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11-02-2009 at 12:42:11 PM

Words on Paper

Hey everyone, I want to get some input on this poem so I can be a better writer. I'd be grateful for your critiques!
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Words on paper are much more than they seem,

And like the birds, they fly and careen.

Poetic minds and thoughts alike that start,

Aim none other than the reader's heart.

Deep and true the arrows strike,

Arrows of illusion, quite contrite,

Penetrating through the mind and soul,

Bypassing the common sense that we all know,

And tickling our hearts and wisdom and mind,

Stamping in the brains that we've left behind,

As we follow the whisper we cannot see,

In order to understand the meaning of such a thing.

A doctor can prescribe medicine for the sick,

And may know the formulas and every trick,

But cannot grasp the feeling of fullfilment,

Nor can any understand the mind of a poet,

For words on paper with ambiguous meaning

Lead many a reader to foggy dreaming

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11-02-2009 at 01:29:44 PM

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Well personally I thought this was a great write! So often haphazard comments can be made that really just don't do justice or even come close to the meaning of a poem...like someone may have skimmed a piece nonesensically coming to own conclusion and not really thinking what the writer may have been thinking at the time... It actually recalled a conversation I had on Friday with a doctor who plainly told me he never did get poetry... Guess he was reading the wrong authors! Well done, you get your words across plainly! tongue wink

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11-02-2009 at 01:41:19 PM

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I like it. cool smile

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Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.
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