We all seek for answers
We'll find within ourselves
And expand our outside powers
Just so within us they'll contract.
The search for the unknown begun
Long time before we knew our souls,
And so, in future we'll reach for
Something we've changed into our goals.
Now all we've left unknown is us;
And so, it's useless all the rest
'Cause we trust everything to get across
What we have trusted in the past.
We answer questions no one asks
And ponder 'bout them longer
Than 'bout the answers that inside
Just keep making us stronger.
And now, thinking of all we've searched
And about everything we've been,
We find the powers we need most...
We find the powers from within.
Author notes
Written while watching the movie 'The Passion of the Christ'.Weird, huh?
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Despite the fact I found the 'bouts slightly distracting, this was a good write and illustrates a very interesting side of philosophy. Thank you for entering and good luck.
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the inspiration from this poem is powerful!
it draws "The power within..."
Excellent write, I loved the 5th stanza... it's the stnza which I consider to stand out from the rest but overall it was great.
have a blessed day.
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Not necessarily weird but inspirational I guess. The direction it took you was new and enthused piece.
Thanks for entering,
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awesome write! thanks for the entry!
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nice one!
the title is sutle..i like it
and your words are simple yet complicated...xx
its really good x
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This is really cool! I love the mystical/philosophical tone of this! I love the ending,too. The rhyming is so good I hardly noticed it
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Vivien
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haha nice, this is like a philosophy ON philosophy itself, interesting.
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I like the background and how it matches your poem. I also like your authors note. But the poem itself...I LOVED it!!! Great job!
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Cool man
I like that poem its really good -
intense read
well done. please read my violated child.
poirsbaby
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this is absolutely amazing.
Now all we've left unknown is us;
And so, it's useless all the rest.
And we trust everything to get across
What we have trusted in the past.
that's my favorite part.
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Powerful
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Great poem i liked thisa
We answer questions no one asks
And ponder about them longer.
Than 'bout the answers that inside
Are just making us stronger.
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Thank for your entering in this contest. The language seems very simple for what I asked for in the contest. Also you start with a pretty cliché concept, "We all seek for answers / We'll find within ourselves" (1-2). I have heard this a million times. You may want to try and use a more unique was to illustrate this point.
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This is not bad. But I want to let you know that I think it could be better and if you have something else you think is better, I encourage you to enter it so that you have a bigger chance of getting a trophy.
Like the message and subtle rhyme. Think it could be a little more interesting though. More metaphors or similies perhaps, to give it some original images. -
wow, makes me searching for those answers, and its true, imsearching for answers that i dont even have a question for....no wonder im so messed up...haha! well, tx for making me gain point of view of where im at! hehe, luvs n hugs!
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Great poem
It leaves the readers in wonder
Makes you think alot
Great Job
Good luck in my contest
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Thank you for entering my contest. I see you’re are fourteen.
In the third line of the forth stanza, do you mean “Than” rather than “then”? If you will tell me how to contact you, I will (IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED) help you polish this. You know you don’t have to if you don’t want to.
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Linda, I have to confess something to you(and I am ashamed about it!); I never quite got the thing with "then" and "than"-I'm not a native English speaker. You can message me here, on AP if you want. Thank you very much!!!
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I only speak and write one language so you are already way ahead of me.
Keep up the good work. Let me give you an example of then and than.
Let’s get the movie tickets now, THEN we can go eat. (it’s like a period of time)
(like “at that time” ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(a) She is taller THAN I am. ( I had no choice other THAN that. (c) I would
rather walk THAN drive. (d) He is more upset THAN she is. ~*~*~ With THAN,
you compare one thing to another; express a choice etc.
THAN is more complicated than THEN. I hope that helps.
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Thank you so much, again. You really cleared it up for me!! So I suppose that, in that tricky stanza, it was "than" was the correct form
*hugs* You did a great thing for a lost person, Linda! 
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Ohh inspiring. Makes me want to do something good. I could almost hear someone singing 'the wind beneath my wings' in the background. Lol I'm just kidding it wasn't that cheesy. I just can't believe a person like you put it in a contest like mine, not a very spiritual one. That takes guts. Well thank you for entering and good luck (that sentence sounds like something the robot voice would say on those trains in an airport) And I agreed with a lot of this too. I'm apathetic, not much power here.
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wise thinking...
I like how it flowed into a piece of philosophy...
Thnx for entering & Best of Luck
GloriousGift
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This is nicely done, a wondeful poem to read, well done.
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At first I thought this was a freeverse poem because the first stanza didn't rhyme and then I realized it was rhyming.
Oops.
Haha, you might want to fix the first stanza. :]
It's interesting that the wierdest things can motivate you, eh?
That's okay, me too.
My director said something today along the lines of, "We only highstepped when I was in highschool" and I felt inspired to write as well.
Hah.
Most of this flowed nicely and it is an inspirational piece, indeed. I think we should all follow this idea. :]
Nice job and thanks for entering.
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"And now, thinking of all we've searched,
And about everything we've been,
We find the powers we need most-
We find the powers from within."
Very thoughtful-provoking write. We all search for answers, often looking externally, when the real answers are already within us. We simply need to ask the question, then sit quietly for a while, to hear the soft voice of our spirit. Therein lies truth and true power. Thank you for sharing this. ...JustBreathe
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Interesting and with a lot of depth. It really is very thought provoking. I loved reading it. Good luck in the contests.
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Wow! This was an intensely deep poem indeed! Especially that it made me ponder on things I usually don't think about.
"The search for the unknown had begun, long time before we knew our souls, and so, in the future we'll reach for, something we've changed into our goals."
That was an absolutely amazing stanza! I just can't get the right words out for that one.
Very Intelligent Write!
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Thank you so much!! I am glad you were "pushed" into thinking about things you don't usually ponder. Because this was one of the main purposes of this poem!!
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Really like 'we answer questions no one asks'!
'The search for the unknown begun
Long time before we knew our souls;
And so, in future we'll reach for
Something we've changed into our goals.'
I am not sure if this follows: what is the link between the search having begun and us reaching for goals?
I do like the sentiment though, of finding within!
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Let me explain it to you, then
Because we've started searching for something new before we knew ourselves, in the future, we "adjust" our goals to something else, changing what we aim for into other objectives.
I hope I was clear enough :-s
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EXCELLENT
We answer questions no one asks
And ponder about them longer.
Then 'bout the answers that inside
Are just making us stronger....Vi, you're brilliant!This is one of the few poems that has the word POWER in it and it truly inspired me inner strenght its message just went streight to the target...well done indeed!!!
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Huh, very nice. A little different with what you'd normally write about but still, has some kick to it. Lotsa depth and it really touched my soul. How you can up with this while watching "the Passion of the Christ" I will never know! lol! But all in all a very intriguing poem!
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I honestly don't know how, either, lol. I think...that ...it impressed me in a philosophical way. :| I guess.
Thank you very much, 5 stars!
P.S.-Completely different from what I write...hmmm, maybe. The rhyme is a little weird.
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Thank you for subjecting yourself to my review. I had a little trouble trying to figure out what this was really about. This is what I came up with. If you keep questioning yourself, you will learn from the answers that you come up with to our own questions. Therefore, by questioning yourself you will grow. Am I close or am I way off base???
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