Poesy

A Poem by Pete

My life has been the poem I would have writ, but I could not both live and utter it. - Thoreau

What happened to elegy?

Where went the villanelle?

Those who spill heart's ink.

Metrists who make emotions think.

Bards who reach out and touch with a word and a wink.

One's who endear.

Like the versifier of ...

... "Kilroy was here" ...

© 2020 Pete

Author's Note

"Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it." - Thoreau

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Dave Brown

'Kilroy was here!'
Very funny, I had forgotten all bout that
good memory

Posted 5 Years Ago

1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

5 Years Ago

an oldie but goodie ... :)

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Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..