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Open Poetry #1

Your poetry kills me...

Haskins
Member

since 1999-06-26

Posts 85
Dallas, TX

0 posted 1999-07-02 09:15 PM

"Your poetry kills me,"
She suddenly said
(And I'll be damned
If she didn't look dead!)

"You're a heathen beast
With a godless heart,
As gloriously stupid
As you are smart."

(I smiled, by the way,
At her frantic roar;
For, you see, I've heard
It all before...)

"Why can't you write
About hope and love?
And acknowledge the glory
Of heaven above?"

"I am guilty," I said,
"Of the charges you level
For I see no difference
'Tween God and the Devil."

"I write what I know
Of the human condition,
And all that I see is
A war of attrition."

We could argue forever
And never agree--

So she writes what she hopes for,
I write what I see

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William Haskins AKA The Mad Monk
http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm

[This message has been edited by Haskins (edited 07-02-99).]

azblond
Senior Member

since 1999-07-01

Posts 637
The Steamy Desert

1 posted 1999-07-03 12:00 PM

I love it Haskins! What more can I say? It's wonderful!

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Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

Haskins
Member

since 1999-06-26

Posts 85
Dallas, TX

2 posted 1999-07-03 12:06 PM

Thank you

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William Haskins AKA The Mad Monk
http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm

Sally S.
Senior Member

since 1999-06-07

Posts 847
Ohio

3 posted 1999-07-03 12:07 PM

I liked this....it flowed very well.
One things for sure....to truly appreciate the art, you must acknowledge the vast differences in style and formation. I believe most poets write what they feel or have strong feelings about. (Unless it's a challenge....and we've seen a couple of those around....hee hee)

elvira
Senior Member

since 1999-07-06

Posts 936
California

4 posted 1999-07-13 10:33 PM

a lovely arguement...battle of the wits

Princess Lily
Member

since 1999-07-13

Posts 149
USA

5 posted 1999-07-26 12:42 PM

VERY TRUE MY DEAR VERY TRUE!WONDERFUL JOB HASKINS.

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We see only what we want to see~unless perhaps~we believe

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