I Am Who I Am

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Somewhere, sometimes
I've read the words -
Everything has its value
Each thing has its price

It has made me thinking -

I am neither a woman nor a man
I am neither young nor old
I am neither a carpenter nor a teacher
I am neither this or that country inhabitant
I am neither earthling nor extraterrestrial

I am a human being

How much does it cost
What is the value of it

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He is neither famous nor unknown
Neither blonde nor black haired
He is neither German nor Indian
He is neither bad nor good

He is neither asleep nor awake
He neither comes nor departs
He doesn't hate nor loves
He is neither there nor here

Guess who is he...

[Scheherazade]

I like the first one much better the second but both requires more fine-tuning, I believe.

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I like the first one much better the second but both requires more fine-tuning, I believe.

Thanks, Scheherazade. I had to look for the definition of 'fine-tuning' :)....... Yes, I am sure they require. The problem with my writing is that once I write something under the influence of inspiration, it is done. I can't deal with it any more. I know it will never make a published author of me, unless I change this habit. :)

[Delta40]

Thanks, Scheherazade. I had to look for the definition of 'fine-tuning' :)....... Yes, I am sure they require. The problem with my writing is that once I write something under the influence of inspiration, it is done. I can't deal with it any more. I know it will never make a published author of me, unless I change this habit. :)

I have this problem too free. My work sets like concrete. Apart from minor edits I haven't been able to do major amendments.

[HCabret]

Somewhere, sometimes
I've read the words -
Everything has its value
Each thing has its price

It has made me thinking -

I am neither a woman nor a man
I am neither young nor old
I am neither a carpenter nor a teacher
I am neither this or that country inhabitant
I am neither earthling nor extraterrestrial

I am a human being

How much does it cost
What is the value of it
$1.50. In Canadian dollars of course.

[free]

I have this problem too free. My work sets like concrete. Apart from minor edits I haven't been able to do major amendments.

Sometimes I think it is because we value our inspiration so much, are thankful to it and don't want to change anything it has given to us. :)

[free]

HCabret, if you mean my poem, not bad, my friend, not bad. :)

[Delta40]

Sometimes I think it is because we value our inspiration so much, are thankful to it and don't want to change anything it has given to us. :)

Lol. You're possibly right. Why change the butterfly that alights upon your hand?

[Carousel]

Personally I am not into poems which asks the questions and don’t supply the answers but that doesn’t mean they cannot be written well. As to editing your stuff, most of us do, including me. Coming back to something you wrote a month or two ago you read it with a fresh mind, I find that more of a help and hopefully improves the piece more than most critiques can do.

[free]

Lol. You're possibly right. Why change the butterfly that alights upon your hand?

:thumbsup::seeya:


Personally I am not into poems which asks the questions and don’t supply the answers but that doesn’t mean they cannot be written well. As to editing your stuff, most of us do, including me. Coming back to something you wrote a month or two ago you read it with a fresh mind, I find that more of a help and hopefully improves the piece more than most critiques can do.

Thanks, Carousel. You are right. It surely makes the work better.