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How Poetry Began

How Poetry Began Gentle spirit came to visit noble man sent poetic verse throughout the land Declared she, I am the original Muse your heart , soul and mind seek to use Write and sing,love so deeply with me we together shall plant a poetry tree As our hearts join to this world sail love and hope shall forever prevail The Universe I have long ago tread every galaxy my words have been read You , mankind are the last I will meet the poetic ground now underneath my feet Open your hearts and see with new eyes this new way will defeat all the lies Beam of true light shall open your mind you will be the first in all poetic kind With this visit the original Muse departed poetry spread in each heart it was started Now we seek ever to find this greatest Muse to prove how brilliantly she did choose! Robert J. Lindley, 09-13-2014 This is was written as an entry in the How Poetry Began contest.... Has not been entered. Seems the deadline has now passed..

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Gary Bateman

Date: 10/6/2014 3:27:00 PM

Robert . . . This one is a most marvelous write. I can relate to the theme here very much. This one is another "7" in my book. Our Muse is there when we each summon her, hopefully most of the time. Enjoyed this immensely!! Best Wishes, Gary

Monterey Sirak

Date: 9/18/2014 9:52:00 AM

It is too bad the deadline passed. I love the image of planting a poetry tree. I can just picture it blooming and forming new words that are blown on the wind when the leaves fall.

Robert Lindley

Date: 9/14/2014 5:38:00 PM

Peter, do read my Acheron poem...I put many hours and much sweat into it. The most time I have spent on a poem in over a decade of writing! I think its my best work so far.

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 9/14/2014 2:22:00 AM

2nd and 4th paragraph..:) my bet to this poem..:)love the message you weave in it..:)

Robert Lindley
Date: 9/14/2014 5:58:00 PM

Thanks Olive but we will never know. I missed the deadline so this write never was entered. Yet I still had the pleasure and inspiration of writing this one . And that will suffice..

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/14/2014 1:54:00 AM

oh man, I am so sorry this lovely poem got left out. The same thing happened to me just yesterday. I was finally going to post my rain poem and lo and behold, the contest had quickly finished filling up. I got into this one you missed by the skin of my teeth as well.

Robert Lindley
Date: 9/14/2014 5:56:00 PM

Thank you Andrea. I delayed too long because of my family duties. Lately have been so very busy. Glad you made it in my friend!!

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 9/14/2014 1:24:00 AM

What a brilliant write Robert ! Perfectly done really!

Robert Lindley
Date: 9/14/2014 5:55:00 PM

Thank you my friend. Too bad it missed the contest , there were so many truly great writes in that competition.

Charles Reese

Date: 9/14/2014 12:46:00 AM

Very nicely done my friend. To bad you missed the deadline it would have done well.

Robert Lindley
Date: 9/14/2014 5:53:00 PM

Thank you much Charles!!

Arthur Vaso

Date: 9/13/2014 10:55:00 PM

This is amazing Robert, I was sure I wrote the first poem ever, but I stand corrected!!! This is an A7 Robert, to my favs!

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/15/2014 5:21:00 PM

A winning poem, needs no contest!!!! and this is a winner!!!

Robert Lindley
Date: 9/14/2014 5:33:00 PM

Thank you very much Arthur for honoring my write so greatly! That makes up for my disappointment of missing contest deadline.