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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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Jan 17, 2006 at 11:16am
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Prompt 14 : Out There
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Out There

Out there, in the back,
behind the glass,
a decorative landscape edging
in fairy tale symbolism:
on the sixth green,
life plays golf
as if a high-end athlete
gauging desires
with managerial responsibilities.

Out there, crossing the divide,
at the front window,
life strides on a treadmill
for just a warm-up
on the busy street,
its distorted reflections
getting wilder by the minute,
spilling inside
through the eyes,
but soon,
for the illusory world,
it will slug punches
right and left
to become real
inside one mysterious epic.

Out there, behind the windows,
life will exercise its rights
with leg squats,
abdominal crunches,
and pumping up biceps
so that the animating workout
can offer interior renovations
and engross dreaming minds;
something of a pun
for the unintelligent poet.








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Prompt 14 : Out There
· 01-17-06 11:16am
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Re: Prompt 14 : Out There · 01-17-06 10:51pm
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