Writings From the Heart
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Comment from Pyrrho
I send this review only to let you know how confusing your words are and how they can be interpreted in ways I think you had no intent to convey.
1) first line: is he denying the existence of his soul? Or is denied being used it the sense of rejected by someone else. And what is the difference between the man and his soul?
2)heart can only be a metaphor for love or affection. how is such sacrificed to misunderstanding, it almost has meaning to me but not quite.
3) unspoken words has to be body language, so I guess the subject man cannot read body language and is thus confused in normal interaction because at least 70% of communication is non-verbal. Yes?
4) The last line makes no sense to me and I spent five minutes on it.
reply by the author on 04-Aug-2014
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I send this review only to let you know how confusing your words are and how they can be interpreted in ways I think you had no intent to convey.
1) first line: is he denying the existence of his soul? Or is denied being used it the sense of rejected by someone else. And what is the difference between the man and his soul?
2)heart can only be a metaphor for love or affection. how is such sacrificed to misunderstanding, it almost has meaning to me but not quite.
3) unspoken words has to be body language, so I guess the subject man cannot read body language and is thus confused in normal interaction because at least 70% of communication is non-verbal. Yes?
4) The last line makes no sense to me and I spent five minutes on it.
Comment Written 04-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 04-Aug-2014
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thank you for reading
Comment from Ben Colder
Great question. Though he may gain the entire world but lose his soul, what good is a man. Well done , poet. I find no fault. Blessings
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Great question. Though he may gain the entire world but lose his soul, what good is a man. Well done , poet. I find no fault. Blessings
Comment Written 04-Aug-2014
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Thanks Ben
Comment from J Patience
This is very thoughtful. It leaves me fearing the sadness in the writer, fearing they won't find the answer to this question. I found myself thinking of my husband to whom some of these lines apply, and a friend of whom other lines remind me. Nice and deep, my personal preference is, however, to leave a philosophical moment with a positive feel. This does not do that for me. But just as poetry is written by someone's experiences, it is read by someone else's experiences that are probably different and so put a different light on the words. Thank you for sharing. I hope this question does not plague you because answer I see is the same as for a woman: "He is good for learning strength through difficulty, and exampling it as hope for others."
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This is very thoughtful. It leaves me fearing the sadness in the writer, fearing they won't find the answer to this question. I found myself thinking of my husband to whom some of these lines apply, and a friend of whom other lines remind me. Nice and deep, my personal preference is, however, to leave a philosophical moment with a positive feel. This does not do that for me. But just as poetry is written by someone's experiences, it is read by someone else's experiences that are probably different and so put a different light on the words. Thank you for sharing. I hope this question does not plague you because answer I see is the same as for a woman: "He is good for learning strength through difficulty, and exampling it as hope for others."
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Comment Written 04-Aug-2014
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thank you for your review
Comment from lynglyng
Thus poem is intense. It makes the reader think. I like it when th he southern challenges the reader to use their brain. Well done!
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Thus poem is intense. It makes the reader think. I like it when th he southern challenges the reader to use their brain. Well done!
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Comment Written 04-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 04-Aug-2014
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thank you