Til My Life Ends

about writing poetry

I have written poetry
about numerous things;
the beach, a bird and a tree
and I have, also, written poems
about my favorite human beings.
The words,
quickly, flow,
from my heart to my hand
and all the feelings I know,
pour out on paper,
as fast as they can.
Words,
are such a part of me,
the very best of friends,
they set my feelings free
and will, til my life ends.

Reviews

[CHRIS ANDES]

words are indeed significant as this poem

[Barbara Walker]

Thank you Christine!

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful and hopeful poem.
"The words,
quickly, flow,
from my heart to my hand"
I like the reason and the purpose for the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Barbara Walker]

Thank you so much!

[YouoweYoupay]

It's beauty is in its simplicity!! Poetry is truly a poets best friend!! Thank you for sharing this little silver emblem, darling.

[Barbara Walker]

Thank you so much!

[James Hanna-Magill]

Dear Barbara

You may have noticed that not only do I like this site very much, I especially like to spend my time reviewing here, when I am not otherwise editing or writing my own work.

Why?

Because I enjoy bathing in the beauty of others thoughts, the way they express them, and what that says about the world we live in, the human condition and how they view it.

You will have seen I suffer from bipolar disorder and I see from your profile, you chronic pain.

I often witness around this site and in the writing of many that it is a form of therapy, the only way to express effectively how they feel. Such is true of me, and I can see the same in you, even in this piece.

You express the bond between you and words effectively.

The issue of words pouring out from my pen at rapid speed, perhaps well ahead of the head or vice versa (take your pick) is a sentiment I recognise and to which I relate well.

It in a way is a bipolar concept at one extreme; the issue of racing thoughts and where speech can be as rapid, so that words stumble out as there is a need to express the thoughts more quickly than the mouth permits.

But I acknowledge that this point applies to many if not all of us as writers.

Your effective final lines afer admitting to your capacity to write on any topic say it all for me.

This is where your arrow hit its mark:

"Words,
are such a part of me,
the very best of friends,
they set my feelings free
and will, til my life ends."

Without wishing to be a pedant, there is rather an interesting argument over the use of the words until, the apparent truncated form 'til and till. All seem to be acceptable variants. But I am not sure til as you spell it is. Interestingly the spell checker on here won't allow til.

Look it up.

Grammar can keep me entertained for hours as I started out my academic career as a linguist (French, Ancient Greek and Latin) at Cambridge University before entering the world of business and having to retire early once I became seriously ill with bipolar disorder.

Whilst a curse, it is also a blessing as early retirement has enabled me to turn my focus again to the world of words on which you focus here.

I have no fault with your style in this piece.

If I look for anything in any writing is how it stimulates a reader's thoughts and therefore uniquely mine.

You may now consider my thoughts provoked.

As for the length of my reviews, I feel at times they can be too long and less than helpful.

I hope that this however has been helpful for you to watch how a single reader reacts to and interprets your writing.

Of course the length of my reviews comes full circle back to the point of your whole poem. WORDS!

I was charmed by this piece.

Thank you for sharing it with me

With my kindest regards

James

PS any grammatical errors or misspelling here are entirely down to my own ineptitude.

PPS Always a rambler, I find it highly amusing that the noun based on the verb' mispronounce' is perhaps one of the words most mispronounced and misspelt in the English Lexicon. It is mispronunciation and not mispronounciation. Sorry. By way of nothing. Just a note in the context of 'words'

PPS Thank you from the heart for undertaking a detailed review of Split. You cannot possibly imagine how much I appreciate the detail you are putting into your review. Unfortunately for you, the preceding rambling thoughts here may be somewhat less helpful to you! I hope to make reparation soon by reviewing more of your writing more effectively and concisely!

[Barbara Walker]

James, I love your reviews! It's wonderful when a reader takes the time to write a review, telling you the things they like and dislike about a piece. I appreciate it very much!

[James Hanna-Magill]

My pleasure Barbara. You help me so much. With my best wishes, James

[MOON]

Lovely write indeed words and poetry are the saving grace!

[Barbara Walker]

Thank you!