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I am a man of many interests - TOO many, I think, lol - and because of that I never gave writing the attention I should have when I was young. I started writing poetry about two years ago, in the fall of 2016, and joined Poetry Soup in December. I am currently working on an R&B/Soul album for a mojor label, so, as has usually been the case, poetry does not get the time I'd like to give it ...

I like to incorporate classic styles and phrasing into a modern frame when I write poetry, and try to cover a wide range of genres, but I enjoy the darkly sensual the most, despite its limited audience. I hope you'll give my rather unusual style a chance, read a piece-or-two, and leave a comment, if you'd be so kind. I also hope you'll visit my music web site as well, (at the following address under my moniker "Bahku") - mostly (very) old recordings there, but also a snippet of the first single coming, and more new stuff soon!

www.bahku.com

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Not So, the Gifted Few

Blog Posted:4/7/2018 2:20:00 AM

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"Oh, you're SO talented - so gifted!"

Do you ever hear that phrase or something similar? How do you answer? I always try to say, "Thank you - so are YOU!", and pray it leads to the following discussion. I think we "artistic" types sometimes feel ourselves of rarefied air, and while we writers DO have a talent with words, that just makes us poets, and not an elite class. Yes, poetry is a rare talent, (one I'll never perfect), but talent is not rare ...

EVERYone is gifted - EVERYone has talent and exceptional abilities, but everyone is DIFFERENT, and sometimes those talents and abilities are not as readily visible, or even as tangible, as they are for others. YOU are talented and gifted, (perhaps in ways you've yet to discern), whether you realize it or not, and if you don't, it's still waiting for you to discover it ...

Or maybe you have multiple gifts but haven't found one that inspires you. Just because that gift may not be considered "artistic" or "creative", doesn't mean it's any less noteworthy or important, any less substantive or integral, or any less of a gift, especially when it comes to the contributions you can make to humanity, or the blessing you can be to others by way of your talents ...

FINDING those gifts is not always an easy task, as there are many things that we pursue simply because we love them, (things that we may not have an inclination toward or talent for), and many things we may have a talent for that are simply not a part of our lives, or are not placed in our paths, due to circumstances or timing. Einstein said this, quite correctly:

"Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

FIND your gift and develop it, whatEVER it may be, and never think that it's not as wonderful or important as anyone else's, simply because you can't frame it and hang it on the wall, or put a cover on it for publishing, or perform it on stage, or win the Nobel Peace Prize with it. Enjoy it and share it with the world, be proud of it and find joy within it, (and always stay humble). Maybe you're a fish, and trees are just not your thing ...

So ... SWIM!!

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Carrie
Richards

Date: 4/12/2018 10:29:00 AM

Your last couple of sentences are so important.....yes we are all different, and each person may have a talent that contributes something wonderful to humanity (we hope)..., but staying humble is often the key to standing out above the crowd . I love this blog :) !! Wise words !

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/14/2018 11:06:00 PM

Thank you SO much, Carrie, and you are so correct ... arrogance is a major turn off, and good work will always speak for itself. Blessings and thank you for the comment, my friend! :-) <3

Wayne
Kingston

Date: 4/11/2018 7:51:00 PM

Einstein quote: priceless. Great Blog. Perhaps if we saw a spectrum of gifts and track their impact across humanity, we'd better accept how these essential talents are distributed and take what we've been blessed with and offer ours freely for the common benefit. Then all would likely discover their inherent contribution vehicle and seek only to serve one another. A return to a Garden so to speak. :-)))

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 10:55:00 PM

Very well-said, Wayne, and a profound insight that we would all benefit from ... it would certainly serve to offer humanity a more nurturing and creativity-inspiring environment. Return to the garden, indeed!

Connie
Marcum Wong

Date: 4/11/2018 6:48:00 PM

Finding out the gifts you have to offer humanity takes some a lifetime and I agree with all you have said Greg. Wonderful advice!

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 4/11/2018 11:20:00 PM

For sure Greg. Look at Grandma Moses who began painting at age 78. : )

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 10:53:00 PM

Indeed it does, Connie - I didn't start with poetry until about two years ago, and even that wasn't "seriously" ... it's never too late, my friend, for new discoveries as well! :-) <3

Daniel
Turner

Date: 4/10/2018 12:27:00 AM

Talent doesn't always mean success. Everyone has talent but not everyone has the perseverance to succeed.

