There is too much poetry
that’s blatently obtuse
from the addictive dependancy
of thesaurus abuse!
Poetry is born, in your heart
and nurtured, by your soul.
It’s the musical gift of God
that makes a body whole.
Inspiration, can be found in nature
and moments, that change your life.
It can be born, from tears of joy
or hardship, pain and strife.
A thesaurus should be there
to assist an ailing muse.
But like so many things in life
it can so easily be abused.
It saddens me to think
the voice, of soul and heart
could die in a poet
tearing their muse apart.
So when you put, pen in hand
this art, please don’t disgrace.
A thesaurus is for, enhancing a muse
it was never meant, to replace!
Author notes
I have been writing poetry for 42 years and I have yet, to use a thesaurus. I imagine there would be more Gold Cups on page if I had, but I would not have felt like I earned them!
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A contest entry
- TWISTED...(What gets on your nerves? Tell ALL...things that ppl do' by Ephiphany.
1510 points, ended June 28, 2008, 8 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - BATTLE OF THE GOLDS by Swan song.
5500 points, ended September 6, 2008, 14 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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True poetry comes from the heart and useing words you know may limit you but it makes you who you are. A thesaurus is good for people like me who reuse fav words often,,but i usually opt to write what I want and let the reader suffer my repetition- selfish me. I do not write for others, I write for me. I often even do not use punctuation as what I write depends on my moods and as they change, so do the meaning of the order of the words. Punctuation limits the sentance into a box and well, thinking outside the box makes it a challenge.
This is a fun read,,,
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You have a title for sure on your hands with this one, thanks for your entry, congrats on your previous awards
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Poetry that requires that constant use of a dictionary becomes a study guide, you learn a lot of words but your heart is no better. I think this is a very powerful plain spoken and effective poem
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love this piece, so true.. thanks for your entry and best of luck
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A pertinent commentary on arcane vocabulary seemingly used only as a vanity of the writer. This was nicely developed, stating, supporting and summing up the thesis.
The rhyme was imaginative and interesting, but the flow was not particularly smooth. I noticed 10 commas for which I could not see any grammatical purpose, so I assume they were added for purposes of phrasing.
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AWESOME PIECE!
Absofrickenlutely Awesome!!
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i love this an the way it talks about not takin poetry as a thing but as a feeling. its got really great flow an rhymes but its so true that a poem doesnt even need that if its a
thing
Inspiration, can be found in nature
and moments, that change your life.
It can be born, from tears of joy
or hardship, pain and strife.
I love that stanza an the whole thing, really. WTG!
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Thank you for your kind comment I have been waiting for a long time for the right contest to come along. I have been writing poetry since I was eight years old and I'm fifty now and to date I have never used a "Thesaurus" I find that abusing one in poet
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You know what?!
I f*cken LOVE this piece!
From start to finish, you hit the nail on the head. If most ppl would read this, we would not have the issues at hand on our work. Well done, Poet 
I appreciate your honesty and participation in my contest.
Best of luck to you.
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The sentiments of your poem are spot on, all poetry should be written from the heart, books are only there as reference and a guide to a poet who is stuck for words!
Thank you for entering this in our contest, an interesting read...Sue and Jeff
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"So when you put, pen in hand
this art, please don’t disgrace.
A thesaurus is for, enhancing a muse
it was never meant, to replace!"
This is something I have been mulling over too, when catching myself trying to look artful by way of thesaurus.
Good write
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Aye ...
and you've said a mouthful.
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cool!!!
wow awsome write!!
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Great job... check your spelling in this piece though. I agree some may completely abuse the thesaurus... great job to see this wonderful write in my contest!
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Line nine - 'Insperation' = 'Inspiration'
True, true - sometimes we don't even need a thesaurus but are claimed for using one. So sometimes its the cause of learning and above.
But an interesting write and I have seen it first hand a lot, the repeating of words really hangs in head with this write though. I feel some change of lines for harder effect. -
NICE
That is so true i have felt that before when you look more at a dictonary than you look into your heart and when that happens your writtings really can suffer good job -
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Your 1st stanza is truly a gem. The imagery and word choice are excellent. The piece gets a bit weaker in the next couple stanzas, however, because you switch from painting a word picture to just telling about it in rhyme. It picks back up in the last couple stanzas, but not quite to the level of the first. All in all, a common rant, and one I share sometimes. Thanks so much for entering my contest!
Almost forgot to mention that you've a couple misspellings: "poetry" in stanza 2, and "disgrace" in the 2nd to the last stanza. -
I only discovered thesaurus' recently and think they're brilliant! lmao
I agree that trying too hard can be destructive to poetry though and get your point. You have a great flow you know!
Peace Georgia
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