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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