I TOLD POETRY

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    THE PERSITENCE OF THE WRITTEN WORD,

    I TOLD POETRY

    POETRY I ARGUED WITH YOU MOSTLY THE ENTIRE NIGHT
    YOU AND ME JUST COULD NOT GET IT RIGHT.
    YOU WANTED AN APOSTROPHE
    AND I SAID, "no!"
    BUT THEN YOU KEPT NAGGING ME
    AND I FINALLY LET IT GO.

    POETRY, I DO LOVE YOU
    WHEN YOU COME TO ME SOFTYLY AND NICE
    BUT WHEN YOU WANT YOUR OWN WAY
    YOU CAN BE COLD AS ICE.

    I HEAR YOUR LETTERS AND WORDS
    RUBMBLING IN MY MIND
    I JOT THEM DOWN REAL QUICKLY
    AND NEVER MISS A LINE.

    BUT LATELY YOU AND ME
    HAVE HAD SOME TRYING TIMES
    YOU WAKE ME UP AT MIDNIGHT
    BECAUSE OF A STUPID RHYME.

    I NEED YOU EVERYDAY
    AND THAT CANNOT BE DENIED.
    BUT POETRY I MUST TELL YOU
    SOMETIMES YOU MAKE ME CRY.

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    lonewolf commented on I TOLD POETRY

    09-26-2010

    This is good.When poetry wants to be written, it will sometimes go to great length to get pen to paper. Ive had similar experiences.

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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