Poetry Talk

Welcome to my Poet Lady Chat Room. I would like to invite you to click on the chat box and type in a question, a suggestion, submit a poem, in other words – “chat with me.” I may, if you submit a poem, decide to feature it in my Poem of the Week section or, we may simply exchange ideas and suggestions about your poem.

This is a place to “talk” poetry with someone who has loved it all her life. I have a true passion for the possibilities of poetry and would love to hear your thoughts and/or read your poem. I will be happy to offer my reaction to your work and, based on over 40 years of teaching poetry, organizing, and conducting poetry workshops, working as a book review editor for an international poetry magazine, authoring five books of poetry and two textbooks on teaching poetry, send along my thoughts on ways to make your poem stronger and more impactful.

If you’re on my site, you have a connection to poetry. Feel free to connect with me – right here -right now, by typing your message into the “chat box” and clicking send. I’m waiting…

 

Your friend in poetry, Susan

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Sarah01
2 years ago
Sarah01 2 years ago

These are the vows

I took in silence

To love you the way you came to me

Reborn, the softest ray of sunshine

Presently unwavering

 

These are the songs i sung

At the sight of Twilight

The stars unappreciated but twinkling

Days shift to night

Only the candle's light chastises us

Disregarded, the time spent hating

 

I promise to love you in peace

And to sow an oath gradually

Teach the soul the ways of loving

In secrecy, in rebellion

 

I love you with the knowledge of the dark

And that forever was doomed

Since the beginning

I love you the way you might not love me

Since i wrote it in blood, stilled

 

~ Sarah Sodi

Susan Katz
2 years ago
Susan Katz 2 years ago

Hi Sarah, I am so sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your beautiful, well-written, emotionally meaningful poem.  We have been experiencing technical difficulties and the site would not let me respond - but, here I am - thanks to my genius tech guy - he found me away around the problem, for the moment.  I have only some small suggestions -

I love you the way you might not love me (you might want to use line break to your advantage here, and break the line after "might" and then, consider using "ever"loved me or, "be able" to love me - and then, I would end the poem with "blood" - "stilled" is a bit confusing.)

Since i wrote it in blood, stilled

This is a truly lovely poem, written with the heart and soul of a poet.  Thank you so very much for sharing it with me.  And again, my apologies in the delay of this response.  Your friend in poetry, Susan

Sarah01
2 years ago

Thank you so much for always responding and teaching me how I can be better. I do not have many people around who i could ask for help when it comes to writing. Even though you hardly know me, you are exceptionally good at detecting the faintest emotion that is attached to a word. I am extremely grateful.

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