Why do you write poetry? (for all the poets that post in here)
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i write poetry to break free from monotny and to travel the universe
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i write because if i didnt id probably ? myself lol my words are the only things i own
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I used to write and perform because I had something to say, and I wanted to mobilize people to action.
I became disillusioned with the who genre of politico lit when it dawned on me people are comfortable
just being entertained by words, they arent convicted to organize and move.
I still write in my head, havent put anything on paper or performed in about 5 years. -
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I like it becasue of Rap and becasue I like to write and etc other reason I have to go in depth but dont feel like it.
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Therapeutic like Joe Budden once said.
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one of the mainest reasons is stress relief
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i don't write poetry, i write stories and articles. I write because i would go crazy if I didn't.so you want to be a writer?
by Charles Bukowski
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
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I write poetry to tell stories and for expression. A lot of my inspiration for my poems come from my own life experiences, or conversations I've had with others. BTW, I'm new here, but I hope that I can post some of my poetry on here soon, if that's okay.
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Tuesday, 04 December 2012
THE RED DEATH
[THE RED DEATH]
DEATH IS SERVED
BY DOING NOTHING.
THE PLAGUE IS MAN
FOR HE GIVES
DEATH A HAND
HE WEARS HIS MASK
TO HIDE HIS FACE
THE RED DEATH
IS NOT THE RED LINE.
IT IS ALL OF HUMANITY
WHO CROSSED THE LINE.
DEATH SERVE’S
EACH TIME THERE IS WAR.
WE USE IT TO REDUCE
OUR COST.
BULLETS AND BOMBS
WIPE OUT THE NEST.
WHILE GAS
WIPES OUT ALL THE REST.
HOW CAN
HUMANITY EVER LAST ?
USE WISDOM
INSTEAD OF GAS.
BURY THE BULLETS.
GIVE LIFE A CHANCE
WE MAY YET LAST.
POEATREEMAN
IT IS MAN
WHO WEARS THE MASK.
WHAT LIES BEHIND IT
YOU ASK ?
UNCOVER
ALL WILL BE EXPOSED.
TRUTH WILL SHOW YOU
THE FACE YOU HOLD.
BLOOD WILL SHOW YOU
THE DEATH TOLL.
DEATH HAS
A WELCOME HAND
ONLY A FOOL
WOULD TAKE HIS LINE.
EVEN MORE SO
TO WALK HIS LINE.
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
12/4/2012
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Wednesday, 05 December 2012
WHO IS BLACK IN AMERICA ?
[THE SHADOW]
EVERYONE
WHO CAST A SHADOW.
FOR IT IS OUR SOUL
THAT TRULY
SHOWS OUR SKIN.
WE ALL
HAVE A DARK SIDE.
UNTIL WE
LET THE LIGHT ON IN.
TRUTH CAST NO SHADOWS
FOR IT REFLECTS
WHAT IS WITHIN.
POEATREEMAN
ONLY ? REALLY KNOWS
THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
12/5/2012
COPYRIGHT@2012
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Eye write because it's my duty...
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i write poetry coz rap music is wack nowdays.
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Ive never posted on here before, but ive been reading the IC for a bit. I started having rap style rhymes pop into my head about 6 years ago. Then i started thinking in rhymes inside my head more than i was even comforable with! Often they would provide comic relief for me, or even answers to problems. It was like they were coming to me, rather than from me. When i hit hard times they helped me see my situation in a better way. I havent had that headspace for a few years now and i really miss it.
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Therapy is the number one reason. 2nd is It's stuff that comes out that can make people enjoy it and it can't be said a different way or else noone would want to hear it, so it's a language. Entertainment. 3rd Way to express a piece of me that exists but I don't get the chance to express in other modes of communication. It's also kind of like a diary of my thoughts and a way to enter a different world in my perspective
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I write poetry because its ill...its good way of kicking knowledge and letting out. when i do it i forget bout all the crazyness in the world....im originally a rapper but switched to poetry after i heard the first 2 chainz track....where can i post some my stuff on here.
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I got a problem where lines and words accumulate in my head. If I dont write them down or at least piece them together I get headaches. I'm usually bored when it happens so Im more than likely at home by the computer. Im high on myself and think every word I say is golden so I share my greatness with the world.
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Their's a reason why we write, express ourselves and I'd like to know when did you started writing? what inspired you to write? post one of your favorite lines or one of your favorite poems?
After a few poets answer, I'll follow suit and reply..
*Mods, sticky this... a poets introduciton is needed here in WTE...
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I used to write and perform because I had something to say, and I wanted to mobilize people to action.
I became disillusioned with the who genre of politico lit when it dawned on me people are comfortable
just being entertained by words, they arent convicted to organize and move.
I still write in my head, havent put anything on paper or performed in about 5 years.
I can relate. I haven't perform in a long time. I can write in my thoughest thinking but i haven't been writing them down.
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