Flowers of dawn do not blossom at twilight,
One who isn't a poet at twenty, how he might
Be one at sixty, when his vision is marred
By the blemishes of life that he cannot discard.
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@Ellen Mckinnon Thank you very much for appreciating my poem with very kind and generous words. I am greatly inspired. I liked your expression 'caged creativity'. Very well said!
@Valsa George Thanks for your generous comments on me and my poem, that you left almost a year ago. My apologies for the belated acknowledgement. I have been greatly inspired by your words.
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@Sandra Feldman My heartfelt apologies for being so late, almost by a year, to acknowledge the kind and appreciative words you left on my poem. I feel so high to know that you consider me as 'one of the Chosen'. Thank you so much! I am truly inspired by your comment.
@Susan Lacovara My heartfelt apologies for being so late, almost by a year, to acknowledge the kind words you left on my poem. I appreciate the time you took to read my poem, to be so kind as to share your thoughts having read it, and the beautiful words with which you have described poetry. I am inspired, I am grateful.
I'm touche with the flow of emotion Khairul, as you depicted in your poem here. I like your poems and wish you blossom with an evening flower.
so well expressed...but though late you need regret as your quill is better tainted and smooth after your life experiences which might not have been so in your youth................ur poetry is what it should be...blooming flowers...though in autumn they have ripened and sweet through spring
I love flowers, so your rmetaphor invited my attention. I especially appreciate and relate to the thought expressed in the first stanza, flowers of dawn. Yet, I believe and have believed for years, that the experiences and the scars of years bring into our lives the wisdom and the increased depth to our expression and make it worth hearing. I believe there is special insight and flowering at any age. And I would not say that the flower of one time is superior to another time.
@ Geetha Jayakumar, Thank you so much for your inspiring words.
This is awesome! Forgive me for praising, but it is a relatable peice.
I like this heartfelt and original poem. Question: is it ever too late to blossom into a poet? Late-sown seeds grow twice as fast to catch up the rest, and often flower more brightly!
So unfortunately, I missed this wonderful comment to reply to! No, methinks, it's never 'too late to blossom into a poet'. A poet cannot write a poem unless it 'comes' to him. And when it comes, it may come in lots and lots.
@The Princess Thank you so much for digging out this old poem of mine and reading it. I am honored and inspired by your comment.