He throws
perfected words
out like pearls
before swine
saying it only
takes one
to "get" it,
his point has
been made
I wonder
if he really
believes that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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perfected words out like pearls before swine saying it only takes one to "get" it, his point has been made I wonder if he really believes that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Your new avatar goes with your new format and style!.!. If the name was Eve, the triangle 'd be perfect!.!.And I will always be Adam!.!. until!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Do poets fib!? Well, recently someone wrote a ditty after reading one of my eloquent works, but rather than give me credit, bent over backwards (nice trick if you can do it) to attribute her inspiration to someone else who had responded to my posting!. So of course poets fib!.!.!.and so do Angels it seems!. (Would you 'Adam & Eve' it!?)Www@QuestionHome@Com I don't like the cliche "before swine", especially since it refers to those who read our poems!. Your poem, however, may be true!. Poets may fib, but I find that I have learned much more than I have given from the feedback!. This is a strong group with great insight!.tWww@QuestionHome@Com Good point!. And yes!.!.cast your bait into the water often enough and somebody will bite on it - even if it is only a rusty lure:( But where is the pride in casting a rusty lure!? And where the reward in hooking a gullible fish!? I love the poem btw :)Www@QuestionHome@Com In order to "get it", one need not understand the totality -one need only be able to grasp the concept!. While there have been aspects of fiction in many of the poetic works, that much I do believe to be truthful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com That seems somewhat beside the point, don't you think!? Why, most of the poets on here aren't even poets but that's rather an open secret, non!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Are we not more than what we are!? Can we not reach the closest star!? A poet writes words to the skies, And does not fib, just outright lies!. Www@QuestionHome@Com The Architect doesn't build the building The General doesn't fight the war The Conductor doesn't play every instrument !.!.!.!.they, they, they & we !.!.!. inspireWww@QuestionHome@Com A poem is not a news article; it is literature!. All literature is based on truth!. All literature contains fantasy--or if you will, lies!.Www@QuestionHome@Com aren't poets the unacknowledged legislators of the world!? shelley said that!. Www@QuestionHome@Com I liked this poem as it really made me think' and poems that do that are always great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You really are in a deep mood today !.!.!.heehee!.!. If my point is made it is because I believe my point to be right!.!. I just knew you would not stay silent for long!.!.!.!.hahahahahWww@QuestionHome@Com I don't know if he really believes it - but I do!. If only one is affected - it is worth the effort!. ?Www@QuestionHome@Com It can't work for me If it doesn't work on youWww@QuestionHome@Com I think you are probaby so very right!.!. I am treading quietly behind you!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com it is to ourselves that we lie first and then we find ourselves in a place to lie to othersWww@QuestionHome@Com No way! I want adulation!. More please! 8-)Www@QuestionHome@Com |