This is my No. 1,000 verse on AD. Glad to announce this number with my gratitude to all of you guys for your support, inspiration, and evaluation of my humble works. I thank you all ;))
It seems to me quite fair to say here
That poetry has entered more
And more into the canvas of our life
Than we are able to realize it --
It is the property of old and young alike.
We all are poets or pretend to be,
And a half of us have started
To write poetry in early childhood,
And parents of those talented kids
Are happy to see their offsprings' gifts.
And the young ladies themselves,
Often chose their suitors
On the strength of a few lines
They can accomplish and versify
Of really good poetry.
Some regain their relationship
Or receive extra courtesy
By their ability to write two
Or three short poems which
Appealed to the object of interest.
For poetry is regarded
As the highest accomplishment
And the surest and easiest way
Of testing a man's literary training.
O Poetry! Long live the Literary Queen
With her superiority over the other genre!
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Congrats on your achievement, a number is not just a number. I am not far behind you, but I think you got a head start. Forward march, Alex! The number 2,000 is not far behind, no?
As I read this, it is lines from classic poetry and popular song that have stayed with me, perhaps more so than some of the revelations that I've read in prose, both nonfiction and fiction.
When I was courting my wife when we both were in our 40s, I recall sending her a lot of handwritten letters, sometimes accompanied by poetry written just for her. She loved that attention and began to love me. She sent me appropriate greeting cards based on her emotions at the time. It bothered me that she "bought" her words rather than just writing to me. I should have paid attention. After we married, within three years of me not writing her daily poetry, she left me for a more romantic lifestyle.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
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Sandie
When I was courting my wife when we both were in our 40s, I recall sending her a lot of handwritten letters, sometimes accompanied by poetry written just for her. She loved that attention and began to love me. She sent me appropriate greeting cards based on her emotions at the time. It bothered me that she "bought" her words rather than just writing to me. I should have paid attention. After we married, within three years of me not writing her daily poetry, she left me for a more romantic lifestyle.
Ron