There's no point, I suppose, to po- etry... as I well know... it's not go- ing to break down the bor- ders 'tween the owned and the hoar- ders, wiping asses with it ~ just so!
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poetry is good for the soul
So I’ve been finding out for myself, Andrew!
All best,
David
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I really like this one. It says so much with just a few words and strategic line breaks!
Also, I’ll have to check out the AGT clips.
It’s well worth it to check out Brandon Leak. I thought his spoken word pieces were simply terrific.
-David
I don’t quite agree, of course but I still think the form is intriguing and the poem, slightly comical. I find Poetry almost magical, it’s a form of art and is always original, there’s something for everyone, it can encourage one or make them feel worse. It’s a beautiful and pure form of expression, and one that anyone can do.
Well, I will say that no one poem expresses the entire breadth of my opinions on a given matter… but the part of me that questions the point of all this writing asks: “how is world suffering reduced by my words?”
Well, there’s always a second side to everything and an art form echoes only it’s creator’s mind, not the world’s. Reducing world suffering begins with one person. Help one person, and then another and so on. I think reading or writing has a profound impact on people, rather than making an instant change, it sows the seeds of change that gradually grow. Good things take time. Maybe the change won’t happen in one’s lifetime but it eventually will. Just my thoughts though😂
Well, writing for sure has an impact on me, and I imagine it does on most writers (I hesitate to say ‘all’, but… well… probably all).
Of course I agree that reading what others write changes people – but I don’t think that means that every writer succeeds at that in a significant way, by any stretch of my imagination.
🤷♂️
I agree that every writer doesn’t succeed but there are ones that do. And their words and stories do bring about change, raise awareness about global issues, why, if it’s a scientific paper, we might even learn something about the universe! Writers write in different spheres, change takes place in those fields. I can’t say much about world suffering as a whole, but I think without words, we would be suffering a whole lot more.
✔️ I’m down with this.
Me too! 😂
🤭
Now there’s an idea! I wish my tp had scribed poems to read. 😂
If that is the fate of our words, I suppose it could be worse – as we saw how valuable tp was a few months ago. 🧻 Our poems may not “break down the borders ‘tween the owned and the hoarders,”
but let’s keep writing and trying anyway! (great lines btw)
Michele, please forgive my ignorance, but what is ‘tp’?
(and, thanks ❤ )
-David
Toilet Paper 😆
half i don’t understand, half I do.. I like the half i do! good poem,
Thanks 🙂
I’m happy to try to explain whatever you don’t understand, Cindy!
-David
Thanks David! I appreciate that!!! ❤️
Like the poem
Thank you, Sir 🙂
Much appreciated,
David
Extrodinaire, Brandon Leak, it feels like the messenger has come for modern society, finally, pathfinder to the world stage.
Because of other poets will find their way there……breakthroughs
Poetry is exactly where it belongs.
Amazing
Yeah!
If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend that you listen to his poetry performances 🙂 – I was deeply moved by them.
-David
We never get the live broadcasts of America has talent or any of these shows. So i usually stumble across the ones that capture me or as i am prompted. I will surely follow his road to winning the show. Can you believe a show his lecture hall. An amazing poetic curriculum for teachers of poetry.
He’s very special. And I’m sure his winning is wonderful for spoken word poets everywhere!
Absolutely….poetry has found its way, a breath of fresh air for the entertainment world.
I don’t have a TV, but since I’m originally from the USA, I usually watch the AGT clips on YouTube… that’s how I discovered Brandon.
If more hearts could care, we would find a way to go somewhere
Denise,
It’s clear to me, but not all see.
-David
Greed misleads, it is a really terrible weed
Indeed!
We should continue speaking out about it, so people will change their ways?
For all that it leaves me feeling blue, it seems there’s not much else I can do 😦
You can continue what you are doing now
You will get through to the greedy somehow
Thanks for all your support; it’s a salve for this hurt; perhaps the right words, indeed, can convert.
yes we can show them why greed is bad, you see it is the worst thing they have ever had
And worst of all, they remain sad!
yes, because caring and sharing is best, it helps more people to overcome the tests
🙂
But too many today shelve their selves… And it scares them to deep-inwards delve.
The love of money is causing horror… and we need to find hope for a better tomorrow
Such hope lives through our poetry… At least, such is the hope I see…
So important.. without hope is we will way we can’t
💕
sorry, say we can’t
Unfortunately lots of people probably think that…but I believe poetry holds great power to change us for the better.
Well… maybe.
I write it for myself, primarily… I guess I just have low expectations 😅
-David
Even if the words we write has an impact on us, I guess that’s enough too 💁
Well, yes, I think that too… after all, I keep on writing poetry 🙂
Thank you!
David
I think poetry has gotten a bad name recently because some of it is incoherent. Also it’s not seen to have any ‘value’ in terms of creating wealth for anyone. But there are more important kinds of wealth than the material. Sorry, I will get down off my box now!
how recently? this isn’t something that I’m aware of…
How many people do you know who read poetry regularly, outside of this community? Maybe you know a lot, but I know hardly any. It used to be a major part of most societies, like Netflix is now, I think..
You know, I never thought about that… I actually have no idea… was poetry a mainstream form of entertainment once?
Absolutely! Across many cultures and societies, but it would be recited from memory rather than written down.
Hmn… but I think it was long before Netflix that it lost its popularity. As a child in the 80’s and 90’s, I don’t recall poetry being considered ‘hip’.
Although – now that I think about – just this year, the winner of America’s Got Talent was a poet – for the first time ever!
That’s a good sign! I agree, maybe it went out of fashion with the advent of tv and radio…
I loved this conversation… and the poem that generated it… and David, you might like to see fun movie called A Knight’s Tale (speaking of Netflix :)), if you haven’t already. Chaucer is a character in it (also the movie takes its title from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, though the plot isn’t the same), and I think it gives a great (and comedic!) depiction of some the role that poets used to fulfill.
https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/60020626
:)) xoxoxo
Thanks for the recommendation, Lia – I’ll check it out ❤
-David
Fun with the family :)) (though can’t remember if it’s good for very young kids…) xoxo