a beneficial woe

 a beneficial woe

 

 

 

struggles, 

incessant sensitivity

a poet's bane

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/24/16

Reviews

[Érenn]

If I had read this the first time I had joined the forum, I highly doubt I could have understood even a percent of this. But the me right now, can understand this even if it's slight( i think i understand more but then again that could just be my imagination). It really is well written piece.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you...i think the more we read, the more we absorb...but understanding a poem exactly is not nearly as important as finding a reason to identify with it...
appreciate your words, Errenn.

j.

[...]

I've read you die a thousand times, immortal poet. Your sensitivity is our pleasure :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i probably overdo it i guess...but thank you for your kind words, lynn.

[...]

That's not what I was saying, Jacob. read it again :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i know you didn't say that...i just wonder if i do sometimes.

[Lydia Shutter]

Ah yes....our emotions will do us in, won't they? Still, I would not trade my sensitivity for stoicism....never! Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

me either, lydi...

thank you,

j.

[icelandicblue]

Ain't it the truth. You know just what to say.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, anne...

j.

[David Scott]

Don't I know... It hurts like the Devil...
I needed to read this one today.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your relating to this David...glad it spoke to you...

j.

[iand63]

Shot to the heart and your to blame, you give poetry a bad name. I think I am going to nickname you 'the knife' J. Your intellect is sharp and you find the heart every time.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love the reference to that song---thank you for your kind words, ian.

j.

[daninstockholm]

so very true,, I have a blog on tumblr, daninstockholm-poetry.tumblr.com and I've decided to rename it... "The songs of the romantic discontent",, this speaks so truly to the plight of the poet, so deeply in tune with themselves and the world. but while it is a struggle, it is that connection that allows such writing. Very good work with so few words!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for the kind review, dan.

j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Yes, those struggles, that incessant sensitivity may well be a poet's bane--both also certainly contribute to "A Beneficial Woe."
You say so much with so little, Professor J!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Jimmy.

j.