Why I'll Tell You Why I Write (for Martie)

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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2004-04-24 10:54 PM

You asked me why,
not how,
I write poetry.
I don't think my motivations matter,
or would even help you understand
the separate river flowing through my soul;
it is hard sometimes for me to walk softly,
and I don't mean to shatter any useful illusions,
but I don't seek ovations
and I can just barely handle praise,
even then
only at a distance,
please don't misunderstand
I am not constructing resistance,
I savor your thoughts
the raw and pure energy,
the vulnerability,
the visions
tastes and scents,
the innocence that never will exist
within the walls of my redoubt,
but none of this really
is what this poorly structured poem is all about;
I am writing to thank you
for enfolding me,
though all too briefly,
inside the shelter of your soul,
and as recompense
try to make sense
of what and why it is
that I also try to do
in poems
without needing to give warning.

I write poems
for the sad simple truth
that the voices inside me are maddening;
I have found no other key
to reality's chains
when my soul weeps awake in the morning.

©2004 by icebox

Sunshine

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1 posted 2004-04-24 10:57 PM

I write poems
for the sad simple truth
that the voices inside me are maddening;

~*~

Amen...
and you couldn't have
done it for a better poet.

icebox
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in the shadows

2 posted 2004-04-25 12:26 PM

Thank you for your comment. There is little I can say beyond that, but it is appreciated.

serenity blaze
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3 posted 2004-04-25 01:25 AM

"I write poems
for the sad simple truth
that the voices inside me are maddening;"

yes.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

4 posted 2004-04-25 04:31 AM

send the voices to me, I need some company

Margherita
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5 posted 2004-04-25 08:32 AM

The inner voices urge you to write and I am grateful you surrender always, and so very beautifully.
I agree it's not easy to handle praise and still ....it means you have shared your gift and helped someone else to understand, to feel, to ponder, to rejoice ...
Thank you.
Love, Margherita

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2004-04-25 08:45 AM

yes..I understand.

To have lived the dream of a love so true...
is to have seen a glimpse of heaven.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

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Florida, USA

7 posted 2004-04-25 08:49 AM

I write poems
for the sad simple truth
that the voices inside me are maddening;
I have found no other key
to reality's chains
when my soul weeps awake in the morning.

and, I understand, too.....

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2004-04-25 10:41 AM

IceBox~

'I am writing to thank you
for enfolding me,
though all too briefly,
inside the shelter of your soul,
and as recompense
try to make sense
of what and why it is
that I also try to do
in poems
without needing to give warning.'

Oh ... yes, I am understanding this so much~

And ... our dear Martie will continue to 'enfold' such a soul that shows in this penning~

She's like that ... yeah, she is~

She, and others of us, know the voices~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

noles1@totcon.com

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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9 posted 2004-04-25 12:25 PM

And I think you are not alone in that need to release truth. That you are able to canal your truth into beautiful verse and then open the flood gate allowing your words to flow out into this blue ocean is a gift and an offering.

Aenimal
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10 posted 2004-04-25 12:53 PM

I write poems
for the sad simple truth
that the voices inside me are maddening;
I have found no other key
to reality's chains
when my soul weeps awake in the morning.

Little you can say beyond that? There IS nothing left to say after that, it encompasses(at least for me) everything that leads me to write. Thanks for expressing it.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

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11 posted 2004-04-25 02:20 PM

I don't think my motivations matter,
or would even help you understand
the separate river flowing through my soul;
it is hard sometimes for me to walk softly,
and I don't mean to shatter any useful illusions,
but I don't seek ovations
and I can just barely handle praise,
even then
only at a distance,
======================

*honoring this impressive, sincere write from a distance*

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

12 posted 2004-04-27 04:26 PM

I knew this about you.

Sometime ask me how I knew.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Martie

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13 posted 2004-04-27 05:35 PM

icebox

Your poetry comes from great depths, and lets us see the truth that many can't find or reveal. I'm so glad you do write, for without your poetry, I would never have known the dear man that you are.

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

14 posted 2008-02-27 01:06 PM

-ing the best~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - noles1@totcon.com

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

15 posted 2009-03-06 01:32 PM

I can only repeat what Martie has written. This needs to be reposted every year. latearrival

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