September 18, 2011
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To the Poets.
I offer my words as symbol of my thoughts, to give my gratitude and reveal my heart.
With your beauty and your truth you play with words to bring them formless shape, often what you create cuts like glass and leaves you bloody.
But like true heroes you rise again and wear your scars as testament to the depth of your emotion.
From gentle fields to the blood soaked somme, for generations your kind have come and gone, but your words will live on.
You gave them life, you breathed them souls, and you set them free that they may fly.
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Realizing the risk of honouring proper poets with my own attempts, i dedicate this to the poets of Xanga.
So many amazing poets share their gift with us, and often it’s hard to properly show appreciation or even come up with a fitting comment.So please know that I am so grateful to you for giving words beauty, freeing emotion and then sharing it for free with everyone.
There are too many to list of course but here are a few i particularly enjoy:@somewhatabstractelf Shes one of my most favourite because her style is so unique and interesting.
@adamswomanfell When she post poems they are always incredible, lovely and usually funny
@willowshollow Dark often violent but also beautiful, perhaps she appeals to the horror fan in me
@corvyusmorte Another one for the darker poems, but undoubtedly skilled and talented.
@opticalnoise What list of poets would be complete without her
open, honest and so amazing with words.@justjase Yay a guy made it on the list lol Jase is actually published! and with good reason.
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I am honoured to be able to experience your ability as i believe it is a unique and often double edged gift.
Thank You Poets
Comments (22)
Good to finally see a post honoring the poets.
*speechless* So much of a poet lol I’m actually overwhelmed by this, is such a nice thing to do and means so much for me, thank you very much, your words humble me. I enjoy poetry so much and here I’ve found so many talented writers that only make me appreciate so much more your wonderful compliment.
I need to put more of my poetry up.
Wow! I am truly humbled, man. Thank you very much for the kind words! And I’m the only man on this list! Sweet! haha
i am angered by this. My rants are filled with uhm… smartness.. and.. wit… and.. duh…. hrm.. smart…things. i like bright shiny coin.
Hey, Bede! This is such a sweet, special post! You are a dearheart to honor others here on Xanga! I enjoy reading YOUR poems and stories! You add so many good words, good thoughts, and such love here on Xanga! Thank you for being here!
I am GREATLY humbled to be included here amongst these amazing writers!! Wow! I do NOT see myself as much of a writer…but I keep trying to write. It is good for me to put my thoughts and heart down in words.
HUGE HUGS to you!
Beautiful dedication to the poets.
“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.” By Percy Bysshe Shelley
What a sweet tribute.
You’re always very sweet, Bede.
@awoolham - :D They really deserve it.
@CorvyusMorte - Wow thank you! I always feel bad that i often can’t comment on poems despite them usually affecting me so strongly, so i’m really glad to be able to say thanks
@LKJSlain - Yes
in fact you should have been in my list, I often forget your also a poet because your such a good writer….thats really kind of unfair you should only be good at one of them really ;P hehe
@justjase - :) your welcome, Thank you for the poems!
@BenelliMan - Lmao
Nuff said
@AdamsWomanFell - I just end up feeling so grateful to the people on Xanga and I never feel like i’m able to show it enough.
I hope your doing well.
Thank you for the compliments
HUGS to you too
@RestlessButterfly - Great quote! and very true
@LilPurpleRose - :D
@Rainboxx - Thanks Ritz
*Hugs*
=hugs hugs hugs=
you are lovely. i appreciate that.
@somewhatabstractelf -
Thanks
@BFB1131 - you are wonderful regardless
Oh, how sweet of you! This made my day so much! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
That I would even be in the same company as Jase or Adamswomanfell… is just… wow. Omg, I’m so honored right now.
And I shall have to start paying attention and reading the others.
@opticalnoise -
Your welcome.
You definitely fit in with those two easily, I love beautiful use of language and you write beautifully
you are too.
@LKJSlain - Aww thank you Lisa
Wow, Poetry has always been my passion. However, I am speechless that someone would find my words worth reading. To be amongst Xangans that I find truly amazing is very humbling. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Meet you on the darker side.:)
aww boo, i only know one xangan on the list. i shall check the rest out!
@Willowshollow - :D Your very welcome!
I have to admit some of your stuff is just plain creepy
but some of it even made me laugh, most of all though it always brought somekind of emotion out, and in my book thats good poetry 
…..i’ll make sure to bring a torch.
@clubsmiley - Well then i’m happy to have hopefully introduced you to some new people
Splendid idea and a wonderful post! I salute you! (I also recognize where a couple of the pictures in the background are from like the one of Sasha during the OMAC ordeal and salute you for that as well but I dare not say that outside of the parentheses for fear of people thinking me a total nerd… oh… wait.) Regardless, this was a brilliant idea and a refreshing break from the drama that is often tossed about so lightly on here.
@Legendairy - Haha thanks
if you mean the background of my blog, then those are all computer games i’m afraid, which means your safe to express any nerdiness you may want 
Not sure if it’s the same thing but the one you might be referring to is a game called Heavy Metal FAKK 2 which has a character called Julie in it which is based on drawings in the Heavy Metal magazine…..this description should have been in the parentheses of safety
@BFB1131 - The splendid idea was that of this post. As for the picture I referenced, it’s the one on the left of the person. If it is from something else, it is a perfect rip-off of Sasha Bordeaux from a particular comic in the OMAC storyline. I have that particular one so I can say that with certainty.