Who Are You, Poet? Comments

I think. Therefore I spam, I mean am. Good job Fred! Humor and wit on a worthy subject.

We cannot cheat death, of course. But a well-written poem lives forever. Many great poets, like Baudelaire and Shakespeare, wrote about this subject. A Brazilian symbolist poet wrote once: 'Que importa que morra o poeta? Importa que não morra o poema! ' Translating, it doesn't matter if the poet dies, as long as the poem doesn't. I am a poet, and that alone defines me, ;) And I write because that's who I am.

OOPS! Then why have I been writing? Thought I could at least buy some time. Ya know, like the kid in the 'Arabian Nights'. I took a shot at this issue with my 'A Poet's Work Is Never Done'. I'll have to sign off for now. My belly-button is starting to twitch. Tom

I am just me nice to meet you.