I’ll put it on my “to do list,” and will try to get that out soon. OK?

Carmen: Thanks for the comment. Not to worry about your “not visiting” in a while. I know things get busy in our “little parts of the world.” As long as I hear from you from time to time (and know you & Gracie are doing fine), I’ll be OK with that!. And YEAH, how ’bout that “hula hoopin’?! Not only did mom do it, I tried my “hip” at it and after a few attempts did A-OK. I guess I’ve still got it. HAW! Will be looking forward to Bob’s visit if/when he can make it out!

Love,
Keek

I’m glad you thought it was beautiful. I thought it was pretty good. I don’t remember hearing this poem before. Mom ONLY read Edgar A. Guest poems to us when we were little (LAUGH).

Love,

‘lynnie

‘lynnie: I’m glad you thought this was worthy of contemplation. Now, if only I could say I’d written it. Perhaps I’ll write another poem one day. It’s been a while for me.

Think about it though..you’re getting lots of additional hits.

Correct it and delete this if you wish, Tom.

sorry to miss up your site.

I especially am taken from the line, “If we send no ships out, no ships will come in.

shirley Buxton
http://www.shirleybuxton.wordpress.com

Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle’s Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry from prose.[2] From the mid-20th century, poetry has sometimes been more loosely defined as a fundamental creative act using language.[3]

Poetry often uses particular forms and conventions to expand the literal meaning of the words, or to evoke emotional or sensual responses. Devices such as assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Poetry’s use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations. Similarly, metaphor and simile create a resonance between otherwise disparate images—a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm.

Some forms of poetry are specific to particular cultures and genres, responding to the characteristics of the language in which the poet writes. While readers accustomed to identifying poetry with Dante, Goethe, Mickiewicz and Rumi may think of it as being written in rhyming lines and regular meter, there are traditions, such as those of Du Fu and Beowulf, that use other approaches to achieve rhythm and euphony. In today’s globalized world, poets often borrow styles, techniques and forms from diverse cultures and languages.”

“Poetry” from Wikipedia

And how is this a poem rather than prose arranged in lines that speak the same message we’ve heard 1,000 times? Where is the language play, the layers of meaning, the mystery, th images? What has anon. added to our understanding of… well, anything, Tommy? It describes a good way to live, but as a poem. it’s probably best that we don’t know who wrote it. Now if you’re talking about the Psalms, it’s a whole different world.

Psalms is definitely good poetry. No qualms about that! For the poetry like this one where the words of every other line (2nd & 4th) not only rhyme perfectly but DO show meaning too, I’m attracted to. I’m persuaded that it takes thought to bring about this kind of cadence and “wise simplicity.” I know there are other forms of poetry, but sometimes I guess I’m not bright enough to always comprehend them.