<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=494003" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The commandments of poetry</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I shall love poetry<br>For it is the conversation of God<br>Over my world</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is not a godless art<br>Though I name no God<br>I am bearing witness<br>To Him creating these<br>Poems</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not write poetry<br>To excite myself<br>I write them<br>To sustain<br>My soul</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I shall never use poetry<br>As a pretext<br>For fame and glory<br>It is my spiritual<br>Devotion</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poetry is pure<br>Virginal<br>It is not found<br>In conformity</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I shall bring forth my poems<br>As a mother brings forth<br>Her children<br>Out of my own flesh<br>And blood</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This poem shall not be <br>An analgesic to kill the pain<br>But it shall be the wine<br>That puts me to action</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each poem created<br>Shall leave me humble<br>It can never equal my dreams<br>And always inferior<br>To God’s marvelous<br>Creations<br>Always second<br>To Nature.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Poetry rises from my heart<br>In these words<br>And they have no purpose<br>But to purify</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This poetry shall grow<br>The flowers of compassion<br>To console<br>The hearts of the lonely<br>And those who are lost</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</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=494003" data-title="The commandments of poetry de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="I shall love poetry For it is the conversation of God Over my world This is not a godless art Though I name no God I am bearing witness To Him creating these Poems I do not write poetry To excite myself I write them To sustain My soul I shall n..."></div> </div> </div>

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