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The Necessity of Verse

You may be a free market person - a libertarian You mat be a socialist of some kind You may be hard at work You may be looking for employment You may be rich You may be poor You may be a Moslem, Jew, Christian Confucian, Buddhist or one of the multiple creeds in the world Whatever you are I think you should read some verse My late father said it teaches you how to feel Well, I guess he was right So pick up a book of verse or go on line to a poetry web site Or better yet write some of your own verse Yes better yet.... Peace to all readers of these words

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Mario De Paz

Date: 10/2/2014 9:15:00 AM

Well done Matthew, poetry is important for people who enjoys life. But not very many love poetry. It was composed at school as a task in Italy about hundred years ago. Although that was sometimes ridicolous, now people is not even able to write a letter, imagine a poem!

Kelly Deschler

Date: 9/22/2014 12:31:00 AM

Something so simple as the reading of written words can unite people from many different backgrounds. Everyone has experienced emotion, no matter who you are. So we should be able to relate through our poetry.... Yes, verse is necessary, Matthew. I don't know where I would be without it. You have written a great one here! I enjoyed it so much!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/17/2014 4:00:00 PM

well, in that case.I should really know how to feel by now!!! and all our good friends here!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 9/17/2014 12:36:00 PM

Hi Matt, my life would be such a bore, if it was not for the necessity of verse. Any kind of verse will do for me.. It is healthy for the soul... Always Linda