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:37:00 AM

Andrea - I am quite sure some of those people have not discovered their true gifts yet, sadly ... some people WANT to be great singers, and just don't have the correct gift. Ouch! :-) <3

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:35:00 AM

Absolutely - well-said, and I completely agree, my good friend!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/10/2018 5:40:00 PM

and not all those with perseverance succeed, especially on American Idol!

FJ
Thomas

Date: 4/7/2018 2:40:00 PM

:) ....a very true and introspective perspective Greg. Enjoyed this greatly.

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:33:00 AM

Thank you so much, FJ, I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, my friend! Blessings! :-)

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 4/7/2018 10:39:00 AM

An inspiring blog, Greg!! Many here with MANY gifts!!

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:32:00 AM

You are so right, Andrea ... indeed! <3

Frederic
Parker

Date: 4/7/2018 9:44:00 AM

sometimes learning is the ability to allow yourself to fail with everyone watching

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:32:00 AM

Absolutely, my friend, and very well-stated ... nothing good comes without sacrifice, and that sacrifice can be painful. Blessings, Frederic!

FJ Thomas
Date: 4/7/2018 2:38:00 PM

Wisdom in a kind man's words :)

John
lawless

Date: 4/7/2018 9:12:00 AM

...said the momma fishy, swim if you can and they swam, swam, swam, right over the dam.....

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:31:00 AM

You must be of similar era, John - that was popular in scout trips back in the day. Blessings, my friend! :-)

Keith
Trestrail

Date: 4/7/2018 8:28:00 AM

Smart fishes spend more time in schools! I entirely agree with your blog, Greg.

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:30:00 AM

Ha! Indeed you are correct, my friend ... blessings, Keith!

Becca
Teagan

Date: 4/7/2018 7:58:00 AM

I don't think it could have been said any better than this. Very encouraging blog, Greg.

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:29:00 AM

Thank you so much, Becca - blessings, Friend! :-) <3

Maureen
McGreavy

Date: 4/7/2018 7:41:00 AM

Wonderful blog Greg! I'm finding myself right now in middle age discovering I have such a gift (not writing), your words a timely gift. I love the quote. My toe is in the water, getting ready to dive in... <3

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:29:00 AM

Yes - dive deep, my friend ... and swim with joyous abandon! :-) <3

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/7/2018 4:31:00 AM

As Ephesians 2:10 has it Greg,'we are His 'workmanship' (poiema ((work of art))....Education ..is or better yet..should be how we discover our god-given giftings in all manner of areas of life.I am thankful I found mine,even if a little late in my life.

Gregory R Barden
Date: 4/11/2018 12:28:00 AM

Well-said, my friend ... well-said, indeed!

