This Poem was Submitted By: Kenneth R. Patton On Date: 2007-04-25 13:41:53 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!To Listen to Music While Reading this Poem, just Click Here!
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Stop Fighting It’s time
It’s beyond time
To accept my spirituality
After all
sooner or later
we all do
Why wait
Why deny until
there’s no time left
I wonder if
the Spirit of All
is amused by my feeble attempts
I know I am
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Copyright © April 2007 Kenneth R. Patton
This Poem was Critiqued By: Lora Silvey On Date: 2007-05-06 11:28:28
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.71429
Ken,
I always enjoy the notes on self pondering, exquisitly done here; simple and lending to feel of self wonderment. I had to chuckle for I know the feeling, wouldn't change a thing.
Best,
Lora
This Poem was Critiqued By: Claire H. Currier On Date: 2007-05-02 07:37:06
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.68000
Stop Fighting,,,,,,,powerful title with thoughts of war and the hurt caused by it let alone the deep losses.
Your words are very powerful Ken...........I too believe that if the people of the world accepted their spirituality and the fact God is in charge then perhaps things might cool down before it is too late once again.........We are born to die and that is so true.......what we do inbetween birth and death should always be alive in our thoughts and indeed no one knows when that last moment will come. Loots of thought in this one, lots of hope too, images galore. Thanks for posting, God Bless, Claire
This Poem was Critiqued By: James C. Horak On Date: 2007-04-29 21:02:07
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
More than an anti-war poem, yours confronts the combatant poise some take towards
others on most all fronts: work, sports, wager and pay scale. When we do take another
on the basis of any "spirituality" we do so on the value of self-worth as that pertains
to perception, expectation, richness of experience. Something refined beyond the material,
something that persists the vicissitudes of fortune.
And something, by its very nature that precludes "fighting".
The best question of all, "Why wait/Why deny until/there's no time left". Why it is the
difference between "spirituality", true spirituality, and the child's idea of a heaven where
it's all resolved...given something to life other than grand wait, something obtained when
we recognize soul and spirit is here with us now and not just when we take Communion or
attend church. Thus, "the Spirit of All".
Assuredly.
JCH
This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2007-04-26 01:11:29
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.66667
Dear Ken,
I for one, can relate to this poem - exactly the way you've written it. I've even posted a few poems recently, that touch on the very same subject. Your 2nd to last verse - says it all as far as I'm concerned. That's exactly - how I feel, and I'm so taken by someone almost literally reading my mind, with this poem.
I love this - especially the title - Just give in to the fact, that we know "it's there," and roll with it more or less.
I was completely in tune with this poem, and wish you the best with it elsewhere.
sincerely,
Denimari
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