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Why I'll Tell You Why I Write (for Martie)
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Why I'll Tell You Why I Write (for Martie) |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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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 |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
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. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Thank you for your comment. There is little I can say beyond that, but it is appreciated. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
"I write poems for the sad simple truth that the voices inside me are maddening;" yes. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
send the voices to me, I need some company |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
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 |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
yes..I understand. To have lived the dream of a love so true... |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
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..... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
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, |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
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. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
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. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
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* |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
 I knew this about you. Sometime ask me how I knew. "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
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. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
 -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*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I can only repeat what Martie has written. This needs to be reposted every year. latearrival |
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