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
12/10/2018	To Heal A Vacant Heaven	Free verse	fantasy,
12/10/2018	Skin Dive	Free verse	appreciation,body,metapho
12/10/2018	The Old Park Bench	Enclosed Rhyme	absence,childhood,christm
12/10/2018	Sunset	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,metap
12/10/2018	Summer of Wonder	Free verse	7th grade,appreciation,de
12/8/2018	Neytiri	Free verse	fantasy,metaphor,moon,pas
12/8/2018	Eye of the Storm	Rhyme	anxiety,emotions,feelings
12/8/2018	Bubblegum	Rhyme	appreciation,metaphor,mus
12/8/2018	Wild Fire	Free verse	love,lust,metaphor,passio
12/7/2018	The Color Of My Heart	Sonnet	analogy,appreciation,fait
12/7/2018	A Little Kindness Never Hurts	Free verse	appreciation,love,wisdom,
12/7/2018	It Shines, Still	Free verse	appreciation,christian,ch
12/4/2018	Too Many Echoes	Free verse	bereavement,birth,childre
12/3/2018	Prisoner, Mine	Rhyme	dream,lost love,love,reme
12/2/2018	The Bite of Betrayal	Rhyme	betrayal,love hurts,
12/1/2018	Dark Matter	Free verse	grief,introspection,pain,
12/1/2018	Proud Star of Bethlehem	Free verse	appreciation,christian,ch
11/30/2018	Quenched	Free verse	appreciation,metaphor,pas
11/29/2018	A Life of Thanks	Enclosed Rhyme	appreciation,blessing,lif
11/27/2018	The Road Not Taken - Wiz	Rhyme	adventure,fantasy,
11/27/2018	Christmas Mourning	Rhyme	child,childhood,christmas
11/27/2018	Last Kiss	Rhyme	beauty,death,earth,holoca
11/26/2018	Tomorrow, Today	Lyric	appreciation,love,metapho
11/26/2018	Sipping Cider With My Sweetheart	Rhyme	analogy,christmas,love,me
11/25/2018	Swallowed by the Night	Rhyme	analogy,break up,heartbre
11/21/2018	Dream Not	Rhyme	dark,dream,night,
11/18/2018	Supernova	Free verse	analogy,metaphor,passion,
11/18/2018	A Cheesy-Breezy Holiday	Rhyme	appreciation,christmas,fo
11/14/2018	Black Powder, Paradise	Free verse	analogy,death,fire,horror
11/10/2018	Raising Hades in the 80's	Blank verse	life,memory,nostalgia,
11/10/2018	Life, Cried To Sighed	Rhyme	analogy,birth,death,life,
11/9/2018	Broken Angel	Rhyme	analogy,angel,courage,vio
11/9/2018	Red Umbrella	Rhyme	appreciation,autumn,kiss,
11/6/2018	The Song, Life	Free verse	appreciation,childhood,da
11/4/2018	Oh, But Your Hand	Free verse	appreciation,body,passion
11/4/2018	Twilight Plunge	Free verse	imagery,love,metaphor,nat
11/4/2018	To Read You	Free verse	appreciation,metaphor,pas
11/4/2018	CReAtiVe CoNForMiTy	Free verse	appreciation,art,creation
11/3/2018	Two Sixteenths Tied	Shape	music,
11/3/2018	Winter Wildflower	Rhyme	flower,life,metaphor,natu
11/2/2018	The Truth Of Rainbows	Rhyme	analogy,emotions,metaphor
11/2/2018	God's Good Week	ABC	analogy,animal,creation,e
11/2/2018	Envy	Choka	analogy,appreciation,emot
11/2/2018	Search For Tomorrow	Rhyme	abuse,adventure,freedom,h
10/31/2018	Heaven's Tears	Lyric	analogy,lost love,love hu
10/29/2018	Poets, All	Senryu	poems,poetry,poets,writin
10/29/2018	Alone-To-Lonely	Free verse	analogy,change,loneliness
10/27/2018	Three Wishes	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,fant
10/27/2018	Something New	Rhyme	body,love,metaphor,passio
10/25/2018	Antarctica	Free verse	adventure,earth,environme
10/25/2018	Blame The Moon	Quatrain	passion,sensual,
