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siri's avatar

Hi there!!.. how u doing. My name is Dhanashree, and my sister is getting married at the end of this month. I need to give a nice speech something emotional and a bit poetic. Could you please help me write a short speech with sweet words or a poem? I have to ask someone for help.

Darren A Fielding's avatar

I find the strongest out of us humans, have learned to spill ourselves out into words. Mr Cohen is one such person with immense strength!

Karan Kapoor's avatar

yes most certainly!❤️

The Bad Review of Books's avatar

“ Drugs or teaching” 😂😂😂

Poetry Tracks In the Snow's avatar

“I learned to write” from the person who wrote “ring the bell that still can ring, forget your perfect offering….” You know the rest. I gave this poem to my mom as her body was being ravaged by cancer but her gentle eyes conveyed everything she couldn’t say. Her eyes were the bell and she let so much light in.

Karan Kapoor's avatar

Ah so beautiful, so moving, thank you for sharing this❤️

Poetry Tracks In the Snow's avatar

Sometimes the hardest times are the times to cherish the most. I was so blessed - grief and gratitude 🙏

A Writer’s Voice's avatar

Powerful!

Bilaal's avatar

Great post — thanks for this. If anyone wants a bit more practice, I wrote a short Substack note with a quick prompt and next steps you can try in 10 minutes: https://substack.com/@bilaal3/note/p-173166574?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=6gjehv

David Dinner  Elder Insights's avatar

“on nights like this

by one like me.”

There are no other

nights like this,

no one like LC

Gary Michael Dault's avatar

I suppose I COULD have (but not "very easily"). I didn't "take it on good faith" becasuse it didn't SOUND that way to me. but if the comment WAS made in innocent pedagogic fervour, then please convey for me to the donor that I appreciate the response (or will try to). Yours, almost chastened (I need another coffee!),, Gary Michael Dault

Gary Michael Dault's avatar

I feel like Galileo muttering under his post-trial breath that "it turns ANYWAY." GMD

Shyam Suma Francis's avatar

I really needed this. But I am a teacher 😂. Thank you ❤️

T R Poulson's avatar

The more I read of Only Poems, the more I understand this poem is (in part) where the name of the journal came from. Your poets are so diverse, yet they have one thing in common. Their poems really are poems that only they could have written.

Karan Kapoor's avatar

That’s astute, TR. in our book, that’s what makes a poet a poet!

David Perlmutter's avatar

No ending to his genius- hallelujah!

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro's avatar

Leonard Cohen is always needed. RIP

Bougie Hippie's avatar

My inspiration on dark days

Jim Dunn's avatar

One of my true heroes.