And Nothing Is Ever As You Want It To Be Comments

Poetry is beyond all limits.I am not even native but the way it made me feel is definitely worth feeling.

a wise worded poem of if only life would be much easier? if only I had gone to Sefton Park school instead of going to Earle Road school I might have turned out to be a proper poet? ......................wonderfully written BP and best wishes.

you good at poem you x

you are good at poems x

Language evolves. We no longer use thee and thine and nowadays we’re more likely to use her rather than she in such a sentence. In this poem the use of her is more lyrical than she which sounds distant and more strident. It also adds to the symmetry of the line and is more evocative of the lover’s sadness. A poem, unlike prose has a wide, acceptable margin of syntactic flexibility. There’s nothing to be gained by sticking to grammatical correctness here than it would to punctuate e e cummings. It’s best to let the integral beauty of this poem simply to wash over you.

Brian I Love this Poem Its true to live and love :) Its real I've truly felt it ..................... but Should you make them as we want it to be or try to accept it?

Brian, This very lovely poem is marred twice by the same glaring grammatical error: You lose your love for her and then It is her who is lost, should read: ... it is SHE who is lost, The verb to be in English (with one exception) in all its conjugations always takes the subject pronoun. (The exception is: Woe is me!) I hope I haven't offended by pointing this out; I thought this poem too fine not to be corrected. E. Levich

This is a great write! beautiful

this is a true account of the whole meaning of lost love, and then it is both who are lost, I like this poem there is so much in all the lines here, I personally INJOYED

Last few lines are beautiful! simple and yet so deeeeeeeep..great penning!

i'm impressed after read your poem..it's really beautiful...great poet u are..

Ah! Brian! I thought truth was complicated and you have shown TRUTH in such a simple way. I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE DISCOVERED YOUR WORK.

yes, indeed, nothing is ever as perfect as you want it to be...

I have read these poems from end to start and they are all beautifully fabulous.

I read this poem in an anthology of poetry and I couldn't believe how spot on Brian is/was.... the final stanza says it all, a very fine poem that deserves its place in the Top 500. HG: -) xx

I too have long loved this poem... but in the printed version I have the title reads 'And nothing is ever AS PERFECT as you want it to be' Ah, now that's better!

I'm a big fan of Brian's work. I read a poem of his a few years ago called 'It's Time To Tidy Up Your Life' and have been unable to find it since. Does anyone know where I could get a copy? Hugs Anna xxx

This is lovely, Brian; yet I was totally distracted by the line, It is her who is lost.' It needs to be 'It is she who is lost.' Those are the things that cause writers to lose credibility with the reader. My favorite part was your longing to bring home love like a lost kitten or strawberries. It is a happy, tender fantasy and lovely to read. Raynette

One of the loveliest poems about loss of love?