He chooses his words with a careful hand
He shifts them slowly from palm to palm
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A wonderful example of extended metaphor, well-sustained throughout the poem. A beautiful piece.
Delightful piece that describes the process of creating with vivid colour. Poems feel like offspring as Patricia states below 10+
Nice verse, very creative and poetic, looks like you are a lady poet... Frank
A lovely narrative on the creation process and the final birth of a poem... I agree with Patricia the ending is super...
It's just like sending your children off to school alone for the first day. (smile) . We are attached to our poem-children the same way. Love that ending.
Sonya, I love the image you have created here - beautiful idea, eloquently expressed.
you truly have a sensual way of picturing the poetic process, and I think at least some of the time, it feels exactly like this when you are creating a poem. Thank you for such an interesting a beautiful poem, Sonya
Yes; sweet good bye Sonya....departing words inside to the poem sky...beautiful write on how a poet feels about the impregnation and labour pain and subsequent ecstasy on a poem birth....superb piece...thanks...10+
A gentleman poet has a big heart to fit in all the beautiful feelings and images with which to create his art :) Nicely penned. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant this.....and perfectly describes a gentleman poet I think. Ruthy: -)
I also love this poem, he seems to be such a careful man, but then......a gentleman is one who ever never inflicts any pain? Excellent write. 10/10
I just love this poem, brilliant! Well done and may I keep it in my files on other folks verse under Sonya Florentino of course? Ruth: -)
aesome very nice lines.... how well u depicted the poetic discourse.... well written here ten