Beyond and Within
This poem defines poetry and the poet.24 total reviews
Comment from royowen
This is an excellent poem and definition of why a poet is a poet. I've written a few as I'm led, Yes indeed there are so many themes, and each has its own fascination, beautifully written Mary, good luck, blessings, well done, good luck, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 02-Sep-2020
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This is an excellent poem and definition of why a poet is a poet. I've written a few as I'm led, Yes indeed there are so many themes, and each has its own fascination, beautifully written Mary, good luck, blessings, well done, good luck, blessings Roy
Comment Written 02-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 02-Sep-2020
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Thank you so much, Roy. I appreciate your kind words.
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Most welcome Mary
Comment from zanya
It's a superb description of what poetry is and where it can take both poet and reader into new realms of thought and experience 'world that's eons wide '
reply by the author on 02-Sep-2020
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It's a superb description of what poetry is and where it can take both poet and reader into new realms of thought and experience 'world that's eons wide '
Comment Written 02-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 02-Sep-2020
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Thank you so much for your very kind review and for the lovely six stars as well. I appreciate your thoughts.
Comment from Y. M. Roger
A very unique definition you've utilized for this contest... like the spice of rhyme you've added to your abstract 'experience' definition... thanx for sharing and best of luck! ;)
reply by the author on 02-Sep-2020
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A very unique definition you've utilized for this contest... like the spice of rhyme you've added to your abstract 'experience' definition... thanx for sharing and best of luck! ;)
Comment Written 02-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 02-Sep-2020
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Thank you for your very kind review.
Comment from Gert sherwood
Good day or is it evening to you Mary Furlong
I love your definition of a poet makes a person reading this part of your poem desire to feel the expedience of ---
as you said--
through narrow gates beyond which waits
a world that's eons wide.
Gert
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Good day or is it evening to you Mary Furlong
I love your definition of a poet makes a person reading this part of your poem desire to feel the expedience of ---
as you said--
through narrow gates beyond which waits
a world that's eons wide.
Gert
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thank you so much, Gert. I appreciate your kind review. Yes, it is evening here. Have a good rest of your day.
Mary
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You are welcome
Comment from MissMerri
This is beautiful and also meaningful. I love how you have described the process of writing a poem and I also loved the meter and rhyme pattern. I hope this does well in the contest because I think it is superb. MM
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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This is beautiful and also meaningful. I love how you have described the process of writing a poem and I also loved the meter and rhyme pattern. I hope this does well in the contest because I think it is superb. MM
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thank you so much for your lovely, generous review . And for the wonderful rating as well. I really appreciate your thoughts. Best wishes, Mary
Comment from Mia Twysted
This piece is elegant and has a simple calm flow that leads you from beginning to end. I love how you propose the writer as the guide to the word they produce.
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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This piece is elegant and has a simple calm flow that leads you from beginning to end. I love how you propose the writer as the guide to the word they produce.
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thank you so much for a truly thoughtful review. I appreciate your thoughts.
Comment from Melissa Russell Deur
Mary, your definition of a poet is stunning! I picture being with the poet in a boat in a bay. The poet guides the boat between buoys (like the narrow gates) and then we're suddenly in open water (a world that's eons wide). Everything is available to the poet to experience, but that experience must be shaped into a poem. When the poet returns to the bay, she passes again between the buoys (narrow gates), and the poem/experience begins to take shape. (I think the narrow gates are like the "rules" for Haiku or sonnets or any poetic form.)
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Mary, your definition of a poet is stunning! I picture being with the poet in a boat in a bay. The poet guides the boat between buoys (like the narrow gates) and then we're suddenly in open water (a world that's eons wide). Everything is available to the poet to experience, but that experience must be shaped into a poem. When the poet returns to the bay, she passes again between the buoys (narrow gates), and the poem/experience begins to take shape. (I think the narrow gates are like the "rules" for Haiku or sonnets or any poetic form.)
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thanks, Melissa. My goodness, you wrote a poem of your own. Lovely imagery. I like your idea about the narrow gates. I was thinking of the rye of the needle in Jerusalem - a gate so narrow that you have to put all your possessions down before you can pass through, just as you must put preconceived ideas aside before you can truly enter a poem. I wish we could get together and talk. Thanks, too, for the lovely six stars.
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I really like the eye of the needle imagery and putting preconceived ideas aside! I'd love to talk sometime. Where do you live?
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I live in Lewiston, New York, just north of Niagara Falls. Where are you.
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I'm in Arlington, TX (between Dallas and Fort Worth). I think I have a cousin in Lewiston...
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Small world
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I DO have a cousin in the 14092 zip code. Is she near you?
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That?is the zip code for all of Lewiston.
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5153 Forest Road. Is that anywhere near you?
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It?s about 5 minutes away from me by car. It wouldn?t be possible to walk as it?s at the top of the hill (once called the mountain) and I am at the bottom in the village.
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Amazing! I haven't seen this cousin in 30+ years. I think she plans to move to Tennessee. But I like being able to visualize you in the village.
Comment from Liz O'Neill
I love your first verse. A poem truly is an experience. People read books to travel somewhere, to take them away from their drear. They don't need to read a whole book, all they need to do is read a poem. This will get the reader to pause to think about the premise you present.
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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I love your first verse. A poem truly is an experience. People read books to travel somewhere, to take them away from their drear. They don't need to read a whole book, all they need to do is read a poem. This will get the reader to pause to think about the premise you present.
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thank you, Liz. You ?got? the premise in a way that makes me feel that I really communicated with this poem. Best wishes, Mary
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Hello my friend
Interesting poem about a path and writing metaphor. You followed the rules of the contest well. It's a fine entry for the Find a creative definition for poet writing prompt contest. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Hello my friend
Interesting poem about a path and writing metaphor. You followed the rules of the contest well. It's a fine entry for the Find a creative definition for poet writing prompt contest. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful review. I admire your knowledge of the Haiku form. I feel honored that you like my very different approach. Best wishes, Mary
Comment from Bill Schott
A creative definition for a poem, Beyond and Within, framed as an ABCB-rhymed quatrain,allows that the poet can take a common event and pull it throw the perimeter that separates the benign from the exquisite.
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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A creative definition for a poem, Beyond and Within, framed as an ABCB-rhymed quatrain,allows that the poet can take a common event and pull it throw the perimeter that separates the benign from the exquisite.
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Thank you very much for your thoughtful, kind review. I?m glad you enjoyed the poem.