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Romanticism

There are some who
all live,
and some, who all
write -- 

Poetry can be happy
compromise -- 

One can both live
and Romanticize 

Though the Heart
will always play
Fool to the Heart....

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Valsa George Date: 9/20/2025 6:44:00 PM Just living is not enough. Simply writing also is not wise. Life and poetry should be aligned. Yes, poetry can be a happy compromise. Very succinct lines Joe, giving a deeper perspective to living and writing. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/21/2025 5:35:00 AM Too instinctive for me, just to live -- need a little more deep thought, mysticism...and poetry can furnish that. Thank you, my friend. Have a great Sunday! Blessings.

Sara Etgen-Baker Date: 9/20/2025 4:40:00 PM enjoyed the succinctness of your thought-provoking words....for me, balance is a part of everything...but almost unattainable in love and perhaps not even in poetry, now that I think more...anyway...enjoyed thinking about your words...have a blessed evening, Sara Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/20/2025 5:16:00 PM I think you are right. We can strive for balance, come close, but balance is a moving target. Never in the same exact place twice, nor are we, the same persons. Aging. Health. Changed emotionally daily. By good and trauma. All in eternal flux. We strive toward ideals, or what has worked before, but new adjustments are always necessary. In a way, sort of like making new relationships with those we already have lots in common with. Love. Trust. Getting close to balance, near enough to say, in balance, the best we can manage is important. Being totally human is perfect enough for me. Physical/spiritual.

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 9/20/2025 3:11:00 PM Hello Joe Dimino, I think it is the heart that knows the feeling of love. I could be wrong. Enjoy your evening my friend./ Darlene/ Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 9/21/2025 10:37:00 AM Hello Joe Dimino, Your welcome . Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene/ Joe Dimino Date: 9/20/2025 5:29:00 PM I think you said it best. The heart is love when allowed to purely express. Beautiful comment! Thank you, Darlene. Have great evening my friend.

Paula Goldsmith Date: 9/20/2025 2:18:00 PM I enjoyed reading your powerful "Romanticism" write. It all comes from the heart to the writer then to the reader. Watch out for the mood the heart is in. Hahaha!!! Have a wonderful day/weekend writing away............ Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/20/2025 5:31:00 PM Yep, heart can be a joy...or get one in a hell of a lot of trouble. Thank you, Paula. Have a great writing weekend. Blessings.

CayCay Jennings Date: 9/20/2025 12:23:00 PM This is a thinker to sit with a bit. Short crisp lines provide pause. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/20/2025 1:08:00 PM Hi CayCay; so nice to have you stop by. I think the last line sums it up. Sort of like, the actor plays to the audience... The Heart plays to the Heart. Truth, right or wrong, are often overruled by feelings. As far as the meaning of the beginning: some just live, outright always, and some only write without hands-on experience. Pure instinct vs deep soulful reflection. Best, in my opinion, is a balance of the two. Reasoning there is a spirit reality which can be overshadowed if too deeply enveloped by the physical. Maybe I could have said it better. I am never finished with a poem. Some left as is, while others go through many revisions over the years. Have a great writing weekend my friend.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 9/20/2025 12:02:00 PM - When words come from the heart, Joe :) - hugs Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/20/2025 1:23:00 PM I agree. For me the heart is the most important. Right or Truth, will never bring rest or satisfaction, if the universe explored is all mental, and does not reflect the actual experienced journey of one's own heart.

Victor Buhagiar Date: 9/20/2025 9:59:00 AM Romanticism is one section of poetry. A type I love You did well. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/20/2025 10:39:00 AM The Driving force of poetry! Thank you, Victor. Even when romantic love is not the issue, one imagines passionately that what they write will read and taken to heart.