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Poets metaphorically die
For your attention
And you stand by coldly
Waiting till the blood stains
The torn paper with dried ink

Poets write for themselves
And dedicate inspiration to their muses
While you read their words uncaring
About their meaning and hidden beauty

Poets kill themselves to give their words life
And you only grab a pen and scratch it out
Till the ink spills on new wounds of perception
And leaves the crumpled paper imperfection

Poets die tragically
Wanting your appreciation
And then die when they get none of it
They get criticism or nothing

But you get what you wanted
Less competition [comments] => 9 [counter] => 184 [topic] => 69 [informant] => essentially9 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 20 [ratings] => 4 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => poets )

Muse's Death

Contributed by essentially9 on Saturday, 19th February 2005 @ 09:01:59 PM in AEST
Topic: poets

Muse's Death

Poets metaphorically die
For your attention
And you stand by coldly
Waiting till the blood stains
The torn paper with dried ink

Poets write for themselves
And dedicate inspiration to their muses
While you read their words uncaring
About their meaning and hidden beauty

Poets kill themselves to give their words life
And you only grab a pen and scratch it out
Till the ink spills on new wounds of perception
And leaves the crumpled paper imperfection

Poets die tragically
Wanting your appreciation
And then die when they get none of it
They get criticism or nothing

But you get what you wanted
Less competition

Copyright © essentially9 ... [ 2005-02-19 21:01:59]
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Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by ForeverAlone on Saturday, 19th February 2005 @ 09:06:32 PM AEST
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LMAO....Jennifer you amaze me again with another write...I really liked the ending...I wonder how the people will take this one...?
=]

Clark

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by jmakuer on Saturday, 19th February 2005 @ 09:28:17 PM AEST
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AMAZING..WHAT A WRITE..I AM AMUSED AND DON;T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY HERE..YOU ARE THE BOMB..HOE YU COME THROUGH TO READ MY POEMS SOMTIMES..JOJO

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by XxNights_ChildxX on Saturday, 19th February 2005 @ 10:05:09 PM AEST
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wow this a very strong write, I enjoyed it very much...
great job

Jenni xxoo

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by Les4567 on Saturday, 19th February 2005 @ 11:20:43 PM AEST
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I am new here .... I like this poem alot it is very deep there is something about it i cant put my finger on that makes it above and beyond great job!
~Leslie

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by reprobate on Saturday, 19th February 2005 @ 11:41:19 PM AEST
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and with less competition comes stagnation ... 'cause there'll be no one to read any of my junk. i really liked the feeling of how the words just pour out and only a few will understand the i'm dying here! great job!
thanks for sharing

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by freckle on Sunday, 20th February 2005 @ 10:40:25 AM AEST
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Wow! I loved this poem! The imagery was terrific and it flowed beautifully. Hopefully the last two lines aren't really about poets on YPDC. I know I'm still rather new here but I have never felt like I was in any kind of competition. Geez, that would suck. I just love to write and love to read! Anyway, great write!

Carol

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by Les4567 on Sunday, 20th February 2005 @ 10:53:23 PM AEST
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Hey essentially i think you are unbelievably talented... thank you for all of the nice things you have said about my poetry...i know silenced and halls arent the greatest they are two of my oldest poems.... thanks for all of your imput

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Sunday, 20th February 2005 @ 11:34:25 PM AEST
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Girl, you really put things into perspective with this one,I wonder if the "haters"will still be breathing calmly after this write!

Re: Muse's Death (User Rating: 1 )
by Rylo on Friday, 4th March 2005 @ 08:34:11 PM AEST
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This one was just pure excellence. You speak with such wisdom, and never miss a beat I really like that. Awesome job.

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