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.

[Joy C]

I love it! This piece makes me feel good about being a writer. The description of writers is so true. I was so moved by the last line. Right now, I feel that I am so lucky because I cross the path with this poem.

[walking.in.rain]

I love this because it's so.. true. I suppose it's the last line that touches me the most. Young as I am, I don't see myself to grow to an old age. Superstition you might say. I want to write something, or draw something, or play something, anything, that will change a life, change lives, before I'm gone. So I struggle every day in a vain attempt at achieving this. I want to leave my mark on the world before I'm gone, something that says "i was someone..somewhere..sometime"

[THE BLACK SEAL]

this gave me a warm fuzzy feeling... good work

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

The greatest thing about being a writer is having our voice heard so we must make sure to say what we want while we have the chance... Nicely penned.

[None]

I had the pleasure of reading this before the site crash, I would never forget such an awesome poem. A nice, honest tribute to all your writer friends. Well composed and the last stanza really hits hard and truthfully.