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Blog Posted:8/9/2020 5:20:00 PM

I write poetry and I write about love a lot and in doing so I sometimes pick out some spices

from my life, but there are many responses like " I'm sorry for your loss " if it's a sad poem

or " I'm happy for you" if it is a happy poem it's as if some people believe poetry is being

written about an event that actually happened, not written from imagination...I'm dumb-founded

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Paul
Schneiter

Date: 8/18/2020 7:55:00 PM

How is the reader to know if you are writing fiction rather than writing about a real event? My question is relevant because poetry accommodates both fiction and non-fiction.

Mark Koplin
Date: 8/23/2020 2:09:00 PM

I'm sorry you felt attacked. It sounded like you were attacking those of us who commented on your poem and worried about your well being.

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/23/2020 11:55:00 AM

never said I didn't want to hear your opinion, rather you attacked me personally, and that's ok too, as most who answered my blog question I have interacted with for years so they have a sense of what I am about, don't apologize you are who you are, as we all are

Mark Koplin
Date: 8/23/2020 8:08:00 AM

Just my opinion, if you didn’t want to hear it then I apologize. My bad I thought this was a PUBLIC BLOG

Mark Koplin
Date: 8/22/2020 11:21:00 PM

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/22/2020 6:25:00 AM

I was having a civil conversation with Paul, then your projecting emotions showed up

Mark Koplin
Date: 8/20/2020 7:19:00 PM

This is not a poetry book. This is a website where people post their poems. The owners of this website have indicated that they want positive and encouraging comments left. Also blogs are not for venting and being rude. Maybe this platform of nice and caring people is just not for you mr. Parker

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/20/2020 3:33:00 PM

please guide me to a poetry book where the poet wrote fiction or real after their poetry

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/20/2020 3:31:00 PM

hard to do since in this poem I just died

Paul Schneiter
Date: 8/19/2020 7:50:00 PM

Yes, you need to "say fiction" because some readers will assume that some lines are based on real-life experence.

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/19/2020 3:15:00 PM

I found no comfort in your final breath...Forgive me, as I drink this bitter wine...Release me from my vow before your death...As your lost love chokes me with shadowed twine...This poison drips slow from my lips charade...To bring dark,silent dark, light begins to fade...do I really need to say fiction?

Sean
Kelly

Date: 8/13/2020 2:04:00 AM

Hi Frederic, don't be dumb-founded - be impressed. It simply means your eloquent word-flow has resonated with that particular reader. It also means they took time to carefully note it's content and that it actually hit a chord within them. It's not everyone can achieve this. All the comments here have confirmed this, so just continue with your writings. I'm an old prodigal son on this site and having just returned. It was your heading " WHY" which grabbed me. I am half way through my 2nd novel and it's named "WHY" - Coincidence or what ? The 1st is with a publishing agent , so I've all 'fingers X'd". So, you write onnnnn. Seán .

John
Lawless

Date: 8/12/2020 1:31:00 PM

I believe there is a little truth in every fiction and a little fiction in every truth

Michael
Tor

Date: 8/12/2020 3:28:00 AM

I think it's part of the human equation of concern for the writer that they read. Their piece is so well written that they feel it is real. A credit to the writer to create such a convincing piece. Also people that read sometimes just plainly don't get what someone is trying to convey. Many factors attribute to this conclusion. It could be the readers interpretation or the writers inability to convey. In a perfect world we would all know whether it is fiction or the writers own happening. I dont think any of us who read someone else's poem are 100 percent correct in understanding each poem and determining whether its fact or fiction. Those that do," I am dumb-founded."

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/10/2020 8:51:00 PM

Frederic, i can see your point, and if we generalize on the subject there will be many different opinions, BUT, What about the reader? Your poetry may be therapeutic have saved a marriage, a life, or other aspect of what this is all about, would a poet ridicule that, even though what's written is totally one's imagination. Some authors have said they have used some aspects of theirs lives, or ideas from that. Although i think Stephen King, must be suffering from his experiences, Then back to poetry, when thinking of its personal properties, does one believe the poet, when they write a Limerick?

