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Love and Life

When a look at the sky
reveals the disarray of stars;
when feelings defy
the laws of SIRS;
when vision collides
with the Great Potter's finest art piece,
and your heart wistfully decides
to forsake momentary peace:
that is life.

— slybard, Mar 05, 2008

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Region, Country: Kampala, Uganda, UGA

Favorite Poets: Jonathan Swift, Sarah Kay, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Browning, Christina Rossetti, Grace Nichols, The Lantern Meet of Poets (the biggest and oldest society of poets in Uganda)

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eric ashford

18 years 3 months ago

Is English your first

Is English your first language? You seem to be clueless. My advise to you is to work on one poem to get the language and meaning right then submit that rather than drop multiple crudely composed poems. All the best eric
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eric ashford

18 years 3 months ago

My apologies, I have just

My apologies, I have just noticed your address of Uganda. Still, my advice is the same. Take some time over the grammar try to get it right otherwise your poems may not be appreciated. Post only one poem a day, that will give you time to make sure the language is okay. All the best eric
slybard

slybard

18 years 3 months ago

ok

you're right...unfortunately the poems i post here an old poems...poems that i wrote a couple of years ago...and now that it has been brought to my knowledge,i think some editing is called for.
slybard

slybard

18 years 3 months ago

well....No.

whoa...okay...am not really sure what's crude about my poem...but i guess i will take your advice...thanx,Eric
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poewriter58

18 years 3 months ago

the flow

Is just a bit rough in this one but the meaning is still crystal clear perhaps a little smoothing out is all it needs Chrys
professor

professor

18 years 3 months ago

Needs developing a little more

You have a promising style and content to this poem but i feel you could develop your images a little more. For example you introduce the idea of a Great Potter but then don't extend it in any way to make some further association with the making or moulding of china, or a potters wheel etc. The poem feels a little like you were in a hurry to finish it. I would also avoid using abbreviations since they can be very confusing. As a medic SIRS means systemic inflammatory response syndrome and i am sure that is not what you really intend. On the positive side I liked the first two lines and the last three and hope that maybe you can just work on developing the middle a little more and make it into a really good poem. Keith
slybard

slybard

18 years 3 months ago

thanx Keith

I agree with you.It was "SIRS" and not "sirs" because i saw a need to to stress it but as it turns out,i will have to employ other ways to stress some of my points.By "Great Potter", i meant "God"..because i believe,in a way,that women are God's greatest creation and men his original sketches....thanx though