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Not Good Enough

I wonder how to set it free
My blood flowing with poetry
To live upon the page, not die
So fast the biro's ink's not dry
Maybe if I thin this skin
Protecting me from what's within
As well as what's outside of me
Maybe then I'd set it free
But where's my magic? Where's my muse?
Where's the genius I can lose
and waste? As they so often do
To a degree, as I will too
If I should ever find my page
Alive with truthful joy or rage
Not hollow echoes of what I feel
These words prevent from being real.

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I wish I was as good as the great poets, but I never will be...
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  • RawrSmileBabyPlz
    June 29, 2008

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    wow this poem is great. its very well written. my favorite part was when you said "I wonder how to set it free
    My blood flowing with poetry"thanks for entering my contest i wish you the best of luck.
    ..<3..
    Shelly

  • Virgoan
    June 8, 2008

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    With or without rhyme i know this poem will still manage to execute the moment as it does for me.

    Keep sharing your gift.


    HENSLEY


  • Nam
    June 7, 2008

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    One of the better rhymed poems I've read throughout this Contest. A nice poem that you have written here.

    -Nam

  • piccola silver member
    June 3, 2008

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    hard sometimes to not just write hollow words instead of the real depth of what we feel. It's as if the words are trapped inside or something. I enjoyed your take on it. thank you for entering.


  • Cat10
    May 18, 2008

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    thank you for entering! this is a very passionate piece! you did a nice job! and good luck in the contest!


  • TheDemonEve
    May 15, 2008

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    Very pure and passionate. You undermine yourself, however, because you do have great talent based on this piece. Well done.

    Best of luck and thanks for entering!


  • violetrose
    May 13, 2008

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    This is a really great piece with a wonderful flow. The rhymes never feel forced, which is an accomplishment. Everyone feels like they don't measure up sometimes, and your writing captures that feeling very well. Thanks for entering and nice job!


  • Chocoholic156
    May 10, 2008

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    Thanks for this wonderful entry and how you put into words how you write is simply amazing. Thank you for entering, and good luck in all of your contests!


  • SageyBaby
    May 9, 2008

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    i think you are a great poet and noone can better than somebody else because what you write is what you feel. It's how you see the story. I think you are an amazing poet and this poem was so effective and i really enjoyed your raw emotion in this. You are just as good as anyone else and I absoloutly love your poetry


  • ForeverLastingComa
    April 22, 2008

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    I think you are a great poet..maybe you can improve but i tihnk that you're pretty darn good..there are some lines in here that i think can improve like when i reached up to this line it kind of threw me off

    Where's the genius I can lose
    and waste? As they so often do

    i feel as if the "and waste" part should continue in the same line as the one above, maybe its just me, but i pause after every line..so yea..great job overall..thank you for entering my contest and good luck =D


  • lightswitches
    April 19, 2008
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    very honest


  • stylization
    April 3, 2008
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    you are a great poet. I love it. Great rhyme and subject.
    thanks for entering and good luck.


  • Kelli Marie
    April 1, 2008

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    This is a good write, and with more practice and by putting your heart and sould in your word you can be as good if not better than the great poets.
    Kelli

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