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/11/2020 12:03:00 PM

hey, watch it on Stephen King. I don't think he is suffering at all. he is hauling in a ton of money from having a COOL imagination!! I usually enjoy the few nightmares I have had and wish I could write them into a novel!!

Susan Woodrow
Date: 8/10/2020 11:14:00 PM

I do too!

Lady
Labyrinth

Date: 8/10/2020 2:47:00 PM

hmmmm, a psychologist would have a field day frolicking in the fields of PS poppydom. :) x such a romantic notion, no footnotes.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/13/2020 6:05:00 AM

Trestrail...you are the Labyrinth; look at that when you gargle after you brush your teeth clean. Kind of cool, but dreadful.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/12/2020 4:30:00 AM

ha..ha...welcome to my couch.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/12/2020 4:05:00 AM

Read this tonight Lovers, "TRUTH“ is like poetry… and most people hate poetry. But if you like poetry, it will speak and speak and speak to you… and it will be meaningful every time.”

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/12/2020 4:04:00 AM

You are a rabbit Trestrail, lol, where's Elmer these days?... a snappy carrot for you, above. Parker...you wish.... keep dreamin' ;)

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/10/2020 3:00:00 PM

my dear friend I would love to frolic with a psychologist in a field of poppies but one of us would turn into a dealer, selling footnotes of romantic notions to those who didn't understand what Alice in Wonderland was really about...take care my friend

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 8/10/2020 1:22:00 PM

use footnotes. I do all the time in case people like I'm telling truth about something I do NOT want them to think is true!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/10/2020 8:33:00 PM

oops, I wrote it wrong. I meant to say, in case people "think" I'm telling the truth... anyway, it's everyone's right to put footnotes or not. Personally I like when people do it because I do not know what to say to the person's poem. If it's tragic, I feel I am being insensitive not to say sorry (though I wonder if the poem is just fiction.) well, you get my meaning!!

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/10/2020 1:44:00 PM

You are a rabbit Trestrail, lol, where's Elmer these days, covert under a bush somewhere?... a snappy carrot for you, above. Parker...you wish.... keep dreamin' ;)

Susan
Woodrow

Date: 8/10/2020 12:02:00 PM

and yet many 'poets' like to go on about 'truth'...I find it irritating when they insist its fictional....

Susan Woodrow
Date: 8/10/2020 10:56:00 PM

yeah ..like who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes? I'll raise a lemon drop to yours...Cheers :)

Susan Woodrow
Date: 8/10/2020 8:18:00 PM

Hi Keith...not just these days...it's always been human virtuality to veer away from hard truths with delusions but these days there are far more to be had :)

Susan Woodrow
Date: 8/10/2020 3:18:00 PM

story versus poetry...'emotion' can be expressed in various forms of 'art' I guess I just don't particularly like footnotes in general cos if you need them, then you should have expressed yourself better...as to reader's reactions, that is up in the air and not to be questioned unless you want a very specific reaction to a write?

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/10/2020 1:40:00 PM

Susan there is truth in the emotion expressed in a poem the story is there to express that, the story I write is fictional the emotion is from a place of understanding from having lived it

Maureen McGreavy
The Insolent Rib

Date: 8/10/2020 4:53:00 AM

I like what Craig said.

Constance
La France

Date: 8/9/2020 8:38:00 PM

Frederic, many poems are based on a poets life but some are fiction so if a poet is a good writer as you are the poems can be very convincing, I have seen some poets write "fiction" at the bottom of their poem, perhaps that could clear up any unwanted comments _Constance

Constance La France
Date: 8/14/2020 9:26:00 AM

Frederic, I have been pondering the writing of the authors of fictional books, at how convincing they can write, we believe each word, although it is total fiction, it is a skill to be able to make the reader believe, to be in the moment with the emotion and you have that skill. I attempt to do this in my writing as well, sometimes I succeed, although most of my poems are based on life experiences but not all _Constance

Constance La France
Date: 8/10/2020 3:40:00 PM

Yes, Frederic, take it as a compliment to your writing skill _Constance

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/10/2020 1:36:00 PM

yes Constance but at the same time for me the story is secondary to the emotion or point of view I'm trying to express, After reading the comments so far I'm beginning to realize I should just live with it

Craig
Cornish

Date: 8/9/2020 8:14:00 PM

It's a compliment actually, your writes are convincing!

