I wrote letters to poets
Sandburg, Dickinson, Twain,
Shelley, Petrarca, Yeats or Keats,
it was always the same.
“Thank you for your words.
“I like what you say.
“Your message was heard.”
Each time someone’d said
“You can’t send a note
for those poets are dead;
it’s been years since they wrote!”
.
On the blog roll are poets
who live and who breathe
and I can write them notes
and some encouragement leave.
“I like that you’re writing
“I like that you’re here
“I like that you’re sighting
on truths without fear.
“Thank you for your words.
“I like what you say.
“Your message was heard;
I’ll be back here one day!”
Shawn L. Bird 
awesome style keep them coming.
Pretty great.
some
of the most
exciting dialogue
can be
with people
we’ll never know
or see
Lovely Poem
I like that 🙂
I like that, who knows they may already be walking among us? 🙂
Personally, I think writing a letter to the dead makes more sense than talking to tombstones. I’ve known plenty to do that. “I like what you say.” 🙂
It is unfair that you can write a letter into the future, but you can’t write one into the past. In some cultures time isn’t linear. I wonder if they can do it? (Sounds like an interesting premise for a novel, doesn’t it? Hmm)
I say take inspiration where you find it. Happy writing…
Hi Shawn, thanks for liking my poem Timid Eyes. I love your poem Like You. Like you I’m sitting at my laptop commenting, just as in your poem.
I love your blog and come back often.
Cheers,
Dennis
Thanks for coming by, Dennis. Poets need to share the love! 🙂
Well, they lied or were ignorant, because we all come back again, and again and…and they are writing more, I can assure you of this.
So beautifully written! Thank you Shawn for stopping by my cyber space. I appreciate it. 🙂
Very sweet! ❤ thank you for writing this!
You are most welcome! We need to spread the love, or the likes… 😉
We do! =) 😀
I love this idea! Mind if I borrow it?
I don’t know what you want to borrow? Did you mean to comment on a Blog roll Found poem by any chance? In either case, borrow away, with credit, of course. 😉
Just the concept of blog roll found poetry in general, and I’ll be sure to link you
The poem you’ve commented on isn’t a blog roll poem, but I’m glad you like them. I find them very fun to create. I limit myself to the first few lines (as what shows on the blog roll) so it offers some challenge. Some I manipulate the lines afterwards, sometimes I ‘must’ use the poems in order. That’s what makes them fun! 😉