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How long will it take you, poet? To understand that poetry does not replace love? To understand, that everyone eventually falls out of their chair? How long will it take you, poet? To cross the Atlantic Ocean and the United States? To join your father in the unexplored forests of heaven? How long will it take you, poet? To lie under an apple tree and discover a great metaphor? To prove the existence of God to the Tsar and his evil soldiers? How long will it take you, poet? To understand that tulips and primroses are more deadly than you, That softness is the only language that women understand. Combien de temps, poète, te faudra-t-il ? Pour comprendre que la poésie ne remplace pas l’amour ? Pour comprendre, que tout le monde finit par tomber de sa chaise ? Combien de temps, poète, te faudra-t-il ? Pour traverser l’océan Atlantique et les états unis ? Pour rejoindre ton père dans les forêts inexplorées du ciel ? Combien de temps, poète, te faudra-t-il ? Pour t’allonger sous un pommier et découvrir une grande métaphore ? Pour prouver l’existence de dieu au Tsar et à ses maléfiques soldats ? Combien de temps, poète, te faudra-t-il ? Pour comprendre que les tulipes et les primevères, sont plus mortelles que toi, Que la douceur est l’unique langage que comprennent les femmes.

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Date: 4/1/2024 7:52:00 AM
Poetry can represent anything including love. Have Good Days
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Yann Rolland
Date: 4/1/2024 5:09:00 PM
thanks Anisha for stopping by, enjoyed
Date: 4/1/2024 7:51:00 AM
Poetry can represent anything including love. Have Good Days
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Date: 3/27/2024 4:24:00 AM
A good read. Poetry does not replace love but it increases it.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/27/2024 11:09:00 PM
thanks again victor, enjoy your day
Date: 3/26/2024 9:12:00 PM
Love this, Yann! I think I posted on this earlier so wondering what happened to my post. Oh well…take 2
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/27/2024 11:11:00 PM
thank you ,so much Kim, i didn' get your firs post, enjoyed thos one, sites are not perfect
Date: 3/26/2024 5:51:00 PM
I consider those questions answered. But you make some good points in this piece.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/27/2024 11:12:00 PM
thanks a lot ts for the appreciated comment enjoy your day
Date: 3/25/2024 6:34:00 AM
You ask many pertinent questions. You did well.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/25/2024 4:28:00 PM
thanks Victor appreciated the compliment, thanks for reading
Date: 3/23/2024 3:45:00 PM
A brilliant poem, my friend.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/24/2024 8:15:00 PM
Thank you Jerry, have abeautiful week
Date: 3/22/2024 10:46:00 PM
"How long will it take you, poet? "To understand that tulips and primroses are more deadly than you, That softness is the only language that women understand." A great statement! Yes, softness is the only language that women understand and also appreciate. Beautifully expressed, dear Yaan.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/24/2024 8:16:00 PM
thank you so much Valsa, for the beautiful and precious comment supporting the poem, have a beautiful week
Date: 3/22/2024 6:12:00 PM
Yes it will be good for us poets to learn the truth about the sensitivity around us, thank you for sharing your talent Y,
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/24/2024 8:17:00 PM
thanks rose, for supporting the poem, may be easy written have a beautiful week
Date: 3/22/2024 4:52:00 PM
Just lovely, Yann! You're right. Softness is the only language that women understand. I especially liked these lines: How long will it take you, poet? To lie under an apple tree and discover a great metaphor? Your poem spoke to me; thanks for sharing, Sara
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Yann Rolland
Date: 3/24/2024 8:18:00 PM
thank you so much Sara, apparently, i haven't yet find the metaphor have a beautiful week over seas

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