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/10/2020 1:31:00 PM

yes Craig I should look at it as a compliment, but...When Cyrano said a kiss was as the humming of bees wings I didn't think of it as real rather as a metaphor...as for convincing...back at ya

Brandy
Nicole

Date: 8/9/2020 6:40:00 PM

Dear Frederic, all I can say is this. Many post actual moments that have occurred in their life, while others post from their imagination. Sometimes it is difficult to know which is real and which are just images created. Most of the time I can tell the difference, but not always. ~ Brandy

Frederic Parker
Date: 8/10/2020 1:26:00 PM

thank you Brandy, like you I seem to know the difference

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6/30/2025	Shape of Water	Verse	emotions,
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6/26/2025	Romance in Summer	Other	romance,
6/23/2025	Lost in Nature	Verse	nature,
6/16/2025	Fantasy of the Heart	Free verse	fantasy,life,
6/12/2025	Poetry	Free verse	poetry,
6/7/2025	A Pond's Melody	Choka	nature,
6/3/2025	My Heart Became Decrepit	Free verse	betrayal,lost love,
5/30/2025	Silence Listens	Free verse	betrayal,
5/29/2025	wildflower	Monoku	nature,
5/27/2025	Cemetery Of My Youth	Free verse	perspective,sad,
5/25/2025	True Love Is Breathless	Free verse	love,
5/18/2025	My Heart Was Abandon	Free verse	lost love,
5/10/2025	Yesterdays Have Already Passed	Free verse	life,
5/4/2025	Memories That Never Were	Free verse	lost love,
4/30/2025	Only One True Love	Free verse	love,
4/27/2025	Brushed by the Moonlight	Sonnet	love,
4/24/2025	Wilderness of Mirrors	Free verse	life,perspective,
4/22/2025	Plagued By Memories	Free verse	lost love,memory,
4/18/2025	Poems Beneath the Shade	Rhyme	romantic love,
4/14/2025	Sanctuary of Eternal Escape	Free verse	nature,
4/12/2025	Memento on the Moon	Rhyme	perspective,
4/8/2025	Meadow Of Our Yearning	Free verse	love,
3/31/2025	Once Upon A Time	Free verse	love,
3/27/2025	Beautiful Our Ardent Dreams	Free verse	love,
3/18/2025	Shadows	Suzette Prime	perspective,
3/16/2025	The Path Taken	Free verse	romance,
3/15/2025	Naturally Fermented	Free verse	life,
3/12/2025	Passing Time	Free verse	life,
3/5/2025	Echoes of the Silent Shore	Free verse	imagination,
3/1/2025	Hurt	Rhyme	pain,
2/28/2025	Kissed in the Garden	Sonnet	love,
2/25/2025	Your Beauty	Free verse	beauty,
2/19/2025	Saturn's Rings	Free verse	imagination,
2/16/2025	Realm of Romance	Free verse	romantic love,
2/13/2025	Juliana	Free verse	dream,
2/8/2025	Sea of Roses	Free verse	love,
2/5/2025	Winter's Breath	Free verse	conflict,leaving,
2/1/2025	Box of Memories	Free verse	lost love,memory,
1/18/2025	When Sunset and Stars Shine on Sacred Ground a collaboration with Susan Ashley	Free verse	beauty,love,passion,
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1/13/2025	Ends	Free verse	life,
12/26/2024	Failed Wishes	Free verse	perspective,
12/24/2024	Forever	Free verse	love,
12/21/2024	A Kiss in the Dark	Free verse	allusion,
12/16/2024	Never Renewed	Sonnet	introspection,
12/8/2024	Over Time	Couplet	love,
12/5/2024	Love's Magical Mystery	Free verse	love,
12/1/2024	Love's Romantic Interlude	Sonnet	love,romance,
11/30/2024	Streets of Solitude	Free verse	introspection,
11/26/2024	In the Mind's Desert	Free verse	introspection,
11/25/2024	Who I Am	Verse	life,
11/19/2024	Dreams Within Dreams	Sonnet	dream,
