POEM:
A verbal composition characterized by the use of condensed language chosen for its sound and suggestive power.
American Heritage Dictionary
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Poetry, I believe meant to be
through language, an inner stirring
A means to conjure memories;
A step back to their occurring
Poetry, I believe meant to be
with what time it takes to write
a means by which I slip away-
an invitation to minds flight
Poetry, I believe meant to be
through usage of my words
a way for me to speak to you,
thus never really being heard
Poetry, I believe meant to be
with pen and paper on hand
a means to share through writing-
just who it is I really am
Poetry, I believe meant to be
through its readers eyes
a chance to understand and see
its author without disguise
Poetry, I believe meant to be
when given, it is of myself
a way to find a part of me
placed upon my minds back shelf
Poetry, I believe meant to be
through imaginative allusion
the means to take me to a place-
where I am drawn to this conclusion:
Poetry, I believe meant to be.
~Nancy Roberts~
©2002
Joining Laurie for Favorite Things Saturday
Beautiful really! I understand just how you feel and how important poetry is to a poet. Poetry is many things to me, I find I'm continually using myself as a specimen. Poetry is really no more than explanations of lives, tombs in which we poets bury our dead, and most of mine are long at rest.
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