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Michael Shepherd (8.4.1929 / Marton, Lancashire)
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! 'Great Write...' - great reader!

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  Every poem is an invitation
for the readers to use their imagination

a vehicle licensed
to carry passengers

who sometimes have a greater imagination
than the poet

even perhaps get more from the poem
than the poet knowingly put in

which you must admit
if with a slight embarrassment

as you read the words of praise
is a divine joke

and from the divine viewpoint
very practical since

every reader is an invitation
for the poets to match their imagination

Michael Shepherd


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  Samanyan Lakshminarayanan  (10/25/2009 6:51:00 PM)

i totally agree with this poem....10
  Patrick A. Martin  (8/17/2009 11:09:00 AM)

6/10 my God they're tough judges around here Michael must be all poets. You are exactly right it is important that our poetry ignites the imagination of the reader or they won't want to read poetry. Poets should not be there to honor themselves that's just ego.10 from me anyway.
  Saadat Tahir  (7/1/2009 2:27:00 PM)

u got a n aggregate of 6/10 on this one figures...

you thumb noses at PH...pay for it

BTW i fully endorse and aggree...its a very nice write.....in the tradition ;)
cheers
  Indira Renganathan  (6/15/2009 10:21:00 AM)

final lines make it complete......wonderful++++++++++
  Dr.subhendu Kar  (6/11/2009 10:43:00 AM)

every reader is an invitation
for the poets to match their imagination.......oh what a eclectic view by the cycle of invitation and appreciation, yet a muse divine by the poet and readers, wonderful write ingenious,10+++++, thanks for sharing
  Wojja Fink  (2/20/2009 10:43:00 AM)

Michael, thanks for that quick spin round the ether, and you've even got a licence.
wojja.
  Chitra -  (1/28/2009 7:58:00 AM)

lovely verses
filled with sincere emotion
  Naseer Ahmed Nasir  (1/26/2009 5:11:00 AM)

A good poem always has various interperations for different readers, still remains un-folded.
  Anjali Sinha  (1/25/2009 4:48:00 AM)

every reader is an invitation
for the poets to match their imagination
wowwww lovely imagination
thanks for sharing with us these lovely thoughts
anjali

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