mend their own heart, only those of strangers? Your poem(poetry) gets better and better.... |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
If a poet sees dishonesty Can he describe it in his words Can he show the pain it causes Heal the hurt with ellipses? Does the word ‘soul’ mean That the poet really sees it Can a poet feel love by just writing the word? Will my exclamation points Excite the fever of your reading Will you find my passion In those dots and dashes Or will they wither here To dust and ashes? If my words could mend Broken hearts I would start with mine Selfishly I suppose But therein lies the Fantasy of this poem The truth is no one knows |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Does not the poet's expression of self-pain serve as a display of Buddah's mustard seed? Does it not show our pain as everyone's pain? Our cracked and tattered hearts, no more worn or abused than those about us. Does this commonality serve to ease suffering? Does not our lack of unique despair. Allow us to heal? Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
This melancholy poet Feels the pain of all Tis a burden born With unwelcome distress I can say I understand But do I? Can I feel that pain Which you bear? I can only hold your Heart And ease the pain With a smile And a word The poetry of empathy |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (sigh) Oh JP, this is so very thought-provoking indeed, sweet friend, I believe while all our answers would contradict themselves that that is truly the magic of poetry: there is no wrong answer! (big hugggsssssss) This is excellent, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet JP, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Thanks Noah! Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah JP...I only know, I'm not going to stop trying... |
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