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Writing Poetry and of Poets

I will write of the gems I have held
Some in my mind others in my heart
Yet they are held with a love so pure
A thought that will fill eternity’s hold

They are a band of poets striving away
They are from all places with all thoughts
Here they play with words in tidy rows
Though we must take each word carefully

When you talk of their words talk with calm
Be gentle with their lives as they burden you
Think of all they have been through or why
They come to us each day poetry to unfold

Whisper their words in your mind’s eye
Test the feelings they portray with yours
Walk in their shoes, feel their minds set
Free yourself to remember your yesterday

I will walk with you as the now flows by
You will teach me in your learning from others
Seek out new places to rest with the words
Let them ring out a vision of you always

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band of poets lol
some of the verses really touched me
and I guess this is the truth about us ;)

Emina
Maybe it's better to stay completely within
as fire hides in metal
as water hides in rock.
Rumi

Where have you been I have missed you on Neo.
Thanks for your good comment but this one is in need of help as it was written in a hurry and posted without many checks.
Thanks again, look forward to reading yours,
Yours Ian.T

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So find more reasons to believe in others..

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I've been working really hard for my studies recently but now I'm gonna be here all the time and write a lot. And yes this poem can be way better but it's good even now.

Emina
Maybe it's better to stay completely within
as fire hides in metal
as water hides in rock.
Rumi

It will be lovely to have you return, I hope your studies went well, Yours Ian.T

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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..

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or wring
as in wrung?

when I compose
I have none in mind
I enter the one I am reading
and you think its me

that's the whole beauty
of an actor of poetry

you should not let any one know
who or what lies between
you and mystery

tis your self ordained destiny
some one
say some one
will think of me
who am I
certainly not me!
Tis the one who resided
in me temporarily

The word is ring as in "ring out" so that you can hear or see.
As a peel of bells to make you take notice.
You must as you write let you shine through young Bard and at the same time catch the sunshine to quote a cliché.
Thanks for your visit, tea two sugars lol, Yours Ian.T

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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..

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"Whisper their words in your mind’s eye
Test the feelings they portray with yours
Walk in their shoes, feel their minds set"

Tell me a lot about your message dear Ian.
Thanks for sharing.

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I am glad that the piece brought good thoughts to you.
Good to see you here at my door,
Yours Ian.T

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So find more reasons to believe in others..

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Be well dear friend!

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words
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Love the message in this one.

I accept the gift of wisdom
though i am unworthy
to be called your student
when it involves poetry..

This poet is still too green
to reveal any real beauty
in his word crafting,
still embracing simplicity.

When others soar up high
over the mountains of destiny,
he's still too weak to fly,
His confidence is still tiny.

So lend me your courage,
Bear with my incompetency,
that I may grow well with age
and find my path eventually

Alid

This comment is a beaut piece of poetry, if you can find such words to comment then to write a poem will be great.
You are not green in anyway, I use the simplest words in my poetry and writing so that many understand what I am saying with out a dictionary.
This is the way things should be written, if I was preparing a speech for a University I would use other words but as my education was of a simpler kind I will stay as I am.
In the days of the great Bard not many could read or write so his writing had to appeal to the many , am not sure if he succeeded in his days but now that most can read and write his words are taught and understood by many more than would have been in his days.
Think who you are writing for and what you need to say and use the appropriate structure, take care and thanks for your visit, Yours Ian.T

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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..

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Your greenery
seeds within me
a beautiful thought of vegetative poetry

if all things were born of green
leaves filled with chlorophyll only
tell me friend
where the birds and bees will seek
love of seeds so green

and where in the world
we will find birds and bees honey

if only green was the kind of business you seek

what will happen to folks like me
who only
other than green
stuff eat
birds, chicken and meat!

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