<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459530" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sorry, but what you write isn't poetry...</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A deep breath; a sigh.. as if<br>you didn’t accuse yourself of this<br>every time you write a poem and<br>hoping to pretend it’s ‘ stretching<br>the boundaries of poetry’ etc.<br>- and whether it’s subsequently<br>well received or not..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and you reply, with a slightly shaky patience, <br>‘Well, you define poetry, and<br>I’ll give you then an answer…’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">* *</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It begins with some small explosion<br>(no casualties) in consciousness<br>(the Indians call it ‘sfota’) <br>or perhaps, it seems more like<br>some movement of the heart; <br>perhaps in delayed reaction to some event, <br>or perhaps out of that blessed ‘blue’…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and you swear undying faith and trust<br>in this wee mite, to guard it with your life; <br>it’s the thrill of a lifetime, but, <br>can you raise it as you should? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I won’t attempt to describe to those<br>who know this all so well, <br>the inner world through which you follow it –<br>sometimes it’s like some vast building<br>full of dusty libraries, committee rooms<br>some a hubbub of argument, <br>some somnolent; then<br>you open a door and find yourself<br>in court, and in the dock - and also witness box…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">how ludicrous this must sound<br>to those who’ve never written ‘poetry’... <br>our whole life, hanging onto every word…</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459530" data-title="Sorry, but what you write isn't poetry... de Michael Shepherd" data-description="A deep breath; a sigh.. as if you didn’t accuse yourself of this every time you write a poem and hoping to pretend it’s ‘ stretching the boundaries of poetry’ etc. - and whether it’s subsequently well received or not.. and you reply, wi..."></div> </div> </div>

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