Has reading your own poetry ever made you cry?

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   mcrawford76posted 13 years ago

   Has reading your own poetry ever made you cry?

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   HighGuy420posted 13 years ago

   no but i find reading it and writing makes me feel good. I guess it's justing getting it off my chest. I dont think i ever have cried reading a poem. i have felt many things but never crying.

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   duffsmomposted 13 years ago

   Yes, I enjoy going back and rereading it--mostly because I know what emotions were behind it when the piece was written.

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   kikkibabeposted 13 years ago

   Yes sometimes as i remember all the memories that come from my poetry and it can be very painful but also its a good way to express how your feeling.x

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   ii3rittlesposted 13 years ago

   I have cried while writing and it was some of my best poetry because my emotion was literally dripping onto the paper.

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   Ashantinaposted 13 years ago

   Yep. Because of the experience.... and the pain of it..... penning it to paper makes it real again.... but its healing.

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   TIMOBILEposted 13 years ago

   Yes.
   It happened a while ago after writing a poetry advising a set of people. I did do what I advised against. It was very painful when I read that poetry later and felt very saddened.

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   Nrjshposted 13 years ago

   Yes, because reading my own poetry reminds me how I had felt at that point.

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   ttagpineposted 13 years ago

   Yes. Almost all of my poetry is in the form of love poems to my wife. Last year she passed away. I'm still having a hard time adjusting to life without her.

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    JadedLoveposted 13 years ago

    yes, but only because reading it makes me relive the feelings of what i went through

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    saddlerider1posted 13 years ago

    Of course, often. One can not be a poet without shedding a tear for what he/she writes. Poetry is life, living, dying and life's experiences.

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    days leaperposted 12 years ago

    Only when no-one else will read/buy it!!!

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    seichepreyposted 12 years ago

    I've never cried, but I've gotten emotional re-reading them.  I have this huge mental block against tears.

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