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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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4445 Flame to an Ember 13 October 2005 To be a writer or poet - but not able to right As if the mind did believe it was wrong to compose under this light One line of a whisper to hear and a word out of place to mistake In having writer’s block to one whom knows how hard to overcome that can be to partake To have stopped and started yet never truly let go Along a road of tranquility in thinking outside the square Where from within a round whole words written in time would again grow Like timber to a tree and a chip off the block A flame to an ember and words again in mind to flock "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man." Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) English author, courtier and philosopher a poet who cares |
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wvatvrider Member
since 2006-02-04
Posts 78West Virginia,USA |
writer's block-something we all experience time to time |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
the above works was written as a joke, in relation to a person who was claiming writers-block poetry comes in all forms - I myself composed 1200 or more poems in the last 7 months and yes I do get writers block at times as well a poet who cares |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"the above works was written as a joke, in relation to a person who was claiming writers-block" Poetry for many of us is a very personal thing and, therefore, I rarely critique form or meaning. Thank you for commenting on my poem, "You'd Never See Me...." -- that particular poem was a response to a challenge to take the identity of another poet and then let people guess who I was masquerading. You'll find that challenge in the dicussion areas. I see you are new here and probably wouldn't have guessed whose style I was writing unless you'd spent hours and hours of reading. Welcome to PIP. |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
I don't read much poetry, I am not a poetry fan - maybe that makes me an idiot - then I know good and I know style - I just am not a poet, just the idiot at the key board or pen in my hand. 5084 Poetry or Fact 14 February 2006 Being the poet does give reason to write and style can be but an objection For who was in control of the pen the might of the sword Or those who never will understand As if Browning - Frost and Wilde were never poets at all Such was the true observer to what poetry did mean An entertainment - a way of life more just boredom to strive For one was good to an other Only Shakespeare could write his own everything else was but imitation What was poetry, poesy, verse - (literature in metrical form) a writing style, literary genre, genre - (a style of expressing yourself in writing). In another way poetry was (any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling) an expressive style, style - (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; (“all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper”) Conformity or to conform - certainty that was what poetry never was. a poet who cares |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
I think maybe you've misunderstood what I meant by reading and reading. I was referring to reading other poets here at PIP...and they are all poets and so are you. The challenge was to masquerade as a PIP poet, not one of the masters....lol. Just for fun and practice of matching their style of writing. There is much to be learned here if you like to write. Obviously, you do. |
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