I Give You Permission

in #poetry6 years ago



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So few poets
Write about beauty


Because it has to be part
Of your life.

You can’t draw
Waters of enchantment
From a polluted well.

I’m not saying
You have to be perfect—
I’m not,

But writers, like priests,
Should have compassion
And sensitivity to pain

And isolate

Because it’s in the desert
Where you open
The access to your heart
And write down
What your voice is whispering.

Priests of old
Needed to be unblemished…
But you can be flawed

You can write
About monsters,
But don’t be one—

Not if you want
To write about love.

Everywhere you look
The universe is open to you;

Succumb.

Poetry is paying attention to life
When all the rest of the world
Is asleep
To its beauties and truths.

Allow yourself
To become enchanted;

Loosen your dreams
And become undone.



© 2018, John J Geddes. All rights reserved



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Así es, @johnjgeddes!Para poder escribir, hay que sentir! No concibo cómo puede haber una realidad sin hablar de ella, sin padecerla, pero ya hay bastante realidad allá afuera cómo para también encontrarla en las páginas. La belleza seguramente es una puerta por la que muchos pasan, pero muy pocos tocan. Que tengas buena noche!

Muchos escritores contaminan sus vidas y pierden su sentido de maravilla, no ofrecen nada edificante para el mundo. Amo a personas como St. Exupery, Lorca, Neruda y Pasternak por mencionar algunos que siempre me inspiran por la pureza de su visión

Everywhere you look
The universe is open to you;

Succumb.

Poetry is paying attention to life
When all the rest of the world
Is asleep
To its beauties and truths.

You said it my man. This was awesome, John:)

Thank you, Pryde :)

I really like the ideas here John. Purity (priesthood metaphor), the need for isolation/introspection and allowing life to flow through us for writing inspiration.

thank you for your thoughtful comments

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