Thursday 15 July 2010

it's not poetry
I seek to write
but page
after page
of the heart

9 comments:

Devika Jyothi said...

too good, Paul :)

its only a while ago i said at an other blog that i agree to the idea of poetry as a spontaneous overflow of emotions, than as a flow of finely crafted words...."spontaneous overflow" you would know is a quote by Wordsworth...

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility"

i LOVE than quote, so much as I love poetry :)

wishes,
devika

Devika Jyothi said...

i must say....poetry as a craft is something i could never do; except perhaps haiku :)

wishes,
devika

Devika Jyothi said...

ha! why did i have to tell about me -- i'm not sure :)

well, a sharing is okay i guess :)

wishes,
devika

Paul Smith said...

Devika, thank you for your thoughtful response. It is always ok for you to share a little of your own story. I have always been a poet of the moment, words rise up in search of wings and all I really do is open the door.

Devika Jyothi said...

Thank you Paul...yeah, that poet of the moment strikes a chord....and i guess capturing the beauty and insight of the moment has been my interest in haiku...but there somehow I feel it more about the mind-job...than a matter of the soul :)

wishes,
devika

Kelly M. said...

pages of the heart -- a body of text -- what is the con/text of the heart? good one, Paul --

Kristin Riggs said...

Your heart is beautiful, Paul!

Kristin :)

Frank... said...

This is a lovely poem, Paul...

Paul Smith said...

Hi Kelly, Kristin, Frank your comments and support as ever are much appreciated.