Poetry

by Bill Turner   Jun 20, 2006


Poems have no meaning
Words and sentences all
Passionate and preening
Obtuse and small

Readers bring poetry to life
Adding emotion and passion
Bringing with them love and strife
Turning the word into fashion

I may write what I feel
Pouring out my heart and soul
The reader makes it all real
Adding the sum and making it whole

My words have no meaning until read
Once they find someone's heart
They cease to be lifeless and dead
You, the reader, give my poems a start

Thank you all for giving my words your time
Like Dr. Frankenstein, you have given them life
Although not all of them fit with a rhyme
My hope is they never cause you strife

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  • Ohhhh.i have always enjoyed nothing more than reading ur poems........u are truely a poet.......with passinon u do write, perhaps it will not have the same meaning to u as it does to the readers but one thing that i and perhaps others has noticed that u are a true writer.........i hope u at least look at some of my poem..iam afraid compared to u its nothing..and not be of ur tase but it will please me very much if u did comment and said ur opinion.

  • 18 years ago

    by loretta Taylor

    I absolutley love your writing. You have been added to my favorites. Love your style

  • 18 years ago

    by C Cattaway

    Absolutely.. all the above.. I love it all too, and the way you leave it to the reader to read, and put their own connotations upon how poetry is given the readers own connotation.. haha.. that made sense when I was writing it.. oh, you get my drift.. either way, well done, hunny. 5/5. xx

  • 18 years ago

    by Darien

    Welcome back indeed Bill. Your writing is as great as ever. Which goes to show, you are a natural. So true what you say about poetry, and how the readers make it real. Good stuff Bill.

    and thanks for the comment on my poem.

  • 18 years ago

    by Kim

    You've managed to capture the essence of poetry in one beautifully written poem!

    "I may write what I feel
    Pouring out my heart and soul
    The reader makes it all real
    Adding the sum and making it whole"

    For me, that really made it real. I've always felt that way but never found the words to express it until now. This is simply wonderful ^_^

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