I TOLD POETRY

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    THE PERSITENCE OF THE WRITTEN WORD,

    I TOLD POETRY

    POETRY I ARGUED WITH YOU MOSTLY THE ENTIRE NIGHT
    YOU AND ME JUST COULD NOT GET IT RIGHT.
    YOU WANTED AN APOSTROPHE
    AND I SAID, "no!"
    BUT THEN YOU KEPT NAGGING ME
    AND I FINALLY LET IT GO.

    POETRY, I DO LOVE YOU
    WHEN YOU COME TO ME SOFTYLY AND NICE
    BUT WHEN YOU WANT YOUR OWN WAY
    YOU CAN BE COLD AS ICE.

    I HEAR YOUR LETTERS AND WORDS
    RUBMBLING IN MY MIND
    I JOT THEM DOWN REAL QUICKLY
    AND NEVER MISS A LINE.

    BUT LATELY YOU AND ME
    HAVE HAD SOME TRYING TIMES
    YOU WAKE ME UP AT MIDNIGHT
    BECAUSE OF A STUPID RHYME.

    I NEED YOU EVERYDAY
    AND THAT CANNOT BE DENIED.
    BUT POETRY I MUST TELL YOU
    SOMETIMES YOU MAKE ME CRY.

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    lonewolf commented on I TOLD POETRY

    09-26-2010

    This is good.When poetry wants to be written, it will sometimes go to great length to get pen to paper. Ive had similar experiences.

    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

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