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Meditatio

Ezra Pound 1885 (Hailey) – 1972 (Venice)

When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs
I am compelled to conclude
That man is the superior animal.

When I consider the curious habits of man
I confess, my friend, I am puzzled.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic of the early modernist movement. more…

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New here, recent events have urged me to share a poem that has many meanings to me. I wrote it some time ago, but a new development has added new meaning that parallels my current situation. I thought that made it interesting enough to share. There are several underlying themes, but mainly I'd say it's about existence and mortality, god and science. I know this is very well covered and commonly written about, but I feel what I wrote offers a simple metaphor but is multi layered and fresh. more »
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- acronimous
  Our team has made a tireless effort in the last few months to recover some of the old content from internet archive records, and indeed managed to save thousands of poem and poet records. You can use our search box to look for your old stuff, either by poet name or poem title, and also claim ownership for the findings by filling up a form. We do realize, that unfortunately, not all the material from the old days of Poetry.com will be available. more »
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Hi some of my poetry submitted has been duplicated can this be sorted as there seems to be no edit and delete open to do this. With regards linda Walker
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I have published a poem and put no picutre but its given me a random picture of a kid next to my name, how do i get rid of that?
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I just signed. I published poems a bit earlier. Under my poems there is another poets account linked to it. Would you pls sort it out?
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  I too, was a winner , on behalf of the International Library of Poetry you have been selected to become a "United States of America 2006 Poetry Ambassador." I actually one several awards It would be nice if we were able to retrieve them. I am resigning up now Good luck all and happy writing. LuvAn2Laff more »
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a.bold.beautiful.service
Reading over some of my poetry, thought about International Poetry.com in 2004 when I entered my 1st competition and they sent me a $50.00 gift card. Welcome back!!! I was so excited to see a new beginning and ownership. I truly enjoyed the community then and hoping this continues throughout the years. more »
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i HAVE SO MANY WORDS INSIDE ME,JUST LEARNING HOW TO PUT THEM TOGETHER.HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME ALONG THE WAY.CRITISIZM OR PRAISE,BOTH ARE WELCOME.I AM VERY GREEN.JANIS KIMREY
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4zebra2u
Hi I'm new here but not new to poetry, poetry platforms , both passive and interactive, being published and participating in over a hundred workshops. On that basis I do have some thoughts for what its worth in terms of your desire to create more dynamic engagement, relevance and expansion. I notice that with in a split second of posting a poem I have been favorited. I love attention but what does it mean if it is produced by a algorithm, and my fan is a cyborg? Do you think this site needs to create frequent and real interaction? Everyone wants attention, to be read and to be read by someone they respect and whos opinion strikes a chord and that they TRUST. One of the challenges of workshops is that there's lots of inexperienced writers critiquing each other. Its improbable that much is gained except frustration under those circumstances, although being favorited or kind comments by another is always encouraging. So the question remains how to create a structure to accomplish this if you want it? Nothing is easy, nothing is perfect. How does one hear criticism without feeling discouraged? Every light casts a shadow, yet with out dynamic interaction and those points of illumination there is only posting into a void and the emotional emptiness that comes with it. Perhaps these are something's you are already thinking about? Best Z more »
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- acronimous
  Dear Z, thanks for your feedback -- it's a true honor to have someone in your capacity and experience joining us -- welcome aboard! With regard to your suspicions about being favorite by a bot, I can assure you we're not going to play such games here -- there will be no monkey business whatsoever on the new Poetry.com website. What happened is that our new system is structured in a way that when a member creates a new poet record, he/she automatically becomes a fan of this author. This is done so any further interaction around this poet, such as future favorites by other members or comments posted on its work, will be communicated to the originated member. I hope that helps, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful work posted... more »
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  Hey love I just wanna say welcome. Its my first time on this platform but I know someone who has utilized their old platform. Maybe we can discover the newness of the site 2gether.
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- 4zebra2u
  That sounds really good Jhain ... I thought about your suicide poem and it alluded yo. (between the lines) the idea of disjuncture or a kind of sensual letting go, dissolution and release. What do u think?
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- 4zebra2u
