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Poetry is...

November 9, 2009
By Inkspired PLATINUM, Whitby, Other
Inkspired PLATINUM, Whitby, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"If one will scoff at the study of language, how, save in terms of language, will one scoff?" - Mario Pei
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." Isaac Asimov


Poetry
is like thoughts
and emotions
spilt onto a page
in a jumble,
then carefully arranged
into a pattern so
the bright colours
and sharp spikes
and hearts
and cobwebs
and tears
and blood
strike the heart
just right.


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on May. 2 2010 at 1:04 am
amicrazyorisitjusteveryoneelse PLATINUM, Kula, Hawaii
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Favorite Quote:
"Everything you dream is real and everything real is a dream"

this is a beautiful poem.. so true and it digs into what poetry really is

could you check out some of my stuff please??