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WhiteRose
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since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

0 posted 2002-10-10 09:05 PM



Blast the allegory
analogy, metaphor
and all the other
words of poetry
we have come to know.

Tell me a story

that I can understand
with sights and sounds.

With a scent I can catch
upon wind. With pictures
vivid and bright, hearty
in their deliverance.

Let me glean the meaning
without tease of thought.

Just tell me a story.

I don't want to crack
the safe or decipher the
code of your words before
they can caress me.

Just tell me a story.

WhiteRose

"The first rule of poetry, write what you know."

© Copyright 2002 Anne Thompson - All Rights Reserved
the_loner_23
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since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
1 posted 2002-10-10 10:10 PM


Beautifully written as usual Anne.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
2 posted 2002-10-10 11:38 PM


WhiteRose - once upon a time, in a land far, far away there lived a prince. He was very lonely and decided to go on a quest to find his maiden fair..............

BC

regards2you
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since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940
California
3 posted 2002-10-11 12:57 PM


I understand what you mean but do you know what you are asking "a master poet" to do. Like asking a surgeon to perform heart surgery with a butter knife.  I, personally do not consider myself a "poet" in that category. I am so not in that league it is laughable. But, I do stand back in awe in them with my finger on one line and balancing the dictionary in my other hand. And hoping, by accident  a poster might explain it a little more clearly.. I just started using the print key to see original type and believe or not it makes a difference. My 'poetry' is liked very much more by non-poets, than by poets.

And, I like your poetry just fine.
Didn't mean to be condscending. I understand exactly how you feel.

Warm Regards,
Pat    

without surrender, be on good terms with all persons...

WhiteRose
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since 2002-07-23
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4 posted 2002-10-11 09:40 AM


Thanks all for the comments. I didn't really mean to imply that is what I wanted. Was just a poem about the simple art of telling a story, which in actuality could not be done  without all the tools we use that I mentioned. This was just a fun little piece, mostly reminiscent of the stories I heard as a child, told to me by my mother, who used simple words to weave a tale.
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