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dear friends
there is nothing more interesting exciting inspiring
enlightening encouraging than talking
about poetry it is more interesting
than talking about stock market or polics
or clothing or housing or eating
even more interesting than talking
about sex haha just kidding
it is interesting because
i don't know what "poetry" is
who knows?
isn't that why we keeping reading
writing poetry? well, we seem to know
a little bit about poetry
like we know about other "things"
such as love
do we know about "love?"
the more i think about poetry
the less i seem to know what it really is
what is a word?
what is a sentence?
what is love?
what is a tear?
what is everything?
a poem is a song
but it is often sung from someone's heart
not mouth only
maybe that is why poetry can be
complicated because it is about
the business of heart
heart, not as what a surgeon tells us
or a heartless smartass who
seems to know everything
a poet usually follows his/her heart
not much of his/her logically trained traditionally polluted brain
so, when a poem comes it is sung from the heart
regardless all the non-heart business
i sing my heart
who am i?
a male, a chinese, a chinese-american, a tax payer
a blue domer, a air breather, a nature lover,
a animal lover, a word lover, a war hater,
a poetry lover, a beauty lover, a water lover,
an ink lover, a book lover, a silence lover,
a night lover, a man with a heart, a man
with a brain, a man with a voice, a man
with a penis
what does that mean?
that means
i cannot write pretending i don't have
a penis
cannot write predtending i don't have
a heart, a voice, an opinion
or something sharp to poke through
the thin film wrapped over the shitball
of the 2nd hand generationally recycled
this and that
we cannot escape ourselves
especially when it comes to poetry
poetry shows who you are
not hiding whichever side you want to hide
poetry should not be perfect
poetry should be simple as a working man
a man honest about what he does
a man pround to labor with his mind
a man dare to say whatever has meaning to him
a woman can do even more than a man
this is not about s.e.x
sex is boring
sex is really like eating
you eat when you are hungry
that is all there is to it
but again
the heart
heart is not easy to be analysed
hearts need to be opened
like the infant's new eyes
opened for the first time
to the world
we are not that different
from an infant if
we are willing to give the heart
a chance
a window
a place
and hopefully another heart
to feel the wonderful loneliness
in a wonderful place
called poetry
:5/6/05
Long time no see. I have been super busy and have forgotten about your poetry. Feel tired and suddenly remembered to pay a visit to your block. You speak from your heart! Agree with you that one can't analyze the other's heart. I had been paid to do so, but doesn't like the idea much. It is also not easy to make the others open their heart. All I can do is to feel the others hearts. It has been a very rewarding experiences for me.
Again thanks for the writing. (You may not have chance to go back and spot my feedback. It doesn't matter much as long as I wrote the feedback from my heart. :)
如果有什么得罪的地方，请大人大量原谅小女子的无知。
闯了大祸，恶名远杨，做人真难，望各路英雄高抬贵手，下不为例。
“做人要厚道"，一定记住教训，悔改中......
但我热烈欢迎朋友们的讨论与分享，让我长了见识，结识了新的朋友。
知凡，你可不是在惹事生非，你的分析角度很有新意与胆识。
在鄙轩，朋友们不必客套，更不必忌讳个人的观点思维与他人不一！
祝各位开心！！
To “天涯海角”：非常感谢您的资料。但对文中的观点我保留我的意见。
您没发来这个资料之前，我正和一位仁兄讨论得“热火朝天”，请看“俗话说[2]”中的评论，这位仁兄对出了我还挺佩服的一联。我相信还有更好的，但我个人不喜欢对对联。再谢“天涯海角”！
作舟，请原谅我在您轩中“惹事生非”，我喜欢诗歌大大超过对联。
对联讲究对仗因而给我不是很自由的感觉。
诗歌自由自在，更别提其他的美妙之处，所以我喜欢诗歌多很多很多...
如果有很多人来您轩中谈诗歌，我一定要来凑热闹，过过谈诗论艺的瘾:)
上次也是因为不喜欢那一对联才瞎批了一通。没想到引出这么多好玩来:)
非常感谢各位由此给我的很多很多启发...
:)
作舟受益匪浅!!!
前天无法敲汉字,故用英文草草写了一篇"感想",请原谅!
我相信来"双壁轩"的朋友都是对诗歌艺术有一定的造诣和领会的,所以,大家说的都是非常有价值的!尤其在"一小部分人读诗歌的今天":)
诸位保重!!
:)
love reading all your comments and ideas about poetry!!!
hope to hear more :)
have a great weekend!!!