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This crowd is drunk

This crowd is drunkWith the wine of selfUndesirable poetryGrows profusely where it’s not wantedAnd I am in search of loveStill Every night I come to tavernLike I have no other place to goA bitter poison vitiates and corrupts my mindI drink it with the roots of my soulAnd I am in search of loveStill Each time that I open this doorI walk through a seemingly endless timeOf no beginning and no endingIt is the absence of truthAnd I am in search of loveStill

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Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 9 months ago

I think I know you Darya,

I think I know you Darya, nice to see your love poems here. ;-) Hugs of Love, Anna
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

17 years 9 months ago

Searching for love

Great use of the language which brought the imagery to life. I enjoyed the poem. Always, Cat
t. reflexion

t. reflexion

17 years 9 months ago

SEARCHING

I have to read your poem over and over again. I like your use of words. I was looking for the drunken crowd and of poetry where it is not wanted. The use of few words and the array of interpretations. Good work. Cheers.
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Darya

17 years 9 months ago

Thanks T. Reflexion for your

Thanks T. Reflexion for your words of encouragement. I really like to see how others interpretate my poems. I am looking forward to read your works. Darya
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Sam Vargo

17 years 9 months ago

I agree totally -

There's nothing more unpoetic than a bar full of poets drunk on alcohol, ego and other stuff (not very literary) talking about all the great poetry they're going to write. Meantime, not much gets written but a lot of them get bitten by things lying around in the darkness. Good poem.
Rett

Rett

17 years 9 months ago

Very well done

Kudos to you! Rett: "This way to the Great Egress" P.T. Barnum
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Darya

17 years 8 months ago

thanks everyone for the

thanks everyone for the comments ...please keep them comming ......... Mark I like your photo/avator..........I am very much into anything with engine ...........I love sport cars but I have never ever tried bikes .......I should give it a try ......it should be fun : ) Sam.....the fact that despite all these one still search for love is something that i wanted to high light in my poem........ like no matter how your heart has been broken in the past .........still you won't give up and you look forward ..........hope is not a bad thing...... by the way everyone just to let you know English is my second language so please forgive my shortcommings .......I try to work on that langugae thingy and more important on my typing skills thanks again for all your comments Darya
Mark

Mark

17 years 9 months ago

first time can be a killer Darya

but it seems after that love is just different, deeper with so much more meaning. keep the faith and please be careful if you ride :) Mark
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 9 months ago

Hi Darya...

Welcome to the site... this is a very good write.. just a couple of things I saw.. and thought... in your second stanza Every night I come to tavern.. every night, I come to the tavern.. and I love your repeated line, I just felt the need to change it slightly on the end one.. probobly just me and the way I would do it.. anyway, I thought this was very good.. enjoyed reading. Richard
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Darya

17 years 9 months ago

I like the repeating lines.

I like the repeating lines. It just came to me as I started writing it.......you know...... I never plan ....so I just write as soon as I feel it in me ........I also felt that I should end the poem with something else but then nothing came to me at that point but ony to repeat the repeating line. It is just my search for love .......it keeps repeating itself over and over again Thanks for your comments
weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 9 months ago

Love this Darya

beautifully written. I would have been tempted by a pun in the second line- With the whine of self but I am wicked like that. As Richard said Every night I come to tavern Every night I come to the (or this?)tavern and I drink it with the roots of my soul maybe I drink it to the roots of my soul The repetition works for me. Just out of curiousity, what is your first language? Your use of English is excellent cheers, Jess
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Darya

17 years 9 months ago

Mark, I go for a wiser Love

Mark, I go for a wiser Love instead of deeper one. ALthough I am not sure such a thing sucha as " wise Love " even exists.. perhaps love is crazy and it only gets deeper in its foolishness by the passage of time : ) Weirdelf, Thanks for the comments. whine ? I had to look at dictionary to see what it means I wrote " with the roots" like a plant that absorbs water from the roots then it sends it up against gravity....... I think to its roots sounds the other way around........ but if " with the roots " ....does not make sense in terms of what I have in my mind .then I may change it .....the problem is I sometimes think Farsi ( my langauage ) then I translate it and it may end up loosing the meaning that I had in my mind.... How this sounds to you? This crowd is drunk With the whine of self Undesirable poetry Grows profusely where it’s not wanted And I am in search of love Still Every night I come to the tavern Like I have no other place to go A bitter poison vitiates and corrupts my mind I drink it to the roots of my soul And I am in search of love Still Each time that I open this door I walk through a seemingly endless time Of no beginning and no ending It is the absence of truth And I am in search of love Still and thank you for thinking that my English is excellent ............although I think my English is just Ok .. :)
Mark

Mark

17 years 9 months ago

Wise yes

may be a part of more meaningful :) Mark
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 9 months ago

Hi tom, isn’t love our

Hi tom, isn't love our true nature, hence we seek it in the forms we equate with love? For the loveless, it's a heartache that can't be fulfilled, really. ~A
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Darya

17 years 9 months ago

Anna, I disagree with you. I

Anna, I disagree with you. I think someone who is loveless has no heartaches to go through. Tom, I should say I am agree with you. Jess, thanks for stopping by and reading the new version. Mark, Love is crazy and foolish ..........no meaning or wisdom ever comes out of the heart thanks everyone for the comments .....by the way how many members this site has? It seems that this site is a wall wrapped with another wall and another and another .........it seems that you are separated from the rest of the community..........one never gets a chance to interact with all the members....it sounds like a horror movie .........you get in and you hear voices but you never can reach them ...... you enter a room and all of a sudden the door will be closed and you are trapped there only... am i right ? or am i thinking crazy ? I think the second questions matches me better :)
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 9 months ago

my point darling, was that

my point darling, was that to *BE* loveless IS the heartache. and yes... this forum is unlike any I've ever been on. only the poem brings us together. which is good and which is lonely sometimes. Love. ~A
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 9 months ago

Darya...

just wanted to say that I've read all the comments on your poem, and to revise your poem you go to it and hit the edit button. I am glad that you like it here, most do. and yes, it can be lonely or not.. but you can private message most of the members here any time you have a question or a need to just talk... we welcome you.. Richard
weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 9 months ago

See the "Live" tab at the top?

That takes you to the chatroom. Much serious and much more silly stuff happens there. The number next to Live tells you how many people are in the room. It is usually busiest in the evening USA time, which means early morning for me [sulks]. I am in Australia. cheers, Jess
Rob Graber

Rob Graber

17 years 9 months ago

Article?

In enjoyed this. I like the revision's pun (drunk on whine of self--What poet isn't?!) I would say that line 7 needs an article: "the tavern" if s/he goes to the same bar over and over, "a tavern" if s/he goes to different ones.
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Darya

17 years 9 months ago

Rob, I keep forgetting to

Rob, I keep forgetting to add " the " . Thanks ..... I meant tavern in a mystic way ( whatever that way is !?) but not really a bar ....