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Poetry: April 12, 2023 Issue [#11910]




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  Edited by: fyn
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.~~Robert Frost

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.~~Plutarch

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.~~Khalil Gibran

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.~~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.~~Leonard Cohen


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Letter from the editor


Without emotion, poetry is just a string of words. It is the emotion, the feelings behind the words, that make a poem take flight. Regardless of what the emotion might be: anger, excitement, terror, love, or grief, it can and does propel the story.

I've been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. It was my way of interpreting the world around me, of making sense of what I didn't or couldn't, as yet, understand. Other kids wrote book reports, I did book reports in poetic form. I remember my sixth-grade teacher telling me to pick a form that would fit the subject matter. Hence, I learned to write ballads and sonnets. My grandmother had me translate my fears of being permanently blinded into poetry about my adventures in learning to navigate stairs and uncharted territories. Poetry got me through years of being bullied, and let me celebrate myriads of moments of what were, to me, major successes.

And I learned that using emotions could keep a class enthralled when 'reports' or, in my case, poems, brought a battle to life or told the biography of some long-dead statesman. I could find ways to share things I'd been feeling by applying one event to something else entirely. Somewhere along the way, I learned that I had a voice and, one worth hearing. I discovered that the picked-on kid could fight back with words.

One of my favorite things about WDC is discovering new writers as they find their voices. It is inspiring to watch as they empower themselves. Which, in turn, inspires and empowers others. What a grand circle to be a part of!

And another thing is that we all share emotions. We've all felt grief or pain, fear or, joy, and through our writing, we are able bring new perspectives to light that can help someone else. It links us together. It fosters understanding and allows us to connect to folks that might live lives very different from our own. All too often, we don't even realize how much we all have in common! And, we are more alike than different!


Editor's Picks


 Rise to the Occasion  (E)
An uplifting poem about the unstoppable force of a fighting spirit.
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 Safety Net  (13+)
When living with an alcoholic
#2073394 by fyn



Distance  (ASR)
A song for someone wonderful.
#1475807 by A.T.B: It'sWhatWeDo



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You're Not There  (E)
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
#2114969 by Bikerider



 Grandma's Not Gone  (E)
To Grandma . . . . 1914 - 2012
#1836185 by Dan Sturn



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JCosmos suggests: now that would make a great poem or a prose poem or something.

or something! LOL

Monty says: John Greenleaf Whittier: Up from the south at break of day bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The terrible rumble and grumble of war. Talk about roots, I hope to leave roots.


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