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Over the years I've become a lover of poetry, not just the beauty of well crafted words, but the poets and their tales behind the inspirations and poems.

I am by no means a poetic scholler, just an adiment fan.

I have learnt to admire the skill of the poet, even in works I dislike.

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  • Setting Sun at allpoetry
    how fast
    the apple trees grow--
  • Shadowed Bark at allpoetry
    shadowed bark the feel of moss
  • How Mournful. at allpoetry
    how mournful knowing I shall leave this world--

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  • on To the Tune by Li Ching Chao, on September 27, 2007
    This is very mournful, Chao cleverly developes a feeling of hopelessness in this (also in other pieces of hers) the tiredness of everyday rituals without him with her. She also shows the world around her still enjoying life as she had once, the final line delivers so much sorrow it will haunt the reader long after leaving the page.

    Andrew

  • on Basho's Death Poem by Matsuo Basho, on September 26, 2007
    This piece was written by Basho, in Japan when it is beleived the poet is nearing death, they would write a poem (usually in tanka) to mark their life, here Basho reflects upon his older years where only his dreams have the abillity to wander as he wishes he still could. Using the comparison technique he delivers to the reader his feeling of emptiness.


    Andrew

  • on Alone by Edgar Allan Poe, on November 20, 2006
    An intreaging poem, for the poem to go from the claim that/' From childhood's hour I have not been
    As others were; I have not seen /'To watching clouds and dwelling upon the shape they make is amazing. These connected by a very upbeat lyrical poem, yet the Poeish sinister undertone is artisticly carried, building until the final line where it finally declaires itself.

    A poem best read twice, and alone.

    Andrew

  • on Ambulance At Night by Douglas Gibson, on November 6, 2006
    That moment a heart stops in worry... The silence is well used here to effect the stopping of the world for aa few worring seconds.
    Although there are many great war poets, I feel Gibson has severly been over looked.
    Cleverly crafted poem using images and sounds the build emotion in the reader.


    Andrew