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                           My  5 Poetry Themes 

a.  The Power and Beauty of Words ( scroll down - 4 poems);

b. Coping (5 poems );  c.  Inspirational ( 6 poems ); d. Highly Personal (5 poems);

e. Ruminations ( 8 poems ); f. Love (7 poems )       

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        THE POWER AND BEAUTY   

                                of Words    

The Power  and Beauty of Words Poems: 

 1.  Prose or Poetry? ( on this page)  2. Wordweaver 

    3.  To Write a Poem   4.  A Song to my Childhood

                                                                            

               Prose or Poetry 

          Would I be wise to write in prose

                      For its unmeasured fluidity?   

                Does poetry daunt me as arduous,

                   For its rhythmic flights of fancy?      

                                                            

                      Is life in prose a trifle more lucid  

                      In phrases that baffle not the mind?

                      Or is pain an ache inside the head,

                      When poetry pens it a little more kind?  

                                                                

                I'd like to say none's any weaker,

              For both are frigates for our taking.

              While prose' discourse suits others better,

              Poetry's cadence is to some more stirring.

                                                     ALV, 8/24/87

        

                              next poem - " WORD WEAVER";

    or would you like to read first the intro to my Poems

                           as it appears in my book?