Short-lived Or Eternal Love?

[SonOfAlbania]

Hello Erthona!

Thank you for your message! You point out an important flaw in my poetry writing. Not necessarily my alleged copying but the uncreative way of using common and widely used phrases which scale of the originality of the lyrics. I acknowledge "I wonder as I wander" was completely taken from one of the autobiographical works of Langston Hughes, as well as "Moonlight Shadow" which is a song title by Mike Oldfield. That's about all I guess. "Down these lonely streets" and its similarity with "Walking down these lonely oneway streets" is a mystery. The thought of authors walking alone in the streets (Franz Kafka, Charles Baudelaire etc.) is not uncommon and is also a phrase I use to describe my lonely life in public. I think the theme and the language I use is nothing new, thereby the uniqueness. The only good thing with this poem is (as explained by addy):

My kiss touches the north
and then the south
of your lips
Then I touch the west
and then the east
of your rosy cheeks.

I can't remember my inspiration but the original text written by myself was posted in English on another, Swedish poetry forum as a different poem.

Best regards!