Does Poetry More Fulfill Your Mind Poem by Captain Cur

Does Poetry More Fulfill Your Mind

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If in thy youth were made to find
poetry more fulfilled your mind
than machinations or the rest
consider your soul doubly blest.
So let us not speak ill of verse
recite each line, rehearse, rehearse!
Do words flow smooth like in a dream
or struggle hard to swim upstream?
When writing do poems seem to drown
when reading tumble to the ground;
just rhyme these two words, light and bright,
and everything will be alright.
The finer themes that lift the scene
the ocean blue, the forest green
but, if sensitivities lack,
it's okay to compose in black.
Let's mix a cauldron full of verse
add love, prayer, a little curse
then strip the finished product bare
with plays of Shakespeare to compare.
The sweeping rhymes that end the line,
the anapests that drill to time,
if these techniques you do possess
consider your soul triple blessed!
Then edit, check and check some more
for all your heart you did outpour.
The end.

Thursday, August 24, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: humour,poetic expression,poetry
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rini Shibu 25 August 2017

Thank captain.. This lesson I will keep in mind

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Captain Cur 25 August 2017

may sweetness always fill your mind! Thanks Rini.

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Douglas Scotney 25 August 2017

shall the cauldron be hot, Captain Cur?

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Captain Cur 25 August 2017

Thanks Douglas, a little mix of humour never burns.

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Susan Williams 25 August 2017

Loved. This. Poem. No wonder your lines flow! ! Do words flow smooth like in a dream or struggle hard to swim upstream? If sometimes poems do seem to drown when reading tumble to the ground- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -You been standing behind me while I sit at my desk struggling with recalcitrant lines and runaway words? ? ? Thank you for this encouraging poem, Captain o Captain. ;)

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Bharati Nayak 09 April 2021

A great poem with wonderful tips for writing poem.----' When writing do poems seem to drown when reading tumble to the ground; just rhyme these two words, light and bright, and everything will be alright.'

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LeeAnn Azzopardi 29 March 2021

this poem as beautiful as it comes Bravo!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 29 March 2021

2) the ocean blue, the forest green but, if sensitivities lack, it's okay to compose in black. Loveliest end rhymes in thy poetry, Captain Sir!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 29 March 2021

1) I recite the beautiful core of thy poetry, Captain Cur: When writing do poems seem to drown when reading tumble to the ground; just rhyme these two words, light and bright, and everything will be alright. The finer themes that lift the scene

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Rebecca Navarre 21 March 2021

Oh, How awesome! .. Beautiful thoughts, beautifully written! .. Again such true poetry of beautiful thought and beautiful rhyme! .. Definite 5 Stars! ..+++++

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