Because You're Not A Poet

Absolutely an amazing piece. You have captured the essense of a poet and how poets interpret and communicate, and of course how those who do not enjoy or understand poetry just stand there with a blank look saying, “What the heck is wrong now?”...I love this…

We love and we hate
We speak and state
We sing and quake
We praise and berate

They hear and they see
They listen and read
They watch as we bleed
They devour our words
and are freed

You got me thinking – see: ‘The silent voice of us’

You got me thinking – see: ‘The silent voice of us’

you have defined what a poet is why a poet is in one complete thought this is brilliant work that i wish everyone understood

I must be a poet i understood what your saying aaaaaggggggghhhhhhh thankyou for seting me FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! lol great read love it

to go overtly into how much i appriciated this i will give you details into why: i was left, parted, put aside until his mind can see, but to put it simply he is afraid of me, afraid of the words i speak, the emotions i can feel. for he doesn’t understand… what it means to be a poet.

Im so glad that some body gets it!!!!!!What a great read. What a beautiful mind this work must have come from!! So you are the one who has traveled through the minds of all poets and written down what you saw. For you are the one who touched this young poet and now i write down what i feel.
Yvonne.

awesome writing! well done!

such passion. i love how you say …

“The sooner that you realize
I’m a poet
The better it will be for you, my love”

It just rings so true! Great Piece!~*

Indeed you are the Poet…..provoking work….

Thank you for writing this. He will never realize you are a poet in the truest sense, but I do!

Like it. Nice work. -Getch

yes, a poet you are and this is sooo true for so many of us

YES YOU ARE…...........GOOD WRITTING

Someone had to say this! I’m glad you said it. :) Ha! Good for you!

“There’s no such thing as black and white in my world
For me things aren’t so merficully clear”

spoken from the soul of a true poet. i also like the concept of words as weapon metaphor. you can hit me, and the bruise will heal, but a set of sharp words will leave a cut that lasts forever.

its true…. you must have special way of looking at things to be a poet

I adore the line “The fact that you’ve known bodies long before mine”

Fugging great line man!

Kudos

Nice Jboo09

Awesome!!

i love it oh so much!as soon as i started to read i felt it.every single word is so true…they dont understand,they have no idea of the thoughts that grace our minds…...i truly enjoyed this poem….-tiara janay!!!

ah the pains of being creative…tell me its worth it..

Read it again. I really think it hit home. send a bubble lets talk. -getch :)

So to the point and beautifully said.

Oh my god! This poem is excellent. It perfectly aptures the way I feel. I love it. I feel the same way but you expressed it wonderfully in this poem

I can totally relate to this poem.

I used to be that girl. Beautifully written!

Very very nicly put. I love it. It is amazing how you put it like that

’...and my dark days you’ll be less impatient of…” BEAUTIFUL… all we want is to be understood, huh?

incredible symmetry in this. exxcellent work.

Very well writen Jenni! I am not a poet, so I can relate! haha! I like your style, very strong!

ohhhhhh i love it !!

this piece wrought a number of feelings within me, not all good, and for that I am very grateful

Oh boy.This one cut a little deep into my psyche.Were you looking in there?

Really amazing. You have definably written a truth.

The last stanza of this work is absolutely brilliant – brilliant – brilliant! The entire poem is a masterpiece but the last – just incredibly fine. There is wonderful flow to this, profound wisdom and impeccable delivery! You, my dear young woman, are an artist!

Jenni – this is better, sharper than anything I’ve ever written! It’s like the razor in the title! A brilliant concept, extraordinarily executed!

Oh I do beg to differ ma’am! You’re far too modest! But thank you for the encouragement, I appreciate it immensely.

This is so lovely! LOVE IT!

loved it

Instead of being happy that you want me
I’m angry you once wanted someone else

love that line

I have read this several times & it’s still utterly amazing, I’m so envious lol

“Us poets take things tragically hard
All the sadness in the world is on my shoulders”

It’s something like what I feel towards the world, there are a million bad things happening but yet nobody sees or understands what you mean, unless you spell it out for them.

