I Do Not Write Poetry For Poets

By shadowsinthelight

I write for the women I love

I write for dogs in heaven above

I write for friends who don't appreciate

I write for the naked woman on the stage

But I do not write poetry for poets



I write for the couple walking down the aisle

I write for the girl who died for a life-style

I write for the passion of love and hate

I write for the traffic that made me late

But I do not write poetry for poets



I write for those who've passed away

I write for rainbows and cloudy days

I write for God, Satan and eternity

I write for the hopelessly lonely

But I do not write poetry for poets


I write for the sheer need to write

I write when I cannot sleep at night

I write mostly for myself

For everyone and everything else

But I do not write poetry for the poets


© 2000 by steve giacomini

By request of Six-Out

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Copyright 2004 shadowsinthelight
Published on Friday, September 3, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: yes, unique. i loved it.

  • Simply Me On Friday, September 3, 2004, Simply Me (40)By person wrote:

    Awesome, one of my favorites now. I've had a problem lately of compairing myself to other poets and I almost completely stopped writing, but I do not write for poets either, so I'm haingin there. :) Great work.

  • Sleepwalker On Friday, September 3, 2004, Sleepwalker (15)By person wrote:

    We all have our reasons for writing, whatever yours are, I am glad that you do write. Poetry opens our eyes and minds to things once unseen

  • Six-Out On Friday, September 3, 2004, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    Poet are not anyone. They are those gifted in writing poetry, and those who can see what others can not.

  • A former member wrote: If one of the definitions of Poet is "a author of poetry" and one of the definitions of poetry is as Zopheil pointed out "prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound" then anything can be considered poetry

  • A former member wrote: the definition of "form" covers all of existence and poems are not excusive to a literary context they can be spoken or even comunicated through dance,so as much as it pains me to say this,Bob down the street playing pocket poll is a poet. Now wether he

  • Six-Out On Friday, September 3, 2004, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    Poetry is not everything. Poetry is literary work that shows the beauty that the poet sees.

  • A former member wrote: 4. Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound.

  • Six-Out On Friday, September 3, 2004, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    Lumping everything and everyone in with those two is ridiculous. Saying Bob from down the street is a poet because he's playing pocket pull is wrong. ;)

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 3, 2004, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    Yea ... Yea I would say yea, and then I still would also think that he may be. I dont know dude *laughs* That is the thing, I used alot of time thinking about it, and it is still a mess. Why I like this write also. -Nadir-

  • A former member wrote: everything is poetry, and everyone is a poet, whether any of it or them hold any meaning to you is another matter

  • A former member wrote: WOW! This is such an incredible write! I like it muy macho! amazing. -namelezimmortal

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 3, 2004, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    Alot of times I ask myself what poetry is, and poets ... Is it the ability to stand and be poetic rather then write. And what is it to be poetic. Also ... art? What the ... Well most often I choose to make my own definitions.

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 3, 2004, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    I gues that when every word spawning individual got there own, I should have mine aswell. But what I got, is offcource just a mix of that, and I stand a mix of everyones feelings and ideas of poetry, art and any of such things.

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 3, 2004, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    Do I change then? Yea sure like the mix I am part of, I do ... I could not write for poets either. I am not sure what they are, or if they exists. -Nadir-

  • Six-Out On Friday, September 3, 2004, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    And back to my favorites list it goes...you know this poem will forever be my favorite of yours, right?

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