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When a Poet Cannot Pen

There is a probable cause. For me, I give myself no pause. Just like a dancer wants applause. I tell myself "just because!" I fail to eat, sleep or drink. Then ponder,why I cannot think. I feel anything but in the pink. I just want to put my head in a sink. I really do get very down When trying to be the Poet-Clown I do get morose and down Tis no way to shine as a crown There is nothing wrong with using rhyme! Some don't like it but rhyme for centuries is not a crime. It happens to be a cherished, favorite friend of mine! I happen to think in rhyme, most all the time. Some like excellent itsy-bitsy poems. They are sweet but not my home. In poetic forms, I do love the roam. As if running with bare feet, in the fresh sea foam. There are poems of mine, as children to me, And oh, when they are ignored, I do see! I cry to them, to wait for me. Such is my poetic, daily, eternity! August 25, 2020 6pm PST

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 8/26/2020 12:39:00 PM

Hello panagiota when my pen hits the paper, i never know what form i will write. i just let the pen decide. it works for me. sometimes i rhyme,sometimes other forms. i never know what the pen decides. hugs Darlene xxxx-ooo.

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 8/26/2020 10:12:00 AM

I wholeheartedly concur with your thoughts, Pangia. I'm a rhymer although I've tried other formats. Most other formats leave me wondering what the author is talking about - but that is just me, I reckon. Bob

Panagiota Romios
Date: 8/26/2020 10:22:00 AM

Other formats are fun to try....but am your twin! I feel lost in the gymnasium of forms. I feel like I am in a huge studio! Sometimes poems fly over my head.I must be dense or something. Pangie

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/26/2020 12:11:00 AM

I was born a rhymer and will always be one, yes, I dabble with other forms who doesn't. That dreaded wall, we all hit it sometimes, you're not alone. Tom

Panagiota Romios
Date: 8/26/2020 7:27:00 AM

Thank you for commenting. The Wall for me is a painful one. My nose still hurts.))) reality is the best teacher, Tom. I found out where I Live. I do not sparkle in the eyes of humans. I never want to be one of the crowd. That is death to me. I am back. Watch my smoke! Pangiexx

Joe Dimino

Date: 8/25/2020 7:15:00 PM

Poetry is serious...even when funny. I know you know what I'm saying. They are our little children, our doves set free -- sometimes during a storm, hoping to find a receptive place to light...or, more precisely, an ear and heart willing to entertain (even for just a brief encounter) the sojourning soul of another. It's like the chicken and the egg...they still argue in inquisitive places as to which of us really came first -- the poet/poetess or the poetry. Love your writing!

Panagiota Romios
Date: 8/26/2020 7:21:00 AM

Dovess, indeed, Joe. I finally figured out why there are no ears or hearts for them. It does not matter why. It just is. The Poems I leave here for friends and family. I really never came here to be top banana. The world is an arena for that one. It's all fool's gold. To have one comment or none, is fine with me. I will write what I choose. Popularity, trophies, not my game. Being genuine is. Pangiota and her Doves..hug you. Xxx