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Author:	corruptedspirit
ASL Info:	26/Male/England (Swindon
Elite Ratio:	5.38 - 160/185/56
Words:	188

Class/Type:	Poetry/Misc
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I myself, can only really create poems when I have been done a major wrong or I am going through some epic event.

And I don't why that is, I guess it's my only way to cope. Either that or the curse is real.

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It's funny how poets create thier pieces when in misery,
It's funny how many readers relate when through writers eyes they see.

So if there was no hurt or pain,
Would any real poets actually remain?
If this is true, then poets need to be broken,
And all the harsh words they hear, really need to be spoken.

It's funny how when I'm sad, paper is my closest friend,
It's funny how when I'm happy writing drives me round the bend.

But I class my poems as an artistic passion,
Although I know writing them is kinda out of fashion.
They always help me grieve and let me have my say,
They never return later and use the words to make me pay.

It's funny how when I write I feel so very free,
It's funny how when I don't, I lose a part of me.

I guess life is funny that way,
For all there is a price to pay,
So is there a choice between poetry and happiness?
I think not, it's just that we are all cursed I guess.

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  I've noticed that every once in while some poet decides to ponder over inspiration and how we become addicted to express ourselves through words whenever we happen to hit a rough spot. The result is not always good, obviously.

In the same vein, I recall having mused upon similar issues and come to the conclusion that most poets are especial in a way that they are more sensitive that the rest of the people on account of the fact that they are able to perceive things that others can't. Or they get affected differently by matters that would be commonplace to others.

It's always interesting to read pieces that exploit the ideas that you've depicted in you write. I used to think, well ... I'm not really certain whether I maintain the same perspective though I'm sure it's has evolved in some way now that I'm a tad more experienced , I was only able to write when I was utterly dejected or bordering on suicide, to say the least. However, as time has elapsed I've realized through experienced that I'm perfectly capable of writing without having to feel downhearted or sorrowful about something.

It's true that pain, sadness and mayhem help a lot, take the example of the war poets some of whom have written the most powerful and passionate literature in history. I guess that what I’m trying to say, very inarticulately, is that you can always explore some other topics/themes which not necessarily have to be tragic. Maybe, as you grow old you would realize that your own writing would evolve and you might start to write about different things that happen to you along the way …. and suddenly I feel like a granpa’ saying all this …..

All in all, I was really impressed and moved the first time I've read this piece. I was literally in the verge of crying. It’s really touching. Additionally, I surmise that the rhyme scheme you used was appropriate and telling, for that matter. It sounds sweet and it definitely strengthens the message being conveyed, unlike many writes I get to read these days. Nevertheless, and as I've formerly remarked, I don't quite concur with the first line.

As to some critiques, you might want to do something about line two. I mean the isolated "see" seems rather odd. It gives the impression that there's something missing, something pending, an undeveloped idea perhaps. Moreover, I must admit that I wasn't all that happy about the ending. I was probably expecting something sharper, like the cherry on the top of a cake LOL. Maybe you could enlarge the last line and to choose a different word, you call though (merely a suggestion) I believe that the only 2 lines that don't flow as wonderfully was the rest are the last two ones, in my humble opinion.

Well, Danny that's about it. Great write ... I had a nice time reading and ruminating upon it.

Warm regards,

Ethan

| Posted on 2009-02-18 00:00:00 | by Ethan Brody | [ Reply to This ]
  Interesting idea.
Maybe you just need motivation, and it is easily provoked by pain or saddness. I think it still speaks of a release of inner pressure.
I too feel such inner pressure.
I write happy lines to remove me far from the real world. I write sad and thoughtful pieces to remove me from the real world as well.
I write to remove me from the real world, and to move another to see the world around them.
A walk a mile in my shoes lesson.
We here have taken a hike in your shoes!
Great job!
| Posted on 2009-02-05 00:00:00 | by Alfonzo | [ Reply to This ]
  apparently the poet
writes in blood
and hemorhages thoughts
like corpuscles in a flood

but can he be assured
the trauma that he's chosen
is the finest choice of word
or the finest of the frozen?

| Posted on 2009-01-28 00:00:00 | by rws | [ Reply to This ]
  There are happy poets. There are sad poets. There are poets stuck in between. It takes all 3 kinds to give life a more fuller mean. I think all poets can relate to this piece since the mind of all poets see life in all its aspects. That's the reason why poetry can portray life in a syntaxical mode to let the reader make a whole book about what a poem says. This is why poetry finds its way into college courses. It forces the student into a thought factoring process in order to intelligentisize .
| Posted on 2009-01-28 00:00:00 | by realpoet | [ Reply to This ]
  Ehrm no...

Have you read any happy poems lately? Check out nature poets,for one theres a load a hippies who are so in love with the world they just cant get over it...nope...no they cant,so they write about how happy they are to be connected with this super duper earth we live on.

Shakespeare wasnt a depressed person,or if he was,he lived quite an ordinary life as far as factual accounts can be gathered,wasnt in insane or anything silly like that.

Oscar wilde was one of the happiest people youll ever meet, absolutely loved life,and loved to write,thats untill he went to prison for sodomy...

Um...Sylvia Plath,I guess she was sad all the time but I dont really rate her as a poet.She rules though.

See what Im getting at here?

How simplistic to say,"oh I can only write when Im sad and stuff is going on" try a bit of inspiration that isnt morbid or self-pitying,

Not to impune on your poetry,I havent read any of it

I may though,

As for this,I dont like it and I dont agree and you could have written it better and....

deep breaths

Im done ranting.

-Craig
| Posted on 2009-01-28 00:00:00 | by Raphael | [ Reply to This ]

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