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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. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only **
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Jul 14, 2010 at 12:12pm
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Edited: July 14, 2010 at 12:19pm
prompt song quote incorporated (Nickelback)
Forgive...

As I mused
Upon an old grudge,
I sighed.
'If Today was Your Last Day'
Floated in,
Jarring my thoughts
As familiar words
Washed over me,
"Would you call those friends you've never seen?
Reminisce old memories?
Would you forgive your enemies?"

The question
Loomed,
Playing out
Within my psyche,
Yet I knew
The answer.

No longer
Could I hold
Out on him.
The grudge's power
Weakens when
Faced with forgiveness,
Grace,
And love.
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prompt song quote incorporated (Nickelback)
· 07-14-10 12:12pm
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