Careful With All Words

Be careful,  respectful
with all words...

they can be just as vital to a poem --
don't let commentaries too far-a-field
roam -- 

stay focused, and on topic -- 
sometimes good to be myopic.
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Take criticism with grace,

don't let praise put your head
in outer space -- 

besides entertaining,
thoughtful poetry can be a righteous 
rod and staff...

but don't feel need to immortalize~
your every verbal-fart and literary-gaffe --
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Rodrigues Avatar
July 12, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Totally agree…first love to write, learn new forms, practice, enjoy the write, and humbly read many other poets.
DiMino Avatar
July 12, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Could not be summed up better...thank you. Blessing my friend.
Wolf Avatar
July 10, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Better verbal darts than farts, I now proudly say! ~ Enjoyed this one, Joe. Thanks, gw
DiMino Avatar
July 10, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Just a matter of taste...hmm, that don't sound right -- anyway, blessings my friend. Thank you.
Goldsmith Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I enjoyed reading your fun write. Words are powerful both good ones/bad ones. Like your lines, "Take criticism with grace." Yes!!!! -&- "don't let praise put your head in outer space -" In outer space you cannot write any more. Hahaha!!! Have a fun day writing away............
DiMino Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Hi Paula; have great fun writing! Blessings my friend.
One Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 12:16 PM
I agree, but some like to harass and abuse others using the beauty of poetry.. where I come from if we have a problem we talk about and if needs be hand a fight lol.... just joking about the fighting, im a lover not a fighter.
DiMino Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Me too. Even a lover has to protect his amore sometimes. Blessings my friend.
M  Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Hey Joe l agree! Is a verbal fart a burp or just wind?! Enjoyed… Debx
M  Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 2:36 PM
That made laugh Joe!!
DiMino Avatar
July 8, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Verbal flatulence:) Passed a few myself at times. Thank you, Deb.
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