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Dead Poet Society

Is it painful to convey your art,
or is it artful to convey your pain?

Does the torment carry the weight of a thousand suns,
when the love of words slowly but surely drains?

As the heart is healed the poetry departs.
Poets' pens left straining in their hands.

But it's ok, in Love we are all One.
Let's melt into the heavens and flee this barren land.

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Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/3/2010 9:12:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round Yoni. I wish you the best in the finals. Love, Carol

Date: 5/31/2010 2:45:00 PM

Congratulations on making it through the first round of the Poetry Soup contest with this poem. Best wishes in the finals. Karen

Vince Suzadail Jr.

Date: 5/6/2010 9:22:00 AM

Congrats Yoni on your featured poem. Vince

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 5/5/2010 6:10:00 AM

Gotta work on that last line my dearie! I've missed you! You will have new adventures and experiences in your new marriage? has that happened yet? and you just wait for the joy of all of them! HUGS Light & Love

Date: 5/4/2010 7:35:00 PM

Such a creative perspective. I really like the last stanza. Congratulations on having your poem featured. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen

John Freeman

Date: 5/3/2010 7:14:00 PM

Congratulations Yoni on your worthy poem feature this week. Agape, Moses

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 5/3/2010 4:35:00 PM

Congrats on your featured poem this week on the Soup... an excellent poem to feature and share with us all.. with luv.. from the "Sweetheart"

Janette Fisher

Date: 5/3/2010 9:35:00 AM

Many congrats on your featured piece. Rgds Janette

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 5/3/2010 4:30:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week at PoetrySoup. May you have many more features Yoni and may you have a wonderful week. Love,Carol

Lynette Chachere

Date: 2/28/2010 8:51:00 PM

Wow. this is powerful. because many people are afraid to express their heart. fear of rejection. fear of losing everything. great write. you seem to be an inspirational writer. -Always&Forever Lynette

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 1/29/2010 11:47:00 AM

Powerful indeed Yoni,great mind..Charma

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 1/13/2010 2:54:00 AM

nice one!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/12/2010 1:49:00 PM

I especially like the fourth line especially. Words and understanding of words and speaking of words is one way that God made man special so to have the love of words slowly drain would be terrible. Keep the creative pen flowing. Thanks for the comments on my poem about the duct tape. No one was hurt and everything turned out alright. It was a rural church and the roads were not busy at that time of night. It was just a memory from way back that I thought that I would pen. Sara

Sue Mason

Date: 1/6/2010 10:43:00 AM

Poignant write here, Yoni and you haven't posted for sometime!! Hope you're not really gone away ... smile ... You've got SoupMail.

Winter Wallace

Date: 12/31/2009 6:56:00 PM

great write

Jay Loveless

Date: 12/27/2009 12:09:00 AM

This is so beautiful. Ive read it reapeatidly. I Love it Yoni =] And thank you for the comments on my brothers poetry. I will let him know what you said. I believe that person that you abandoned him, may be his real father, who is currently in jail again, and once hurt him badly. Again thank you, love and peace. Rain

Sara Lokken

Date: 12/26/2009 1:16:00 PM

This is.....poignant, cutting right into the soul....and existential! I had to think on this one; read it more than once. Best wishes, Sara

Date: 12/23/2009 4:20:00 PM

Thought provoking piece. The title caught my attention. Keep on writing! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Karen

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 12/20/2009 9:02:00 PM

Wonderfully powerful lines Yoni.. intense poetry from your talented pen.. enjoyed a great read before bedtime... SOUP MAIL REPLY... thankxxx "Sweetheart" of Poetry Soup...

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 12/17/2009 4:25:00 PM

Thank you for sharing your outstanding poetry with us today Yoni. I enjoyed reading it. Love, Carol

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 12/17/2009 12:38:00 PM

My goodness, what a brilliant perspective, Yoni! Writing is not only an outlet, but a way to drain our emotions as well. And that last line is truer than most of us would care to admit. Now shed the intensity and go to your happy place as your big day approaches. Perhaps you could write something special to share with Vera on New Year's Day as you begin your life together. Wishing you love and happiness always, Carolyn

Slight Buckling

Date: 12/17/2009 12:02:00 PM

True, true, I must agree. A pound of pain for an ounce of beauty.

John Freeman

Date: 12/17/2009 11:15:00 AM

A painful expression, in the wisdom of words, but as the mind repents, the pain is purged. Smile. Sincerely, Moses