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     Cagedbird Veteran Poster Username: Cagedbird Post Number: 101 Registered: 02-2004 Rating: N/A |
My Prayer I pray for a woman with lots of love to share has the patience of Job fearless like the Hebrew, Daniel. I pray for a woman who is secure and strong head on straight heart in the right place. I pray for a poet who pens just enough words with fine rhythm and beat writing from her heart and soul. I pray for a Cagedbird whose wings are not clipped allowing her free verse or rhyme reaching her final destination... paradise. (c) 2009 Eve Hall Dedicated 2 all those who are in love. "These two poems you sent me should go into your new book Eve" Nancy I will be waiting 4 your reply, Carey. Have a wonderful weekend, peace! No part of this piece may be copied without the consent of the poet/writer. Where U at, Rondall????????????????? *********************************************** How to Read a Poem: Beginner's Manual by Pamela Spiro Wagner First, forget everything you have learned, that poetry is difficult, that it cannot be appreciated by the likes of you, with your high school equivalency diploma, your steel-tipped boots, or your white-collar misunderstandings. Do not assume meanings hidden from you: the best poems mean what they say and say it. To read poetry requires only courage enough to leap from the edge and trust. Treat a poem like dirt, humus rich and heavy from the garden. Later it will become the fat tomatoes and golden squash piled high upon your kitchen table. Poetry demands surrender, language saying what is true, doing holy things to the ordinary. Read just one poem a day. Someday a book of poems may open in your hands like a daffodil offering its cup to the sun. |
