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  1. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    being a vampire and artist it would be hard to starve, wiht such a plenty full food supply , lol
  2. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    this is very true, but as I have said many times , if it was easy , I would not do it
  3. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    well thank you for reply, the sad truth of me is i am way better poet than marketeer , but that said it is my passion , and I love what I write, which makes me terrible judge
  4. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    You had a story to tell, if the person who wrote "boy in striped pyjama's" had listened to all the publishers that said no , he would not have had hit, certainly if based on content, when you have a story to tell , it forces you to do it
  5. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    anyone and everyone, can be a poet, I only ascribe the title to myself , because I think I am good, but that remains to be proved on so many levels
  6. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    This is so true, it's not for any airy ideal I wrote what I wrote , but to me the poetry is where it begins and ends, let's be honest, I live in a recession hit country, I have seen my pension been cut by thirty percent in less than two years, so I know how hard it is to pay bill's and live day...
  7. gerard quain

    Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

    The great question, so often asked, here is my take on it, I write poetry, its niche at best, and in my case for those that read , an acquired taste, would I change , would I spend my day's writing affirmations, or haiku's no would be answer , not that there is anything wrong with it , but its...
  8. gerard quain

    Seasonal

    Autumn The sign's are there The wet road littered with leaves Like life strewn with , what might have been Autumn or the fall as our American cousins say Has that sense of foreboding, like a stay of execution Before winters decay Forty eight autumns have come and gone The laughter lines are...
  9. gerard quain

    Should poetry writer pay for reviews

    thank you for your reply
  10. gerard quain

    Should poetry writer pay for reviews

    if you want to check out what I have done ,then just google my name gerard quain , or go tto the top of my profile page and check the links, from what I have seen on varying writing sites , paying for reviews is now causing real problems
  11. gerard quain

    Nobel Prize for Literature 2012

    here is hoping that he can whisper my name loudly in right ear
  12. gerard quain

    So I think I am a poet, you would never think it to look at me

    being Invisible I sit and watch the world pass Wrapped up against the elements A door way for a home Against the world alone The heaving rush of busy people Going faster to their destinations No time to worry about the poor Averted eyes their noble cure Sleeping with one eye open Fearful...
  13. gerard quain

    Nobel Prize for Literature 2012

    there is only one question , when will I win it , sorry having "Sheldon" moment
  14. gerard quain

    An Argument for Dignity

    thank you, it seem a shadow thought,but this poem is not a question or a judgement, it is just out there
  15. gerard quain

    An Argument for Dignity

    Screams She sits wondering how it came to this How life has conspired to make her feel this way She used to dance and sing She was so full of life In twenty minutes , it had all changed The stroke Now she has all these words she can not utter Constrained in a body, that no longer responds to...
  16. gerard quain

    Should art reflect the world

    Wow , it gives so much to think about , thank you
  17. gerard quain

    Hi there

    thank you
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