DAMN THIS IS AWESOME!!! I LOVE IT!!! WELL DONE FOR ALL OF US POETS

love it whole… and i esp. love these lines.

Don’t forget dear,
that I am a poet
I could slaughter you with words like razor blades
But I will hold my anguish all inside me
And write it down some other rainy day.

aaah this is brilliant! i agree with everyones comments…and felt that i needed to add one more! utter brilliance :)

i love it. yes, we are dark, twisted souls, aren’t we? Words are not just words, they mean something else, and only a POET understands this… i dont get why other people don’t..

Excellent poem!!
Very well written!

dogpriest

Well done the fury and passion we poets can hide and let go if need be. Hell hath no fury like a poet scorned…

“Ironic! The very tool that unchains our souls from imprisonment each night before we slumber, is the same tool that draws the ugly scars on our hearts.” (from my journal!)

Poetic minds think alike and few others understand!

Brilliant, inspired work!

I like the rythm,
Every 2nd line in each verse brought me back to the true convictions of the artist.
It was like a chorus in my head that was at once, familiar.
It seemed to get a bit nasty at the end, which i also really liked…
-were you angry when you wrote this?

you say it like i only can fantasize.this deserves it’s lofty place in the top 5 of all time.you spoke for all of us.i’m new here,just a little ole bubble rookie.i’m looking forward to reading more of your words,Randy

I agree with all of the above!! great poem!

That’s fantastic!

You know I didn’t really read it as a poem. I kind of heard it as a song in my head. As if it was some extra song from the Sound of Music with someone like Julie Andrews singing it.

Sorry not to take anthing away but you can just ditty this along with song.

I love it.

“Don’t forget dear,
that I am a poet
I could slaughter you with words like razor blades
But I will hold my anguish all inside me
And write it down some other rainy day.”

the final lines are superb…!
u have shown how much we can do with words and have encased the power of a poet within the last few lines.. it shows what you are capable of and what you can resort for if you wanted revenge…and how u will refrain from it…
lovely poem…:)

5 days away without RedBubble and yours is the first poem I read when I get back. Fantastic work – amazing piece – I love it. So true. Wow!

Thankyou for you being the poet you are.

seems tht u ‘ve put every1’s common feel’gs thr’ ur words….lovely!

Wow! This is mind-blowingly powerful.
Brilliant piece.

This is absolutle stunningly written

BREATHTAKING! the best poem i’ve read so far.
yes we are poets. no one understands how poets do.
I love how you made it like that
all i can say if its a truly amazingly written piece of writing

this is so awesome… and so strikingly true… i mean just look as how all of us poets relate to this… fascinating piece :)

This is AMAZING.
I cannot find the words to describe this mind blowing piece.

Poets, like the Phoenix, have no choice but to rise from their own ashes just to sing their stories once more… every time we write we reinvent ourselves and our world. Often a painful process, but there is no other choice that satisfies our need to express the poetic joys and conflicts that weave the tapestry of Life seen through a poet’s eyes. Beautifully crafted! Thank you for feeding me with your poetry.

:) wishing you laughter

Absolutely brilliant, takes one to know one ;)

very clever and very funny too. your writing is so charming, so brilliant! oh – but I’m a little embarrassed because I’m sure you’re describing me.

This is absolutely brilliant. And yes, we poets see differently, we feel differently, I think we even smell things differently. We are more sensitive then others, and that’s what makes us poets. Iris

As a poet, understanding each word so nicely. Like this.

This is a very good piece..wow..glad I read it.

Beautiful!

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet” – Plato

wow.
brilliance.
how i do fear poets…

excellent work! :D

Sweet! I like it!

Moody and a little dark but still loving with those terms of endearment—”dear,” “my love,” etc. I love that line, I could slaughter you with words like razor blades. That paints such a vivid picture in my mind!!