Writers Poets Poems

QUESTIONS POETS AND WRITERS ASK
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On my laptop’s screen, words twist and twine,
I ponder, “Is this plot truly mine?”
     With a character's...

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We poets, writers, misfits of the world 
like artist or mystics or troubadours
use our gifts to give insight to others
we offer more pulling back the...

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Writers and poets are a different breed
They live and breathe phrases and concepts
Awash with all manner of clever speech
At engaging the reader, they're adept

They invite...

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True writers write from their heart ~
AI does Not have a heart to write with....

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When it comes to poetry
as writers, each of us
has our, line not to be crossed

honesty, is where mine is drawn

don’t care how well a poem...

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I
refuse
to comply
with contests whose
requirements are nigh
impossible, amuse
the contest-setter with my
inadequate and bound-to-lose
creations. An old-school kind of guy,
I hold outmoded, prehistoric views:
am frankly somewhat disinclined to...

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Pull back the covers and experience,
Just how fresh and crisp it is inside,
Discover a poet who once lived among us,
And built community,
Out of encouragement, fun...

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Times

Times, where starting the present and the contemporary time?
When will the present and contemporary times start?
Times, oh centuries, decades. Passed lives are the passed times

I...

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Writers love their letters,
letters turn into words.
Words turn into sentences,
waiting to be read.

Poems come from writing,
writing about the past.
Maybe from the present,
maybe true or false.

As...

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Their tender verses come to mind now and then.
They bring a smile, or pain the heart deep within.
Each fading from our minds, sadly, passed and...

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There is a special man we look up to.
Writing great poems on Poetry Soup.
His Limericks put a smile on our face, 
being from the great...

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we write as if it is our last night
we write whether it be with lead or ink or typed
we write alone or in a crowded...

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Love for all seasons
For multitudinous reasons
Love all season long
Like a nouveau song
Fall, winter
Spring and summer
The beautiful sparrows are singing
And the children are happily playing.

Love for...

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the llama scribbled a Limerick
the robin wrote a Rhyme
the bittern jotted a Lanterne
the toad penned an Ode

the albatross’ Alliteration
the hippo’s Haiku 
the panther’s Pantoum 
the...

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I've roamed the halls of Poetry Soup for nearly nine years
and had lots of ups and downs, cried happy and sad tears
Some poets are super...

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