10/24/2018	Heart Wanted	Quatrain	heart,heartbreak,heartbro
10/22/2018	Six-Word Couplet Series Encore	Couplet	adventure,appreciation,be
10/21/2018	My Darling Boy	Quatrain	analogy,boy,childhood,inn
10/21/2018	By Hope's Own Hand	Free verse	dark,humanity,irony,judge
10/20/2018	Lighthouse	Free verse	appreciation,boat,history
10/19/2018	Autumn-ku	Haiku	autumn,color,love,romance
10/16/2018	Vermilion Fall	Couplet	appreciation,autumn,beaut
10/15/2018	Sky of Horror - Io's End	Rhyme	adventure,fantasy,planet,
10/12/2018	Easy	Free verse	analogy,longing,love,meta
10/11/2018	Manna From Nana	Haiku	appreciation,food,metapho
10/11/2018	Return To the Highland Mist	Free verse	animal,language,love,memo
10/10/2018	Avaricious	Free verse	analogy,animal,nature,sno
10/4/2018	Parable of the Talents	Rhyme	bible,christian,religion,
10/4/2018	The Spiritualist Spirit	Rhyme	analogy,mystery,myth,myth
10/1/2018	Her Eyes Were Like Fireflies	Free verse	july,love,metaphor,romanc
10/1/2018	Last Tour	Senryu	appreciation,life,meaning
9/30/2018	Mischief	I do not know?	adventure,mystery,myth,
9/29/2018	Expression Expressed	Rubaiyat	appreciation,introspectio
9/29/2018	A Moment's Rain	Carpe Diem	dance,joy,memory,rain,sis
9/29/2018	Still The One	Couplet	marriage,memory,relations
9/28/2018	tropic triangle	Haiku	beautiful,nature,ocean,pa
9/27/2018	Six-Word Couplet Series	Couplet	america,appreciation,corr
9/26/2018	Ancient Embers	Couplet	appreciation,farewell,fat
9/26/2018	To The Hilt	Free verse	analogy,break up,dark,lov
9/26/2018	Lumiere	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,heave
9/25/2018	Oh, Moon	Free verse	analogy,earth,humanity,me
9/24/2018	Beautiful Mystery	Sonnet	dream,lost love,memory,my
9/23/2018	The Short Of It	Light Verse	funny,humorous,light,sati
9/23/2018	Lost To Autumn	Quintain (English)	analogy,appreciation,autu
9/23/2018	And It Shall Be Given	Free verse	analogy,kiss,love,metapho
9/23/2018	Hush	Free verse	moon,night,ocean,romance,
9/22/2018	Symposia	Enclosed Rhyme	food,humorous,stars,unive
9/20/2018	Nature, Human	Free verse	metaphor,nature,passion,r
9/20/2018	Hallows Spooky Night	Rhyme	adventure,halloween,horro
9/19/2018	Mended With Gold	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beau
9/18/2018	Hope S Gaughan	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,
9/18/2018	RIP M T Pocquettes	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,
9/18/2018	Here Lies Festus Sleape	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,
9/18/2018	D S Gruntled RIP	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,
9/18/2018	RIP Nephyr E Nuff	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,
9/18/2018	Here Lies Laise E Brother	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,
9/18/2018	Tom E Aiken	Epitaph	death,eulogy,humorous,lig
9/17/2018	If But One	Free verse	desire,kiss,metaphor,pass
9/16/2018	Missing Muzzles	Light Verse	fun,light,word play,words
9/16/2018	Silhouettes In Moonlight	Dramatic Monologue	adventure,fantasy,fear,
9/15/2018	RTB	Rhyme	appreciation,dad,father,l
9/14/2018	Ache Of Autumn	Haiku	autumn,beauty,metaphor,na
9/13/2018	Falling Like Leaves, Again	Acrostic	autumn,memory,romance,sou
9/12/2018	Freedom, Feigned	Alliteration	freedom,introspection,tru

