Limited Possibilities Poem by Practicing Poetess
Limited Possibilities
All the best words
Have already been spoken
Nothing is new under the sun
The idea you have
Someone's already thought of
It's all been said, before you've begun
How many ways
Can you write of one topic?
There is a limit to each one
Your inspiration
May be a re-wording
Of a theme someone's already done.
If you had the time to read every poem ever written about trees, or about love, or about stars or any other theme, you would see ideas recurring from different writers in different eras (and I'm not talking about plagiarism.) Great minds DO think alike, but there are only so many things you can say about any given topic, no matter how creative you are. Someone before you has most likely already said it, only in different words. Still, as poets we stive to be the best we can be!
How many ways Can you write of one topic? There is a limit to each one Your inspiration May be a re-wording Of a theme someone's already done...........so true. Yes, there is limit to each one. A beautiful poem with poet's note is being nicely executed.
I know what you mean. Nothing new under the sun. And yet, we can put old things in a fresh way, not so? I think that's what we all try to do. And come up mad sock-eating society poems and suchlike. That reminds me - you should read my Liliputian Invasion.
Many thanks, Laurie! Will try to hunt down your Liliputian Invasion! :)
I have often felt this way but eventually something fresh pops out.
Barry, thank you for confirming what I only realized AFTER posting this poem and Poet's Notes! Immediately afterward, I smacked my forehead as I remembered my nonsensical children's poem The Mad Sock-Eating Society. A fictitious, highly -imaginative poem that came from only my imagination. Also, my 1940's- sounding, jazzy-lyrical Crazy 'bout you. I wasn't even born yet in the 1940's! That was my parents' time, not mine. Have a wonderful day today!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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What you write is debatable, but at least partly true. Sure, there are limits to what you can write about a subject. Brilliant.