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11/7/2024	Moonstone Melodies	Free verse	beautiful,love,romantic,
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9/18/2024	Journey Through History	Free verse	history,
9/17/2024	Scene From A Hill	Imagism	nature,
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9/1/2024	Human Folly	Free verse	forgiveness,pain,
8/30/2024	Whispers of Autumn	Sonnet	nature,
8/26/2024	In A World Where I Do Not Exist	Free verse	discrimination,
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8/16/2024	Symphony of the Sunrise	Free verse	nature,
8/12/2024	Time Is Now Measured	Grook	life,
8/5/2024	A Poem from 2013	Sonnet	death,heartbroken,
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7/28/2024	Seijaku	Free verse	peace,senses,
7/25/2024	It's a Beautiful World	Free verse	nature,
7/22/2024	I Miss	Free verse	childhood,
7/18/2024	Timeless World	Sonnet	emotions,love,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
To Whisper Mildly---Lgt	Couplet	introspection,memory,
Eye of the Storm	Free verse	emotions,freedom,
This Old Tree-Lgt	Rhyme	nature,tree,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
- You Touch My Heart So Gently -	Romanticism	beautiful,love,
Plucked Violin--- Memories	Free verse	i miss you,nostalgia,
Ripping Light Bare	Rhyme	longing,passion,
In Negative Light	Verse	dark,eve,nature,night,
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Locked Leap	Free verse	love,passion,trust,
A Poet's Cry	Rhyme	introspection,poetry,
When Love Was Innocent	Lyric	innocence,love,nostalgia,
In the Calm of Night	Quatrain	eve,image,sleep,
Whispering Leaflets Keep Nature Beautiful	Verse	autumn,beautiful,
Anything Goes On a Sunday	Free verse	day,peace,silence,
A Wish For a New Day	Free verse	bird,day,emotions,lonelin
- R I P -	Free verse	dark,death,
The Ride	Iambic Pentameter	imagination,memory,sad,
We Eclipse As Sun and Moon	Rhyme	longing,
Excalibur	Sonnet	truth,
Forever	Free verse	valentines day,
Time We Are Given	Free verse	day,hope,inspirational,su
The Otters Play	Sonnet	life,
Nothing Lasts Forever	Rhyme	loss,romance,
At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala	Free verse	daughter,imagery,journey,
Angelic Aroma	Free verse	analogy,angel,love,
Epochs of Perpetual Love	Verse	metaphor,time,
Edge of Night	Sonnet	introspection,night,
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies	Free verse	autumn,bird,blue,conflict
Know Yourself	Prose Poetry	analogy,seasons,spiritual
Fallen Shadow	Free verse	angst,solitude,
The Promise	Prose Poetry	love,poetry,romantic love
My Faith	Haibun	appreciation,faith,life,l
Autumn Whispers	Rhyme	analogy,autumn,nature,
Wire Walker	Free verse	betrayal,conflict,husband
Escape of the Bluesman's Song	Free verse	africa,america,grief,raci
Whispers Shared	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,commu
Flight To Midnight	Verse	angel,beauty,death,forgiv
Love With Unbridled Passion	Rhyme	love,
Valentine Hearts	Sonnet	death,husband,lost love,v
- Journey -	Narrative	angst,death,deep,journey,
Beyond the Veil	Sonnet	moon,
Secret Love	Crown of Sonnets	love,romance,senses,
A Vanilla Dove	Free verse	bird,death,grief,hope,lif
I Write Of Love A Collaboration	Lyric	dedication,emotions,love,
When Sunset And Stars Shine On Sacred Ground - a Collaboration with Frederic Parker	Free verse	beauty,garden,nature,nigh
Heart of Time	Carpe Diem	dance,

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