One may see poetry as an auction,
Selling its emotions,
Another may see poetry as a rhyme,
A short puzzle to solve at teatime.
I see poetry as a rose,
An aromatic melody I compose.
One may read the words of a poem,
The meaningless monotony becoming one’s boredom,
Another may read and see the imagery,
As nothing else but a fantasy.
I read a poem as an ocean,
Each wave strengthening the meaning of my passion.
One may understand the theme of a poem,
But see it only as a theorem,
Another may see its emotion,
But not understand that it is a form of human communication.
I may not understand poetry, just like I may not understand art,
But I see and understand its emotion as the eyes of a poetic heart...
Comments
Yutka | October 17, 2007 - 13:44
http://www.abctales.com/story/nathan-bednarek/eyes-poetic-heart
I am always sceptical reading something about a "poetic heart" in the title. Bravely, I read the poem and yes Nathan, you are telling here quite some truth!
I like the way you go about identifying the ignorami of poetry. And tell them where they could have gone wrong.
The first line is great: see poetry like an auction...I like it.
Yutka:)
Nathan Bednarek | October 17, 2007 - 20:48
Hello Yutka.
Thank you so much for your comment. I have faced some heavy and harsh criticism about this poem, simply because people didn’t understand the meaning of it. But you really did. Thank you for your honesty and I hope that you’ll enjoy some of my other work that I’ll be uploading on my collection.
Nathan.
tamara | September 30, 2008 - 22:54
I think this poem is excellent,I feel the same about poetry,poetry is a means of self-expression and should always be treasured and not interferred with as it was written from your own heart with your thoughts processed onto the paper.
It is fabulous.
yaerink1203 | November 8, 2008 - 02:18
It's really confusing but I seem to get it. Your works are astounding! Your love for poetry is strong and like Tamara said, poetry should always be treasured.
In your heart.
- Miss_Poet
Nathan Bednarek | November 10, 2008 - 12:29
Believe it or not, but I think that I'm confused by my work more than anybody else ;-p
Thanks for your lovely comment, and yes, I do have a strong love for poetry ;-)
Nathan.