Not my first attempt but this aint my style

Creativity Poetry & Quotes
#1

Hey everyone,

I am not a poet per se, However I am taking a poetry workshop class atm.

This is my submission for this week. It is the result of unreturned feelings of infatuation that I felt could have become something truly great.

The assignment this week was simply to write a poem that rhymed.

I took this class by mistake however I will say that it has changed my outlook on poetry as art.

Yang protects Yin
Yin nurtures Yang
Having tried and failed you open yourself again
Do not despair for this too shall pass
The pain becomes a part of you
Reconstructed, you move on at last

Yin Nurtures Yang perhaps that?s all you need
Embody kindness, compassion,
Give freely of yourself especially when you do not want to
Do all this and your deeds will return
This has been decreed.

Well I have tried that now
I have seen what can come
To those who cherish the needs of others
No matter what the sum

Love is different, this I have seen
To find and maintain it, now this is my dream
But
When to play games is to win
And to be honest to your treasure and yourself is to lose
Do you choose
To win with infection, deception
Or
Do you choose
To use the heart
Straight from the start
Forgetting the art
Becoming a man, apart.

#2

[QUOTE=Rdlagrand;52943]
Love is different, this I have seen
To find and maintain it, now this is my dream
But
When to play games is to win
And to be honest to your treasure and yourself is to lose
Do you choose
To win with infection, deception
Or
Do you choose
To use the heart
Straight from the start
Forgetting the art
Becoming a man, apart.[/QUOTE]

This bit is strong on its own. Nice rhythm.

#3

The start felt a bit slow while writing it but the last stanza really took off for me.

#4

This poem feels like a synopsis of my first teaching foray. My Tuesday class cancelled today, but I do have one student on Thursday. My routine was not "my’ style, and the one student that will stay with me has not seen it. I have a lot of work to do and this poem will keep me company.

#5

[QUOTE=Rdlagrand;52943]
Do you choose
To use the heart
Straight from the start
Forgetting the art
Becoming a man, apart.[/QUOTE]

It is nice, I choose to use my heart.
I am not in art but I try to be a part.
Yes, I really like what you wrote,
it is wise. Now I am at my route.

#6

I like it. Isn’t it a wonder, to talk in rythm, and let truth and beauty manifest ?

Thank you.

#7

I got a sense of dejavu when I read your poem, and the threads.