..........If I Said
You got to live before you die...
You got to die before you live...
Would you only find these
Words in a song....
Or, does it hold true for you, my
Brethren, my Botherhood...
My Sisterhood...Poets all...
But, where must you draw a line,
If any...between the living, and,
The dying?
Must you...should you?
Must there always
Be the Line?
Elysabeth...poemhunter.com
2007-12-15 13:02:51 · 12 answers · asked by Elysabeth 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
I love this. It sounds wonderful read out loud.
I think there is no line. You visit the snapshots in your life and unfreeze them; you walk in those moments. What you bring back to share is often painful--a type of death--but only through this sharing do you recognize and experience freshly your life.
A poet is first of all an observer.
2007-12-16 00:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, If you take the last line (before Additional Details), and add to the rest of the poem (after A. D.), you 'll get a complete beautiful poem: Poetry writing is a pain, Like standing in the freezing rain. But, sometimes (only sometimes, mind) The Poetry G-d is really kind And a gift he gives to me A verse which says Don't despair Occasionally You do write... Poetry I'm not talking technically, but rather, how it relates to me as a reader. I have read many of your posts which suggest that you are a poet, but this one is surely not the best looking flower in your bouquet.
2016-05-24 03:27:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Draw The Line At Lost, Hurt and Pain
A poet never crosses over the delicate line of love
For the respect, the spirt, the dignity of written refrains.
Love is love and love is war, poems seemly roar
Rage, bloom, spring, explode, never implode, impale.
A poet inspires, delivers, remembers, refreshes,
Is a survivor and knows innately where to draw the line.
The living live, the dying will live eternally in our hearts,
In our souls, our spirits, and out of the dyiny poetry lives.
It's okay to mourn, to be angered, to scream aloud
Through words eloquently chosen depicting how
Unfair death is to the dying and the living left behind.
A poet forever is honest, ethical, poetic and kind.
That my friend is where a poet draws the line.
Valrie in Ocala, FL
12/15/07
2007-12-15 13:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by mariposavalrie 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Only the line between Birth and Death-on ones Gravestone-the whole meaning of one's life is that one little line and then I believe the line is not finished but still continues to move on.
It's always a story to be continued so I don't think you do have to draw the Line not for the End.
Made me think of a lot of things. Your poetry always does inspire me to think.thank you again my friend.
2007-12-15 14:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bravo, Elysabeth (and I love the way you spell your name)! I've ran across one or two other poems of yours on here, and I think you have a real gift and talent with words.
2007-12-15 13:07:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well done my friend, I say you draw the line when your goal is met and not when your told or when expected to.
2007-12-15 13:16:23 · answer #6 · answered by kissaled 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The anesthesiologist tells us that there are one hundred levels between conscious and dead...
2007-12-15 13:15:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This would be a good poem to hear orally from you.
2007-12-15 13:33:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
to answer the question in bold only,
infinity.nice place to start.
best to you and those closest.
D.
2007-12-15 14:20:55 · answer #9 · answered by dorian 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
we cross lines every day, every year, every generations, every life, every death.
2007-12-15 13:44:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