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WOODEN NICKELS

WOODEN NICKELS

Your money
Your life
With wooden nickels
A poor mans love
You try to buy

The big cars
The ride
To the county club 
To hear the praises
Like counterfeit
Money it is a worthless
Piece  of paper

New toys
A new hair cut
Bigger house
And still
No purpose
In your life

Another wooden nickel
To spend
For that poor mans love
To end
— press, Jun 10, 2009

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Rett

Rett

17 years 1 month ago

Excellent Press

Very good write. Only see one problem right off hand. this line... No propose (No purpose) Dang man, I really like this one a lot. Respectfully, Rett: "God made an idiot for practice, then he made a school board." Mark Twain For the sake of children, read this. http://www.neopoet.com/node/19905
press

press

17 years 1 month ago

right dad

I am so stupid sometimes [ and I will say this for you because you are thinking this already ] Son how many time have I said slow down check your spelling there is no reason for a good poem to be a bad poem for one misspelled word . reading your response [ No propose (No purpose) Dang man,] . Brings this home for me .I remember what you said about how the brain works . You said that [ sometimes people will have a hard time with grammar but are probably good in math and science and that is so true in my case . So let me tell you what I am starting to see. Mathematical equations in my poetry to make my poems flow better from line to line. This is what I see ? even tho a poem is writing in words , those words are made by sounds and tones. This is were the math comes into the flow [ NOW I KNOW THAT ALL POETRY DOSE NOT HAVE TO RHYME ]But Mathematical equation of a song in words in my poetry is my style. In my case I don't want the reader to pause ! maybe to look up what a words means or to have to really think about what a poem is saying. I have no desire to challenge a readers mind. I want my poetry to be like your favorite song to all that can't sing or all that can't play and instrument. OK so far I have seen two equation in rhyming I am still working on them . But they are simply a count of sounds and tones in a poem line by line a rhythm there is a Mathematical equation to it Love to you dad [G]
Rett

Rett

17 years 1 month ago

Absolutely son

Each syllable has a rhythm. hard beat, soft beat. DAH duh DAH duh and a certain amount or length to it. You are on the right track when you liken it to music. Respectfully, Rett: "God made an idiot for practice, then he made a school board." Mark Twain For the sake of children, read this. http://www.neopoet.com/node/19905

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