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
A Midsummer Night's Beach	Free verse	beauty,color,creation,sea
Valentine May My Love Say	Dizain	desire,devotion,love,roma
Highveld Storm	Rhyme	break up,longing,
The World Around US	Rhyme	earth,environment,war,
The Ride	Iambic Pentameter	imagination,memory,sad,
Never Shame a Woman	Quatrain	passion,women,
Life or Death Tweet	Prose	birth,death,
Cry For Wind	Quatrain	analogy,animal,beautiful,
Love of Nature	Couplet	nature,
AURORA AT DAWN	Rhyme	beauty,inspirational,morn
My Big Fat Gypsy Poem	Rhyme	humor,marriage,wedding,
A Prince for Roseanne	Rhyme	fantasy,
Picture Perfect	Rhyme	america,corruption,deep,p
It don't really matter	Rhyme	fun,humor,love,
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - EMOTIVE WRITE	Rhyme	abuse,bullying,house,lone
Broken Soldiers	Rhyme	age,humanity,soldier,
I DANCE	Prose Poetry	abuse,dance,music,pain,
Love will come to you	Lyric	introspection,longing,lov
Violin	Free verse	lonely,muse,romance,roman
Gutter Pavement Runway Flight	Free verse	addiction,appreciation,da
The Potter and the clay	Narrative	change,character,conflict
Worlds Of Ice	Free verse	dream,love,memory,sleep,w
May Showers Contest	Haiku	nature,rain,
Time Lost In The Current	Verse	emotions,fear,ocean,
Yet not broken by the blues	Free verse	anti bullying,holocaust,m
Lost Childhood -Part 4-	Rhyme	abuse,child,child abuse,c
Freedom Is Written In Stars And Moon	Free verse	abuse,change,dark,freedom
Diamonds From The Sky	Blank verse	beautiful,beauty,desire,e
Starshine and silhouettes	Rhyme	beauty,dance,desire,image
Hollow man	Rhyme	happiness,introspection,i
From glory to dust-2	Acrostic	angst,confusion,corruptio
Rainless Clouds	Pantoum	blue,sad,
Landscape - Beach Scene	Quatrain	art,
What Poetry Is	Free verse	imagery,poetry,words,
A Candid Rainscape	Free verse	flower,imagery,nature,rai
White Rainbows	Imagism	color,garden,imagery,
Amethyst Fate	Ottava rima	flower,imagery,metaphor,
Love Lies Bleeding	Rispetto	flower,metaphor,
TOUCH -Sharon's Acrostic contest	Acrostic	spiritual,
my solitary wandering	Free verse	memory,solitude,
MAWU AMONGST STARS	Sonnet	beauty,magic,memory,
Real Men Wear Pink	Rhyme	character,funny,humor,per
POETS	Rhyme	appreciation,encouraging,
Sea of Love	Rhyme	love,love hurts,sea,
Collateral damage	Dramatic monologue	character,courage,freedom
The Pearl	Free verse	beauty,blue,love,moon,nig
Morning Cues	Verse	beautiful,
Words-The Heart of Imagination	Free verse	universe,words,
He Has My Heart	Verse	art,longing,lust,passion,
July	Free verse	summer,
Transition to Death - Part I	Free verse	absence,anger,dark,death,
as cold sudden rain	Haiku	love,nature,
In Silence	Personification	autumn,death,
O, the murmuring waves --	Verse	spiritual,
A Kiss Remembered	Rhyme	love,
For the Fisher King on His Golden Jubilee	Sonnet	birthday,friend,
NEVER TO BE MINE	Free verse	grief,i miss you,memorial
Snow Falling	Personification	beauty,winter,
Realization	Sonnet	life,
You Echo, Silent Still	Free verse	lost love,
DESPICABLE	Free verse	abuse,evil,girl,
The Stars and Beyond	Sestina	space,stars,
For the Love of Poetry	Blank verse	poetry,poets,words,
Rape	Free verse	abuse,
ulan at sinag ng araw: pagmumuni ng isang tulirong isip	Free verse	angst,feelings,introspect
Chasing the man in the moon	Free verse	absence,childhood,father
Miss Allegheny Mountain	Monorhyme	imagery,mountains,nature,
Mister Joe Jangles	Free verse	poetry,poets,
I am Every Woman	Bio	beauty,deep,emotions,enco
GOODBYE, MY LOVE	Verse	death,goodbye,
LAKE'S MUSIC	Free verse	peace,river,song,
Moonlight tango	Dramatic monologue	dance,desire,men,moon,rom
Shadow	Free verse	lost love,
If I Let My Mind Meander	Free verse	lost love,metaphor,
What Might Have Been	Verse	lost love,
Late Summer Nights Dream at the Cat in the Hat	Couplet	imagination,nonsense,
46	Free verse	bereavement,brother,love,
INDIAN PIPE	Blank verse	death,nature,
Collecting teardrops	Free verse	friendship,lost,
Under the Stars	Verse	autumn,poetry,romance,sta
Be Yourself	Free verse	confusion,courage,emotion
HIS EVENING'S MYSTERY	Lyric	love,mystery,
As I Journey East	Free verse	beauty,journey,
a night of passion	Couplet	happiness,lust,passion,ro
As the Year Matures	Monorhyme	june,
When I No Longer Love You	Romanticism	love,romance,
Fated Hell	Monorhyme	death,destiny,evil,
Love's Eternal Death	Sonnet	emotions,lost love,
One Last Time	Free verse	lost love,
Prisoner Of Words	Free verse	metaphor,poetry,words,
Laws Of Attraction	Free verse	abuse,addiction,forgivene
When Her Roses Bloom	Romanticism	lost love,rose,
Crystal Blue Waters	Rhyme	nature,
Poetry	Rhyme	art,meaningful,poetry,poe
Nestled Under Your Wings	Free verse	imagery,inspirational,upl
A Chorus Sang Its Last Concerto	Elegy	beach,emotions,
Dance of the Firebird	Free verse	beautiful,dance,sensual,
AUTUMN ROYAL	Rhyme royal	autumn,sad,
Snow Birds Softly Sing	Verse	beautiful,bird,dance,dece
Midnight Romance	Sonnet	desire,dream,imagery,long

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