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Professor Purple
Professor Purple
May 15, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Are You Like Me?

Looking rock hard and stone coldYou're so proud and so damn boldHigh above the rabble crowdYour every whisper so damn loud But are you like me? And the choirs sing your nameAnd you’re master of the gameAnd you’re brighter than the dayIn your shadow lies the way But are you like me? Do you doubt oh do you fearDo you wish for someone nearDo you dearly hope at nightOh for someone to shine a light? Are you like me? Do you feel misunderstoodDo you sometimes wish you couldEase your burden soothe your painSee the sunlight through the rain? Are you like me? Are you sometimes lost in worryIs it hard to say « I – I’m sorry »Do you wish that you could forgetAll the errors that you regret?
— Professor Purple, May 15, 2010

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Kassie

16 years ago

Wow! I really really liked

Wow! I really really liked it!! It sort of almost forces the reader to actually not just read it but feel it and really become the person - know what I mean? Just I think it left me itching to know more than just the poem; but the context as well. Bad for me .. good for you =)
xena465

xena465

16 years ago

I agree with Kassie

We often feel we're perhaps not understood enough and it can leaves us feeling very insecure...lovely and well portrayed Antoine. Rosina xena465
Professor Purple

Professor Purple

16 years ago

Not too bad for you I hope,

Not too bad for you I hope, 'cause I'd like to explain the context but there isn't a specific one, the "you" in there could be many people I've known, or bosses I didn't really know personally, or famous people. It's more a way of pointing out that we're all the same deep down inside. Originally it ended with "Are you like me? Or do I just like to think so? Are you like me? Or would you rather not know so?" but I like it better as it is now. Real happy you liked it! The context can be any context you can imagine, Kassie. Everyone doubts and fears, wishes and hopes. Are you familiar with Louis Armstrong's "Hello, Brother"? Or Black Sabbath's "Ironman"? Both were sources of inspiration. Antoine
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Kassie

16 years ago

Ahhh… I think I get it…

Ahhh... I think I get it... heehee not bad at all! On the contrary I think I loved it so much because it's just a thought that almost everybody can relate to.. Always wanting to be like someone else - something like that =) But thanks .. Brilliant write! =D
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shirley harrison

16 years ago

wonderful poetry!

excellently written and i agree even though we may not show our fears are sorrows our regrets, they are with us we are only human! really enjoyable. shirley harrison
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magics02

16 years ago

Wow good one here Professor Purple

Worthy of a nomination here this piece of yours, I really enjoyed it. What a nice piece you have here. In the first two verses you have But are you like me and then further down you have are you like me. I am just making a suggest maybe the poem could be titled Are you like me instead of Rock Hard and Stone Cold, just a thought here since you did ask about how do you like the title, Think on it and it is your poem, let me know if I am on your tracker or off the tracker. LOL It's to me all in the title of a poem also that makes it great. And this one is so that. Bravo to Professor Love, Mona xoxo
Professor Purple

Professor Purple

16 years ago

Hi! I changed the title as

Hi! I changed the title as Mona suggested, I had thought of it as I was writing it but the original idea was "Rock hard and Stone Cold", the rest just flew from there, and I wasn't sure so I left it as it was. And now I'm trying it out like it is now, I may or may not change it back. I also modified the first two lines to fit better with the overall rhythm. Thanks all! Antoine
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magics02

16 years ago

Great job Professor

The only thing I see is the But are you like me twice between verse 1 and 2 and then 3 and 4 are Are you like me. Is that how you like it then keep it that way, I see you changed the title and it seems appropriate now. Again it is your poem and it is fine. Just fix the looking word at the very beginning, Hope you dont mind me pointing little things out as I do alot of proofreading and love to help anyone here with it. Love,Mona oxox TIME well spent is TIME well lived
Professor Purple

Professor Purple

16 years ago

No, I don’t mind your

No, I don't mind your pointing out these things, on the contrary I thank you for it. What I do mind is that my typo got past me, but now, as I fixed it, I discovered the "k" button was a bit stuck (excuses, excuses...). As for the "but" that's there only the first two times, it's intentional, originally it wasn't there at all but I decided to put it in, I find that it accentuates the difference between those two stanzas and the rest. Antoine
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scribbler

15 years 11 months ago

Great example of use of

Great example of use of rhyme and rhythm in free verse.Rare enough well done use of same to deserve nom..........scribbler