Creative Traditional:

[Sally Roberts]

Please do not bid adieu adieu,
thy song hath always led me home.
Return to those, which once was new,
please do not bid adieu adieu.
Oh Nightingale! Thy voice was true;
it's known not where your heart did roam.
Please do not bid adieu adieu,
thy song hath always led me home.

[erikestabrook]

lovely tribute Sally,

I can understand and relate,

great poem

[Sally Roberts]

Thanks erik:

I always thought that John Keats was one of the GREAT poets of his time.
I love the great poets of the past. John Keats, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson. ect. ect.

And of course the crazy, zany antics from Dr. Suess. Boy was he Nonsensical! But he was the very first poet who inspired me to write poetry in the first place. (when I was only 9 yrs. old.)

Thanks for the comment
Blessings

[Jer4clarity]

Sally,

You cause the greats to find new heights of joy as they witness your penwomanship!

My Fav:

The Following Text Is Quoted:

Return to those, which once was new,
please do not bid adieu adieu.
Oh Nightingale! Thy voice was true;
it's known not where your heart did roam.

Jerry

[Sally Roberts]

AwwwwwwThanks Jer:

But be careful what you say now, you could give be a BIG head and then it will explode into a thousand pieces. and splatter all over the floor. LOL

Thanks Jer: you're too kind. I sit humbled.

Blessings

[Checkmate]

great post...love some of the poets you listed and of course as you, Dr. Seuss started it for me as well...had some great literature teachers who inspired me along the way as well...think the whole post was wonderful...thanks for sharing and thanks for the recent comments.

[Sally Roberts]

You're very welcome Scott:

I wonder just how many people Dr. Suess has inspired to write poetry.
I believe EVERY great poet inspires others with their works. I also believe that that's how most of us are born to write in the first place, by the others who write before us.

After I was inspired by Dr. Suess at the age of 9, I was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe at the age of 19. Both are indeed great poets yet so different in their poetry it's unreal. I think that is how I became so utterly twisted myself.

Thanks for your comments
Blessings

[PaintedDiary]

Dear Sally,

This was a great tribute yes. As we grow we have our foundation in place, then lay new bricks of inspiration from other poets, as we grow, learn, and experience. My quote I made up is ......"I have seen far for I have stood on the shoulders of giants!" The giants being the great witers, artist, and poets before me. In ways my mother was my first poet, as she sang to me, talked with me, and wrote with me. This was indeed another awesome post my dear. Loved It!

Kim