To the Poets

I've been thinking of the endless of poets and writers, our brothers and sisters, whose burden bonds us.

  

here's to all the poets

who sat with just a pen

and labored into the night

to find the poems end

 

minds with words that drift

looking for a place to fit

that perfect little word

that seals the feel of it

 

broken hearted human beings

who struggle to express the pain

of how deep the hurt of loss is

that even words are penned in vain

 

to the writers whose lives are lost

whose only friends float deep within

simple words of gray and black

color their lives from start to end

 

here's to the countless writers

in search of that immortal line

that screams to all who read

i was someone..somewhere..sometime

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

" Poetry is not the proper antithesis to prose, but to science. Poetry is opposed to science, and prose to metre'. The proper and immediate object of science is the aquirement, or communication, of truth;
the proper and immediate object of poetry is the communication of immediate pleasure."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I have to agee with Sam on that one.
As a poet; I seek beyond all else to to bring my reader ecstasy.
I know then that my reader will be a faithful lover, leave satisfied, and return often.
Just mine and Sam's thoughts.

[emmajoy]

That last line is almost a tragedy in itself.

As to all your other words, Rain, as always they have so much meaning, make the reader think and think, and, and are put in such a graceful, intelligent way.

You really are a poet.

[ToasterBox]

a very nice write. not exactly what i'm looking for in the 'illuminate me' contest, but definately adding this to my favorites

[+xDrunkenFairytalex+]

wow. Magnificent write!
Reminds me of a poem of mine
called "Masterpiece".

[Donald Meikle]

nailed it rain drove it home that's what it's all about.

[James Watts]

I like this. Mainly because I feel that writing is so much more than a classroom, or some learned skill. Writing is a part of us and only few of us can tap into and decipher what it means. I try and I hope that one I will become a skilled writer, but I believe I must first tap into that meaning. Nice write. I enjoyed this.

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

A very lovely entry to my contest. I found this so true how times sometimes slips by for me when I'm writing.


here's to all the writers
who sat with just a pen
and labored into the night
to find the poems end


here's to the countless writers
in search of that immortal line
that screams to all who read
i was someone..somewhere..sometime

[Angel Baby]

"here's to the countless writers in search of that immortal line that screams to all who read i was someone..somewhere..sometime"

Sounds like me.....great write!

[Marie]

Truer words were never spoken. Nicely penned.

[Laura E. Aranda]

Good luck in the contest with this one. I have not heard alot from you lately! Hope all is well! Take care!
Cheers,lea

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing. Debileah