Many poems are spoiled by saying too much. The reader must be allowed to participate, fill in spaces with his or her own feelings, or the experience becomes a lecture...and I have hated those since childhood
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"The poet reveals that sufficiency alone governs the secret music of being, immutable, unborrowed, and beyond envy or measure."
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“Elevate the gift within; no borrowed wings can bear the sovereign sky.”
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The things I post here as my Quotes about poetry are not intended as rules to be followed but as propositions to be discussed. It is also important to understand that they have been developed a posteriori, not a priori.
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Free will is always followed by accountability.
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“I once loved who I thought you were. Life showed me differently. I hope you found what you were looking for. Take care.”
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Forgiveness is freedom. As long as one holds on to the hurt, one remains a victim. Vengeance can become an addition. That will span generations if allowed to continue....
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Some of the richest most powerful people in America are also the most flawed.
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Contests are contests against another version of yourself as what seems to be another, is merely another reflection of Self since all selves are separates constituting One Whole. The Whole becomes more and more harmonious as we dish shadowed portions out of the subconscious into the light to be integrated.
©GhairoDanielsQuotes
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AI should not be allowed on creative writing sites. When identified use, the writer should be banned, in an effort to keep the integrity of honest poetry free from artificial stink. AI will soon write a new interpretation of the bible I am certain. A logical interpretation, but void of spiritual essence. AI is not a tool, like an encyclopedia or text book with valuable examples of meaningful reference, it is a soulless entity that will lead to ever greater intellectual and moral depravity.
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A wedding is a ceremony where family and friends gather to witness a young man and woman willingly sign away their freedom. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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Borrowing and lending carry equal weight of sorrow. But your sorrow weighs more when you lend what you borrowed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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Never lend what you borrowed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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There’s nothing thrilling about a funeral. There’s nothing mournful about a wedding. Both events are as separate as GENTS’ and LADIES’ loos in public buildings. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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True kindness is when you show people in front the kindness people behind never showed you. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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Notre-Dame is a symbol of hallowed beauty. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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True kindness is when you show people in front the kindness people behind never showed you. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
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Behind every borrowed face lies a story too quiet to tell.
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As the unstoppable, golden, morning sun journeys across the same old path across the great sky, may you find renewed strength to walk, once again, on the old path of life.
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Dating is so important to a long lasting relationship. Get to know the other person really well, it's ok to date for a lengthy period. Consummating a relationship outside of marriage is still a covenant made, in God's eyes. Oxytocin is the bonding drug our bodies create. You are fighting physical and emotional connection when you don't respect the process. There is a lot of therapy gone through because God's program for relationships [or "ships" as the kids say] and marriages are not followed.
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Indeed, each of us a pixel, of the human psyche...but important enough to Christ who allowed Himself to be crucified for all, no exclusions. We may see ourselves as mere pixels, but God sees us, perhaps, as part of the Greater Body of His Christ portrait..?! Who am I to argue with the One who gave me Life, and so much living opportunity? So much power...my conglomerate able to beautify or destroy an entire world?
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I want to go above and beyond, and yet I am restricted by these chains made by society. If someone wants to go beyond what society expects of them, then why should they not be allowed to? Go beyond what society expects of you, and break those chains.
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What must be acknowledged is that even the detritus of a failed system is fertile ground and the expectations that formed such flawed constructs will bloom frivolously within that context.
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Hope is a vain indulgence, it clouds judgement and champions inaction. Belief wedded to action needs only resolve and commitment.
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Those who grant themselves positions of authority rob themselves of the validity bestowed by experience.
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Every word can be living. Poet's job to give them renewed, fascinating life.
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taken is the life
we lived
and are allowed, brief
respite
from desire
to be learned
further the beast
released to run
and have the beast, desire us again
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You may not be the one I marry, but there is always a seat for you at my wedding
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Some wines should be allowed to breathe, others should be strangled as quickly as possible.
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When I start to write, I try to make of myself a blank slate...left with just the impulse that got me there, at the lone scrimmage. I sit quietly...waiting.... Until an interesting thought or phrase, can be even one word eagerly presenting itself. Then I begin the poem, letting the impulse lead beyond. To me, poetry, along with everything else a writer uses for definition and motivation, above all else is viewed as sacred -- alive and independent literary expression in a manic, schizoid way:)
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