What Is A Poet

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  • Belonging

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    I've read so many wonderful pieces here on OP... I am a songwriter first, and true poet after that... More and more have read my pieces here and left many gracious reviews and I thank each and every one of them for their time and their inputs... Since I haven't written a true poem without some kind of musical accompaniment in it's background for a while now, I thought for a change, I would just pen something new; for the heck of it... This is how I felt today... And, where my place in this world of poetry feels... Maybe you can identify with it in some way...

    What Is A Poet
    D Jackson, 070509

    I wonder if I belong here
    I’m somewhat out of place
    My lyrical mind meanderings
    Here amongst such poet’s grace

    Inside my head is dancing
    With melodies here and there
    While crafting stories into form
    Hoping to make them clear

    But, then I read the others
    Who’ve made this place their home
    Setting down such majestic words
    As brilliant as any may come

    My pittances of rhyme with reason
    Riding melodically to their ends
    Somehow don’t compare at all
    To these wordsmith miracles penned

    Perhaps I’ve made a bungle
    Lit down in a world of sages
    Masters of such wordy wonders
    Their stories float off pages

    Then again, I start to think
    Just what's a poet’s goal
    But, make a story come to life
    In any damned way it’s told

    Noone knows if music lies
    Within Hell’s fiery pits
    But, who could imagine what it’s like
    In Heaven’s halls without it

    So, I think I’ll hang around
    And, be a poet’s reflection
    Whittmanize my words to eyes
    With music as my direction

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    poetrygal45 commented on What Is A Poet

    02-09-2013

    Hey, long time no read, and your still rockin em out I see. :) do you remember me?
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    rsalassi commented on What Is A Poet

    10-17-2010

    I'd say you definitely belong, even moreso than many here who, frankly, do not. We all wonder from time to time if we pass the test or fail..frequently, we do both. I like the lyric better than the title, however. Nice write.
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    danmartyjake1 commented on What Is A Poet

    01-04-2010

    This is a beautifully rhymed creation with so much style and I love the last line, especially for you, the musician. Bravo!
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    laydbak1

    03/06/2010

    Thank you ever so kindly DMJ... Sorry I haven't been here for a while to come back and respond to your comments, but I'm here now... Better late, than never, eh...??? Glad you enjoyed it... Doug

    SavVySam commented on What Is A Poet

    11-11-2009

    Enjoyed your thoughts on poetic rhyme and reason, but really loved those last two stanzas! I was shouting... Good for you! Otherwise the OP would have a very short and uninteresting menu of poetary option upon which to dine! "10"
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    laydbak1

    11/11/2009

    Well, thank you ever so kindly Sam... This piece was just a passing brain burp from not too long after I'd joined up here on OP... I've taken down 20 or so piece that were songs and just left the hand full you see now... Glad you enjoyed it...

    PamelaALamppa commented on What Is A Poet

    10-09-2009

    those last two lines really sum things up - I look forward to reading more of your work. ~Pamela
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    laydbak1

    10/18/2009

    Thanks Pam, nice of you to drop by and give me a read... I'll get by your page and see what's up with your work soon... Doug

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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