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Chuck Johnson• Show poetry

Poetry is the art of imagination mixed with the language of choice, the creativity of the mind, and the effects of the senses. Poems do not necessarily reflect the personal thoughts or beliefs of the Poet. I think when you browse a Poet's page, you should take the poems for what they are and not what you may think they reflect. Like an Artist who paints a canvas and creates a scene of heavenly beauty, that painting does not mean he is religious. As you browse my poems, remember, they are just reflections of my desire to be poetic at that point in time and not necessarily an accurate nor descriptive reflection of my beliefs or thought processes. I do allow my daily life to influence my poems, but that does not mean it is an accurate reflection of my existence, thoughts, beliefs, or intentions. Nor does it mean I'm directing them towards anyone. Often I will send my poems out for some feedback. Sending them does NOT mean the poem is written about anyone. All artists desire feedback no matter the medium they are using. No matter what happens somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

"You see, but you do not observe."
Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859-1930)

Errors and misconceptions no doubt remain, and are my own.

Now please enjoy yourself here.

"The weight of a burden of life can exceed the benefits of living but then our family and loved ones enter our sight and that makes living worth enduring. " Me.

Fear not the mind of the fearful nor envy the mind of the warrior - Me

Conflict comes in many clothes, poetry wears a variety of expressed vestments.

The mind is a cistern
a cesspool of thought
occasionally inspired
usually not.

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" The Poet makes himself a seer by a long, vast and reasoned derangement of the senses - every form of love, of suffering, of madness." - Arthur Rimbaud

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Joined date: 18 December 2003

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My Lists

Poems I'm focused on

  • A Truly Beautiful Woman
    There are very few women in the world
    who have been truly beautiful. Very few.
    50 lines, 130 comments, October 31, 2005. In Love
  • Moods
    The silence of serenity and the echoing sound it makes,
    across distances so lovely, vast empty landscapes.
    10 lines, 31 comments, January 5, 2004. In Spiritual, Nature, Love
  • Cowboy Blues
    The dog drooped his tail and looked wonderously sad.
    36 lines, 40 comments, December 18, 2003. In Humor

Active Contests

  • Pirate Party
    Arrrrrrrrrggggggh! Me harties! Gather rond n fill yer booties with sea water and scouls n frowns! Ok, this is a contest for those in the Group Pirates n Watery Graves. i will be looking for the most blood thir
    500 points, ends November 21 In Bloody, Contest, Dark, Group, Pirate, Pirates n water graves

My Poetry

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My Stories

  • Nightly Fears
    A single tear escaped his eye. The first of many more tears to come. His dirty hand wiped his face but it only smeared the mud around.
    182 lines, 12 comments, May 18. In <200 lines, <600 words, Other
  • Kelli, my daughter, my Pumpkin.
    It was dark when she spoke to me.  I was sound asleep.   That cry in the night as her water broke woke me up.   We were miles from the hospital and I had just fi
    782 lines, 7 comments, May 25, 2005. In <200 lines, Other

My other items

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  • Column: Friendships from AllPoetry.com at allpoetry
    Friendships developed on Allpoetry.com, unique, lasting, true friendships are there if you need, desire, or are just lucky enough to enter one. I have been lucky in the friends I've met here on this site and in real life. Today I met such a friend fro

My journal entries

Guest Book

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  • Stuart Higginson on June 27
    Interesting page, Chuck, and some worthy advice at the top. I'll take a look and comment on some of your work today.
  • toomysterious on December 3, 2008
    Thank you for your reply to my comment on your poem, I came to browse though I am short of time to read right now. I love what you have written on your page, so many comment on my poems as though they were literal depictions of my circumstance when they actually are a montage of all I've learned over a lifetime. Sometimes I feel like I am channeled to express the heartbreak of others, sometimes it is my own. Art should be univerisal, it is not always a self-portrait. I'll return when I have more time.
  • Maureen : Hi Chuck, on March 22, 2008
    I just read Mark Rickerby's tribute to you and I want you to know that I'm looking forward to getting to know you better because of Mark's high regard for you. I'm adding you to my list of favorites because I have a good memory but it's short! I've reached the age where I need little reminders to make sure I don't forget to do the things that I believe will be good for me. I think reading your poems will be good for me. I enjoyed the poems that Mark included in his tribute to you.

    Happy Easter, Chuck!

    Maureen
  • Touchof1der : Just dropping by... on March 13, 2008

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