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"Born To Be Wild!"
The creativity within
all of us, of course, is
a power that we express
like really wild horses!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"
My Poetic Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem was inspired by the song "Born To Be Wild" written by Mars Bonfire for the band Steppenwolf and, specifically, the cover performed by the band Hinder from their music video (please see the hyperlink below for the video) because, in my heart of hearts, I am a rocker dude!
By the way, I interpret the lyrics "Fire all of your guns at once" to be starting guns of a race because, in promoting this song, I do not wish to promote gun violence in the minds of those who think it's a good idea to solve problems through gun violence.
Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how this poem was written when I was editing it on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs. So, I wanted to show you how this poem used to be written, before I revised it as above.
And it used to be written like this:
"Born To Be Wild!"
The creativity within
all of us—of course—is
a power that we express
like really wild horses!
Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.
And this poem was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
Watch "Hinder - Born To Be Wild" on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/SqgM240GoU4
This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 084 was edited on July 9th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
