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tribute to the great wordslinger

12-13-2010 at 11:37:42 PM

tribute to the great wordslinger

There are many great poets on OP, and wordslinger is deffinetely that, but he is also so much more! Teacher, pioneer, dreamer, idea man, philosopher, and to so many on OP, including myself, a great great friend!!! he is real, he never tries to be anything else and prove anything to anyone, he walks to his own tune, marching to his own band, and one of the few in life that lives by the words of his convictions. hampton has posted a tribute to the one and only wordslinger aka John, please join me in showing our support for the very glue that holds OP together. Purity of the soul, journey well!!! with grace and humility ANGEL here is the link to the poem www.originalpoetry.com/wordslinger

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.