MY POETRY
My rhymes are with precision made.
The rhythms too are all precise.
The length of lines are all exact.
My thoughts are clear, as well, concise.
I crafted them in simple verse
So everyone can comprehend
The words, the phrases, and the tone;
And thus the message that I send.
It is a form inherited
Along with my biology.
When I grew up this is the way
Words were defined as poetry.
In writing poems it's my goal
To motivate your thoughts of life.
They're just containers for my words
And shouldn't be a source of strife.
Creating them was not my dream.
They're only but a recent try
To find out if a fool I've been
To shine my light on "the last why".
They should be viewed as part of me
To you I wanted to impart.
I use my mind to choose the words,
I write the poems from my heart.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 07:38AM
Reader Comments (14)
i think that the poetry was very intresting and it made me wonder about how i write.
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I have been wondering why I write. Doug.E.Barr
Poetry, stemming at first from the same sense of allurement that is a sense of beauty born within, can become a way of thinking, at least it has with me. Like a diamond, human beings have many facets. Not to be confused with talent which is some kind of access (to certain areas of the brain?). Some of the greatest connoisseurs of music have but little talent to play, however hard they try. Poetry, being more closely allied with the way we humans think, is, I think, a bit more accessible to us all being players, and seeing improvement therein, and in appreciation also, which is the one thing it certainly has in common with music and music lovers. I greatly
appreciate these poems and the thinking that goes into them. I especially like the way the last four lines complete this poem to an idealistic satisfaction.
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Your expressed appreciation is uncommon and your interest extraordinary. I thank your for both. They are like rain and sun to a seed. Doug.E.Barr
Dear Doug,
Thank you so much for your writing. I think it would do really well on the i-village site or 50+ sites. I have been reading your writing most of the night and found your poem really helpful at this time. The question of the meaning of life or the last why as you have titled it is a question most of us have asked at some point in our lives. I love how you begin your poem which says so much in the way life is. We begin a career without really knowing where we are going but we ultimatly end up asking the same questions, especially at a time when we see our parents or grandparents entering dementia, or feeling lonely, or losing someone we love. I am sorry that you did not go on to teaching as I believe you would have been an excellent teacher because you were asking yourself those questions. Have you thought of publishing in a magazine? Anyway, I will continue to read more of your writing and good work. It often takes many many years for good writing to be realized.
I also really liked the way you talked about the void and it really helped me to clarify some of my own thoughts. Keep up the great work and all the best to you.
Thanks again. Lynn
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What a lovely inspiring letter in a perfect location. Whether or not three hours is most of your night, it was a great honour to have you spend so much time reading some of what I have written. "I am not sorry that (I) did not go on to teaching…" My sense is if I had chosen a career in teaching it would have prevented me from continuing to learn. When I completed my essay I sent one query letter to one publisher but it wasn't returned. I was discouraged, then distracted and when I decided to try again I discovered the web. Minutes after I set up my website I began to publish without needing third party approval. I gained access to millions more readers than through any form of print media and billions more than in a classroom. If enough people who find my writing "really helpful" click their share buttons at the same time, it will require only seconds for useful "writing to be realized" by readers in the entire wired world. If they then learn from what I have written I suppose teaching will have chosen me. Thank you for writing and your best wishes. Doug.E.Barr
This was an amazing poem!
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Thank you for your enthusiastic assessment. Doug.E.Barr
the text seemed to me a malipulation of what is apparent but just better verbilised.
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? Doug.E.Barr
I have read and like a few of your poems,. Perhaps I was intrigued because I also have written a considerable amount of poetry (unpublished). I find your concept of the void to basically equate to ennui. I am not sure whether you have considered the role of ennui in the depression and alienation often produced by modern life. Why do we exist? Life exists to produce more life, from which evolution or the hand of God, selects that which is (to use evolutionists terms) fit enough, that is having produced viable progeny that in turn produce viable progeny. Thus lust (which can become love.) and the drive to reproduce (marry and have children) seem to me to answer your last why.
Sincerely Yours
PS please do not give out my email address.
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The "void" equates to nothing. If we react to the "void" by giving up to some degree then our lives will be characterized by that degree of ennui. If you can get the rest of humanity to agree "the drive to reproduce" is the answer to the "last why" and then agree on a population control strategy, you could be right. Doug.E.Barr
I thought your poem was great and in someway you have inspired me to continue to write. I just went back to college for my A.A. after 7-8 years and have went through alot in my life. One of my hobbies was writing but as time went by it slowly faded away. This is my first time ever reading any of your writing i stumbled into this site in search for information on democracy and thank god i did. I look forward to reading more of your
material. Thank you. alicia
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...and you inspire me to write for awhile longer. Thank you. Doug.E.Barr
I find your words awe- inspiring as well. I have been reading some of your work,"pieces of art" such as, "Beliefs" which was able to clear a few pacing thoughts in my head about faith. Also the I enjoyed your idea on society having to fill the "void" in our lives. I believe you truly are a "wordsmith" I have a few question(s) for you though... too bad this ain't a Q&A hahah
p.s.
I look forward to further visits to your website
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Thank you for taking time to comment. It is always gratifying to learn someone hears what I am saying. Ask away. Dialogue is good. I have no restrictions but I would prefer you ask one question at a time and after the entry the question first entered your mind. Doug.E.Barr
Hey I am a writer person also and your poems inspire me to do more her is one of my poems please say if you like it Mr.Doug
P.S i am like a minor so please do not give out my email
This poem was awsome!
This poem inspired me, Doug
I am a published Author of poems, books and songs. I love to write, not for fame or fortune but to be a Blessing and inspiration to others. I would like to post on this web site. I always ask, " Do you have a talent? Well then, use it for the Lord Jesus.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Eleanor B. Akridge
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Thank you for asking. You may not publish your writing on my site; and even though I am a Canadian I will not say, "I'm sorry." Doug.E.Barr
Dear Doug:
I think that poem was marvelous. I am glad that you write. Your poem had meaning and heartfelt thought. I could
relate. I think you give something quality back to the world and that is great!! from Nanette T.
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Thank you for your "heartfelt" comment. You gave "something [of] quality back" to me. Doug.E.Barr
This was very mind blowing as I read it the first time but as I kept reading it my imagination started pounding and I thought about all poems short and long and remembered how I used to write and now improved on it all because of this poem. At that moment I was quite stressed but this poem seemed to calm me down. I knew this poem would stay with me where ever I go and thank you for writing this extraordinary piece.
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Thank you for taking the time to tell me you liked my poem. Doug.E.Barr
You come across as a pseudo-intellectual b@st@rd, but you write decent poetry.
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"You come across as [vacuous]". Doug.E.Barr