FEEDBACK FROM READERS OF POETRY, A BEAUTY

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JC

 

What an inspiring poem!  Unlock the creativity! Sky is not the limit.

 

PH

 

This poem reminds me of “The Lark Ascending,” by Ralph Vaughan Williams...It brightens my day.

 

GK

 

As always, your poetry inspires my visualization and imagination!  

 

AM

 

This is my favorite line:

 

"One rhyme the more, one word the less."

 

This is what we all aspire to do w/ our work.
 

"Reasoning, thesis; drivel and pry,

confine the thought like a bird in the cage, 

poetry liberates the bird into the sky."

 

Write On!

 

JK

 

This is terrific!  Your poetry just makes me want to savor every word and sentence.  

 

MH

 

Your poems, specifically this one, touch my heart. I really got the message of your words. They take a whole life to “agree,” “accept,” “appreciate”. No more regrets, anger, pain, like nothing had ever happened. We arrived at a destination that we are we, you are you and I am I…

What a wonderful journey, life is only those who really dig deep …

 

EE

 

Beautiful! You have such a wonderful talent to bring words to life on the page. 

 

JH

 

What a striking line: “Poetry liberates the bird into the sky.” 

 

Prof. GK

 

In the first paragraph of "Poetry, a Beauty", the author lets us know that poetry is everywhere around us, in the sky, in the dirt...and in all the messes; for us to see, to listen, to smell, and to feel. 

But to distill observations and reflections in a poem, it's a lengthy and laboring evolution.  

One has to be precise and unique; one rhyme the more, one word the less. It's a learning lesson for life.

 

The purpose of poetry in his view can be to criticize or praise; the methodology can be righteous or drivel; the conclusion can be calm or rage. But it does not matter how one starts to write a poem, the author is determined to liberate himself to pursue his own vision, trust his own feelings, and follow his own heart. In the end, the joy of spreading creative words and ideas will bring peace and harmony between him and nature. One just starts with setting the mind free from the confined frames and routines.

 

LE

 

Under what circumstance did you write this poem? I am curious to find out.

Is it all of a sudden, or you saw the new promised land? 

 

 

AUTHOR’S REPLY TO LE:

 

Very rarely do I write a poem with a mission.

In this poem “Poetry, a Beauty,” I tried to answer the following questions from what I learned and how I felt, so far:

 

(1). What is poetry?

(2). Where can I find poetry?

(3). Is Poetry useful or useless? What does poetry do? What is the purpose or function of poetry? 

 

“All my life, I was taught to follow the leader, as they coerced my thoughts, scrubbed my mind, confined my thinking, grabbed my attention and molded my every idea, like locking a bird into a cage.

Poetry came to the rescue as it released those birds from the cage; every bird flew into the sky, chose its own paths, encountered its own winds, witnessed its own colors...”*

 

I put these thoughts into a poem, in case I was asked again, I can point them to this poem with a concrete answer that may lock their thinking into a cage!!!

 

As time goes on, if I learn more,

I will let you know. Until then, let it fly!!!

 

Livingston, always a student

 

*From the first page of my book,

“Poetry, a Beauty.”