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Poetry

Emoticons

So what's the point of poetry? Is it a bunch of boring words or a great way to get across what you really think and feel? The best poetry isn't about flowers and rainbows and words that rhyme. It's about people's passions and fears and hopes and dreams.

Here's what some other people think about it.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Robert Frost

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture.
Simonides

Poetry gives you permission to feel
James Autry

You can check out below some poems written by our home grown talent.

Leaves of Life

Softly the leaves of my memory fall,
Slowly I gather and count them all,
There's memories of every kind,
They float around and engulf my mind

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Birthday Charity

It's my birthday,

but why bother?

I'm praying and begging,

but cancer's got my mother,

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Chin Up

Falling down, losing control,
Already missing the mind and struggling to keep the soul,
Drowning in self pity, don't even want to leave bed,
Why expose yourself to the world when you can hide in your head,

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