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Would You Love Me Less If I Wasn'T a Poet Contest

If I wasn't a poet My mind might be blank For I wouldn't see The age of the tree Texture of woodgrain Or great bug terrain Just a plank If I wasn't a poet My heart might sit still For I wouldn't feel All realities as real The energy shift Visualise rift Just time fill If I wasn't a poet Would you love me For I'd not try to explain The emotion of rain Or be lost in word play For half of each day Just live simply If I wasn't a poet, I'd see and feel less Not fall so deeply into distress Be stable and able, always just fine Consistent perhaps, all of the time Are poets created or born to the art? It's usually the result of a broken heart Would you love me less if it wasn't so? I am, so it seems we'll never know

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Silent One

Date: 9/13/2023 1:37:00 PM

Thanks for writing and congratulations on your placement.

Nancy Kaufman

Date: 9/6/2023 3:22:00 AM

I plead the 5th..chakra that is.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 9/6/2023 3:52:00 AM

Cute! :)

Vickey Rhymer

Date: 9/1/2023 8:33:00 PM

Plummet or soar a poet to the core .

Di11y Da11y
Date: 9/2/2023 1:14:00 AM

Yes, there's not a lot of choice in the matter

David Kavanagh

Date: 9/1/2023 9:00:00 AM

It really is an impossible question to answer from a poets pov Dilly, and you point that out in your poem whilst not shirking it, lots of people the majority in fact, find true love outside of poetry, to me the theme is a paradox, it may as well be (would you hate me less if I wasn’t a poet) if I’m reading you right, cheers David

Di11y Da11y
Date: 9/1/2023 9:06:00 AM

Haha not quite - I think I'd be acceptably dull :)