I am a great fan of the romantic poets and I think I have adopted a bit of their style (here I must tread carefully because I don't want to imply in any way that my poems compare to these masterpieces!). Wordsworth is my favourtite poet. Who can not be deeply touched by his "Daffodils" for instance?
A few of my favourite quotes follow -
"The communicativeness of our nature leads us to describe our own sorrows; in the endeavour to describe them, intellectual activity is exerted; and by a benevolent law of our nature, from intellectual activity a pleasure results which is gradually associated and mingles as a corrective with the painful subject of the description"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind- not to have a soul to unburden yourself to...
I tell my Piano the things I once told you."
- Fredric Chopin.
I paraphrased this as -
"It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind
- not to have a soul to unburden yourself to...
I write poems about the things I once told you."
"When you meet a master swordsman,
Show him your sword.
When you meet a man that is not a poet,
Do not show him your poem."
-Rinzai, 9th century Zen master.
A cow does not know how much milk it has until the milkman starts working on it. Then it looks round in surprise and sees the pail full to the brim. In the same way a writer has no idea how much he has to say till his pen draws it out of him. Thoughts will then appear on the paper that he is amazed to find that he possessed. “How brilliant!” he says to himself. “I had no idea I was so intelligent.” But the reader may not be so impressed."
- Gerald Branan (1894–1987), British author. Thoughts in a Dry Season,
Cambridge University Press (1978).
A few of my favourite quotes follow -
"The communicativeness of our nature leads us to describe our own sorrows; in the endeavour to describe them, intellectual activity is exerted; and by a benevolent law of our nature, from intellectual activity a pleasure results which is gradually associated and mingles as a corrective with the painful subject of the description"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind- not to have a soul to unburden yourself to...
I tell my Piano the things I once told you."
- Fredric Chopin.
I paraphrased this as -
"It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind
- not to have a soul to unburden yourself to...
I write poems about the things I once told you."
"When you meet a master swordsman,
Show him your sword.
When you meet a man that is not a poet,
Do not show him your poem."
-Rinzai, 9th century Zen master.
A cow does not know how much milk it has until the milkman starts working on it. Then it looks round in surprise and sees the pail full to the brim. In the same way a writer has no idea how much he has to say till his pen draws it out of him. Thoughts will then appear on the paper that he is amazed to find that he possessed. “How brilliant!” he says to himself. “I had no idea I was so intelligent.” But the reader may not be so impressed."
- Gerald Branan (1894–1987), British author. Thoughts in a Dry Season,
Cambridge University Press (1978).
- Last seen on Jun 17 10:43 PM. Member since October 13, 2003.
- I'm a jade dragon poet for 269 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "Poeta nascitur non fit".
- I am a guy (South Africa)
- When I'm not writing, I'm a Analyst Programmer.
- I am in the groups The Winkling Sonneteers Villanelle, Winklings
- I have 269 comments, 35 poems
My Poetry
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I once looked in her eyes and saw the glow
of love deep in her heart but in the nick -
a Saturday dawned bright in middle June; a perfect day it turned out weatherwise.13 lines, 2 comments, June 17, 2008
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I measured once the distance that's between
the centre of your beating heart and mine -13 lines, 1 comment, May 22, 2008 -
I measured once the distance that's between
the centre of your beating heart and mine
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BonBon : Thank You on February 5, 2008Thank you for taking the time to read my silly words...BACTERIAL VIRUS OR CUPID. Hope it gave you a little smile.
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MxOrpheus on November 15, 2004I had to read "Daffodils" for my English class. Not a lot of people appreciated it. Sad, I know. I like how the poet describes the mind as the "inward eye", making more meaningful and original than just "i think about it". I think it's completely awesome that you're inspired by the classics, too.
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FlameGemini on May 21, 2004*Stalk Stalk*
You're so good! *Whine*
Nooottttt fffaaaiiiirrr.... -
Menohir on March 18, 2004So much South-Africans on this site, hope to read some of your poems in the near future.