  Thanks for getting back and I am my greatest fan unfortunately haahaahaa :) Aren't we all. Everybody wants to be heard, but hearing others carefully and being useful to them requires patience and discipline. We are not saints so we have to be coaxed into conversations and risk the complexity of the dialectic. Opinions make poets flammable. more »
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- JhainDoh
  thanks for insight. I agree. Death even in its unknown can be inviting when life has you as a target for tears. Thx for reading it. I hope it helps someone to pick up a pen vs pills.
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- 4zebra2u
  Perhaps we all know death? Remember being before birth? Were we dead then and are we back? Is there conciousness with out time or a body of flesh and blood? Is there just sleep with cyclic awakenings, or is there nothing at all? Do we know anything, or do we just think we do? Form ...No form Form ...No form Form ...No form Are you a sacrificial Aztec princess ??? xoxoxoxox more »
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MoonFlowers
I liked how the website was before. This is hard to navigate and it doesn’t feel like it’s meant for just anyone to share their poetry. Before it felt more open to anyone to share. Also how am I supposed to find poems that I don’t already know the name of? more »
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- acronimous
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Everytime you change your site my poetry and name vanishes?
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John MacEwen
Red lights green lights strawberry lime A girl just died and she was a friend of mine We used to sing and dance and twirl in the pines But now shes gone and she was a friend of mine laugh out loud and cry inside life’ so large... Who’s in charge lost track of time Now she’s gone. And she was a friend of mine I never thought I’d feel the way I do now I never thought I could feel so much pain Oh God please. Wait...God can’t stop the rain Now she’s gone and she was a friend of mine. more »
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Mohammad Helmi ELsallab
wonderful
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Hassan Hegazy
Good work
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  Thanks Hassan!
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Emad Alzayat
I have very nice poem for hospital work.
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Reading of beautiful poerty composed by all eminent poets is my lust.
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Iftikhar Ahmed
When I compose any poem it console my heart, mind and soul. I become fresh and feel a sense of pleasure and achievement. The use of rhymic beauty, alliterations, allegory and imagery causes extraordinary attraction in the poetry. I have a passionate lover of such a poetry. more »
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Lynn Dowless
Often I feel that I am an observer of sight, a receiver of sensations, about which I write, and such is my only purpose in life. Who, pray tell dear one, shall be around to make the record when its all done? more »
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Jahnique-Angel Hicks-Church
RED LIGHT was written by myself ......... JAHNIQUE--NGEL....HICKS Thankyou
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Walter Jackson
Most modern writers lack the skill and drive to possess our minds for very long. I want to be driven to think and having done so, realize another step in my life's dream.
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- Jesus M Jacinto
  Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. Because you conceive of time as a stream, a change within you, there is something which is changeless. You can call it timeless because you are accustomed to time being synonymous with change. That timeless within you, that unchanging within you is aware of the innermost core of existence too, is aware that all change is superficial. more »
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Walter Jackson
EmilyDickinson is one of my favorite writers as is Walt Whitman, different yet both tough the inner soul so resolutely.
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Mark Verrell
Would i trade the words to stand alone, and be a poet whose words stand in stone Would i trade words to keep me in verse and rythme For all time Would i trade the words to flip sonnet and lyre on the toss of a dime Yes i would trade words for sure to make it certain my words endure Yes id trade words that keep my words in place and bring a smile to your face more »
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Walter Jackson
Hard to believe, but men at war like to remember their loves. As real as war and death are to a soldier; quiet moments in the trenches with a picture of a love is just as compelling and real!
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Mark Verrell
She is GREAT, TIMELESS. AN AMERICAN TREASURE
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Walter Jackson
He speaks well of sharing life as a soldier not just an officer. But the plain bread and salt too.
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Walter Jackson
Can't fault Kipling, reading him is like drinking spring water!
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Mark Verrell
I wasnt like you getting lost in the words of the poet.i wasnt like you being enthralled and taken by all those words and verses.i needed more warmth than that and more TRUTH,you know to tell you the truth i needed you the you without all that.yes i needed you more than you knew.more than romantic places and more than exotic artifacts and legends i needed you even when. There was nothing to gain when there was only a future of being shunned and disrespected i needed wanted you. Can you beat that more »
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Mark Verrell
"your body makes eyes at me" has more zing
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