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Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

0 posted 2003-12-03 04:12 PM

(Be careful, you may find someone you know in this rather undisciplined ramble.)

I know poets
Whose imagination takes them
to romantic places
they’ve never been
Whose age confines them
to the good times
as only they can remember

I know poets
Whose lost dreams propel them
through the same backwaters
in different boats
Whose fantasies are grown
large and sober to fill
the deep holes they must endure

I know poets
Whose windows open to landscapes
never seen before
but recognized by all
Whose visions come vividly
to brighten the everyday grey
we are besieged with

I know poets
Whose consternation with the world
breaks everything except
the lead in the pencil
Whose puzzlement remains secure
guarded by the hiding words
left out

I know poets
Whose honesty is so clear
that even the cracks
in their bones are revealed
Whose fear of the unknown
can steal the paper
from beneath the pen

I know poets
Whose love of words addicts them
to the insatiable thirst
for uttered ink
Whose pain screams on beyond
the spare intelligible words
they leave behind

I know poets
Whose voice is heard only
in the quiet of night and
the dying of shadows
Whose despair is survived
by shedding the daily burden
of back-breaking words

I know poets
Whose love and hate burn equally
bright in the darkened depths
of an ignorance
Whose love-ly words are bait
to the hungry reader
seeking shelter

I know poets
Whose fiction hollows
lines into canyons of words
that do not echo
Whose dishonesty is bolstered
by the odd pride in the view
that “it is only poetry”

I know poets . . .

[This message has been edited by Krawdad (12-03-2003 04:42 PM).]

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

1 posted 2003-12-03 04:32 PM

Absolutely wonderful write! Going directly into my library. hugs, Chris

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
-Plato

Brad Majors

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since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

2 posted 2003-12-03 04:38 PM

well done

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2003-12-03 04:43 PM

Krawdad~
This is so insightful~

'I know poets
Whose love of words addicts them
to the insatiable thirst
for uttered ink'

Bullseye !
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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cosmic-duality
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since 2003-11-24

Posts 14

4 posted 2003-12-03 04:58 PM

I know poets
Whose lost dreams propel them
through the same backwaters
in different boats
Whose fantasies are grown
large and sober to fill
the deep holes they must endure

I love this poem,Especially this stanza

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

5 posted 2003-12-03 05:03 PM

I love this and you know...I know too.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

6 posted 2003-12-03 06:45 PM

i too...know poets...you...h

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

7 posted 2003-12-03 06:57 PM

Krawdad
Everybody you know is a poet. LOL Enjoyed

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2003-12-03 06:59 PM

Nice...for sure...James

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

9 posted 2003-12-03 07:07 PM

Krawdad, I love this....And, while reading it,
many poets I know came to mind. Very good!!

Hugs

Ethel

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

10 posted 2003-12-03 07:36 PM

I know poets ~ YOU! Wonderful right write!

Many came to mind as I read this engaging poem!

I love poets! They make such open and honest friends ~ and they are so in touch with themselves ~ and others!

Thank you, Dear Poet!

EA

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

11 posted 2003-12-03 08:16 PM

Krawdad...A long poem for you and filled with much truth. Enjoyed!

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

12 posted 2003-12-03 08:44 PM

Seems that you've captures many personality types among poets as among men and women... Bravo!

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