A Poem For My Fellow Poets
Can you see us bent over kitchen tables
And our pencil's warm erasers
As we pour our hearts into liquid words upon the lowly page?
Can you see us stopped in parking lots;
Searching for scraps among the floorboards,
Then, with pen to note, we scratch a word to show a life, a love, and age?
We who fight with nature
Never searching, always believing,
We strive against cold, heat and drought to keep the wolves from the door...
But the battle seems wan in comparison
To the war with words we wage,
As we seek to convey a thought, a poem to live and last forevermore.
Why, we were fine and fancy...
No cares beyond the gate
Our only worries keeping calves alive and shipping them eight months later.
Until we tasted immortality
On this life's stage or 'round a campfire
And you, who come to read our words, became the instigator
So we take it all in and write it down
In between the endless chores
Amazed and honored that there are people who read and listen and seem to care
We try to make you laugh and cry
In portraying all we really savvy
And somehow make it all of value and something worthy to share.
Most give little thoughts to such an act
This trying to capture in ink a sunset
When an artist or a photographer can hardly succeed at such a task
Without film or paint or music
Armed with only our imaginations
We connect the dots and record our lives
Our future and our past.
Thus we dance with you as partners
In this waltz of verse and lingo
As long as you continue to listen, we'll try to get it right
With words that bind us close together
Transcending time and borders,
For we are the poets
And you are the reason we write.
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Posted: Dec 2010
About this poem:
A cowboy poet's view on writing poetry and sharing it with fellow poets and readers.
Comments (44)
Well, you are not only Reader of Souls but also Reader of Minds of the poetic kind. As we pour our hearts in liquid words ... trying to capture in ink a sunset. A poem without a reader might exist but comes to full life with each reading. Art-fully and heart-fully penned.
lovely words to ponder
This trying to capture in ink a sunset
When an artist or a photographer can hardly succeed at such a task
Without film or paint or music
Armed with only our imaginations
We connect the dots and record our lives
Our future and our past
what a wonderful write,and youre right ROS,,very nice poem too and thanks for sharing deary
cj
"....and honored that there are people who read and listen and seem to care.."
So true. We write and are honoured by others who read and listen and care, we read and we give honour in kind.
The giving, sharing, and receiving makes this art form coalesce into something wondrous.
Namaste, kindred spirit...
Bill x
On this life's stage or 'round a campfire
you are the reason we write
i feel like tasting and writing about it.
ROS
thanks
An excellent tribute and worthy of note. You are a true artist.
This poem is just..... -> -> -> -> lol ^__^ WONDERFUL!! RoS! XXXXX
I had written this during the hectic Christmas hustle and bustle. I'm glad that you were able to catch it this time around. :)
Now you know why. :) I try to paint pictures with my words, not always an easy task but fulfilling at the end of the day. :)
You are so very welcome. :)
I felt it was a tribute to our poets and the reasons that we write. I'm glad that you were able to catch it the second time around. :)
I'm the only one here thus to write Cowboy Poetry and have ever since I could write my name. An artist? Me? Oh no, but merely a humble poet. :) I'm glad you liked this.
I had written this at the beginning of the Christmas season. The hustle and bustle of the holidays can cause us to miss the little things. If we are lucky, we can catch those little things again. :) I'm glad you liked this one. :)
Glad this poem popped up in the list below as I wasn't on CS both times it went around! Thanks for sharing.
Kathy
By ReaderofSouls on CS
Wow it's been awhile since u wrote it
But it's new to me
Absolutely love your words
Left me speechless
I think us poets r angels sent to earth to inspire educate love share
Rachael_0622
A poem For my fellow poets
My respond is gone!!!
I wrote you a superb poem just now of this read
In a flash this site died
Now it is gone
One u would of smiled ear to ear
Just as I was saving it
And it was real good Great
Ugh
Rachael_0622
I will have to grab ahold of my memory bank to try to compose it
All over again
Patience maybe I can create it again!
I need a new laptop!
Exasperation!
Perhaps you can do a updating/maintenece on your laptop. I have to do it on mine every two weeks. :)
I'm glad you liked the old read. I like to bring them 'round for you newer folks to share and enjoy. Feel free to read the others to your heart's content. :-)
I just wrote my latest poem
In your honor
Hours
My computer went down
Had to recreate it a third time
It is my latest poem I just composed
Enjoy
Rachael_0622
Pls send me a respond there with feedback
Poems need to be
shared to glow & shine
Radiate rays of the light
From the creator divine!
I'm currently reading older poetry on the site and sending
some poems back to the top. I enjoyed this one so I feel it
deserves another run.
Very well written !
Regards Mick.