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The First Poem That Made Me Love Poetry

A poem I have found 
In The Wiarton  Echo
Found eight years ago
Printed on the Poet's page
I rea\d it several times
The more I read it
I was drawn to the poem
Enjoying the poem i read

Before the day was done
I removed the poem 
I kept it ever since
Reading the poem often
A poem that made me 
Love poetry on the 
Poet's page

The poem is:
The Heart  And Soul 
By Fab Ricciard

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Jim Slaughter Date: 6/26/2022 11:09:00 AM It's good that you can point so directly at what precipitated your poetic journey, Darlene. I think the one that "got" to me, was "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer. Although, I blush to admit it, now, but for many years I thought "he" was a "she". Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 6/26/2022 2:52:00 PM Hello Ji, Slaughter. Yes it was Fab Racciardi that got me interested in poetry. So the she is a he! Wow! I wonder why he did this . Enjoy your evening my friend.

Caren Krutsinger Date: 5/26/2022 8:51:00 AM It is marvelous when we find a poem that hits our soul; it sounds like this one did. I loved Kubla Khan by Samuel T Coleridge like this. Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 5/26/2022 10:34:00 AM Hello Caren, Yes it is marvelous how a poem hits your soul. At that time I was not creating poetry. I did find a place to learn how to create poetry. Now I love poetry and enjoy it. Hugs.

Bill Baker Date: 5/10/2022 3:15:00 PM A poet planted a seed for you, and you found it in that poem. I'm glad you did, my poetess friend Darlene. A poet friend in Texas, Bill Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 5/11/2022 5:15:00 AM Yes Bill, a poetess planted the seed for me. it was Fab Ricciardi's poem Heart and Soul. I still have this poem she created. Your poetess friend Darlene

Paula Goldsmith Date: 5/8/2022 8:02:00 PM A wonderful write. I wish you would write more. Poems are painted words on paper. Have a great/blessed~day/week............ Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 5/11/2022 5:13:00 AM Hello Paula, Thank you Paula, I will Paula write more. Yes Poems are painted words on paper. I will have a great/blessed day. I wish you the same. Hugs.

John Watt Date: 4/27/2022 11:56:00 AM Darlene, thank you for sharing your poem that made you love poetry. I had that experience when I read Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken". I love to go back and read it, and I never grow tired of it. Enjoy your day, my friend. Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/27/2022 2:37:00 PM Hello John Watt, Robert Frost is my fav. poet. The Road Not Taken is my fav. poem. I also read it often. Nor do i tirer of Robert's Frost poem. Enjoy your evening my friend.

Constance La France Date: 4/21/2022 10:03:00 AM Darlene, wonderful poem and reminded me that I have always wrote since a young child, but I found my "poetic voice" on the day my father died in 1997 and I wrote my poem called Dad's Work Shed, I think for each poet when this happens we never forget it ~Constance Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/21/2022 10:18:00 AM Hello Constance, this is a lovely tribute for your dad. Your right when this happens to each poet we do remember. Enjoy your day my friend. Lov & Friendship Darlene.

Len Gasun Date: 4/21/2022 4:02:00 AM This is such an awesome poem my dear friend Darlene. A creative way to share with us how you became in love with poetry. For me, as far as I remember I started when my mom trained me to memorize poems and recite aloud with interpretations. The first 2 poems i memorized were Cradle Hymn and A Tree. More pieces followed before my writing. I enjoyed reading your poem my dear friend. Thanks a lot for sharing. God bless you always. Hugs Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/21/2022 10:26:00 AM Hello Len, Thank you for the lovely comment. Thank you. I also enjoy reading your poetry. I remember in school the whole class had to reciate a poem. It was--Snow On The Roof. I really do not remember who wrote the poem. Bless you alwYS My Friend.Hugs Da\rlene

Mike Gentile Date: 4/20/2022 11:00:00 AM I am glad that you found poetry Darlene! Funny how we all have a different story of how we were influenced. Happy Wednesday xxoo Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/20/2022 3:47:00 PM Hello Mike, I read a poem in the Wiarton newspaper and I read it several times and that is why I like poetry from a certain poetess. Happy Wednesday.

Timothy Ray Date: 4/20/2022 3:31:00 AM i remember too when the world of Emily Dickinson opened for me....Hope is a thing with feathers....it found a perch in my soul...loved the poem whose depth said so much of my own experience...great job Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/20/2022 6:35:00 AM Hello Timothy Ray,I do enjoy Emily Dickinson to, Robert Frost, ee cummings & Fab Ricciard. All these poet and Poetess have made me love poetry more. Thank you for the lovely comment. enjoy your day my friend.

Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 4/19/2022 6:45:00 PM That's wonderful, Darlene! It must be a great poem! I think, I started liking poetry when a Professor read Robert Browning's dramatic monologues in my first year of university. That Professor was not very popular, but her reading was astounding! Darlene, your poems are so true to life! Love ~ Mala Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/20/2022 6:38:00 AM Hello Mala, It is wonderful how you got to like poetry Mala. You were lucky to have her as your professor. Thank you for the wonderful comment. Love & Friendship Darlene

Gershon Wolf Date: 4/19/2022 5:53:00 PM I too was drawn to a poem, 'Fame is a Bee,' by Emily Dickinson. A very simple poem, but very difficult to replicate. :) gw Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/20/2022 6:43:00 AM Hello Gershon, I also like Emilly Dickinson poems. Robert Frost, ee cummings, Fab Riciard. Thees are my fav. so far. Enjoy your day my friend.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 4/19/2022 3:34:00 PM gosh, what a wonderful way to be drawn to poetry. I think the poetry of Sara Teasdale is what inspired ME most, though I never even started writing poems till decades after I had read her poetry in high school. Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/19/2022 4:06:00 PM Hello Andrea, This is how I was drawn to poetry by reading Fab Ricciard"s poetry Heart And Soul. I still have this poem. Enjoy your evening my friend. Hugs.