do you like my poem, on poetry?

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what is it

poetry is chanelling the universe
and sometimes, how fortunate the man
when a fellow man writes a poem
untainted by the mortal confines
when i read such art, and i feel a flutter in my heart
i think perhaps, that god exists, and poetry is his gift
Indeed Dragon, lovely lines you have posted.
 
Ben, sometimes I have the same thought, and I have written a sonnet on poetry for you:

What is a poem? A craft of words and sense,
Of sinewed syntax wrought with utmost care,
Of tropes and lines, and easy ornaments,
Steered on their course by winds blown wise with wear.
A craft of silk so finely sewn it seems
Quite seamless, like the world it softly mocks,
So perfect that it flows in satin streams
And sings as softly as a cradle rocks.
Whence does it come? A loving-calloused hand
Inured to tine and toil, and yet so deft
Each syllable and serif's turn is planned
As surely as the finest fiber's weft.
We come to know this mystery by degrees --
A poem is all, and yet is none of these.

Well, there it is. Have I seen the same thing as you have?
 
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