> > Wolf "Hope I understood correctly what your poem was 'really about'" spirit
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> Well, if you ask me, that's one of the absolutely LEAST important aspects of poetry -- at least my poems. I try to write in such a way that people can put their own private thoughts into it [...]
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Oh. The reason I phrased my comment that way was because Den-Kara wrote: "I want to know what anyone else might think [about the poem] before I _say_what_it's_really_about_." So, she indicated she was willing to explain it a bit more at that point. Basically I was curious whether my impressions of "Help Me to Soar" were in the ballpark (i.e., more or less correct).

I agree with you that good poetry is such that the reader can draw his/her own interpretations from it. I wouldn't call interpretation the LEAST important aspect of a poem, however. If a text does not speak to the reader, and offers nothing meaningful enough to spark the reader's interest, there is no point in reading it. Personal and private writing meant for only the author's eyes is not hindered by this contraint.


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> Trav"Spooky... I had trouble finding even the appropriate *Norwegian* expression to use in the last sentence. Then suddenly the word "conjure" popped into my mind, and I had to look it up. It seems it was excactly what I wanted... This strikes me as spooky because there's English words I haven't used before and really don't know the definition of, but somehow I'm able to use them right anyway. This has happened to me quite a few times lately..."holt, taking in-name quotes to the extreme.
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Heh. Travholt, your English is at LEAST as good if not better than many native speakers of the language. If you hadn't explained that your prefered language was Norwegian, I would have sworn your mother tongue was North American English.