Would those of you who write poetry consider posting a poem or two here so we can share?

k. I'm a really bad poet, but I enjoy it. ;)

Alone
This one was actually published in 99:
Alone in the silence, a single sound creeps in.
A sense of loss overwhelms all thought;
And my soul shivers at the thought,
That alone in the night,
No one would notice me quietly passing by.
cw


I'm thinking about submiting this one, what do ya'll think?
Suicide of the Soul
Yes, I understand your dictate. And, yes, I will comply:
Eradicating myself ; so you will be more comfortable.
I will cease to peruse my hopes and dreams,
And drown in a drone-filled sea of monotonous toil.
All so your blank gaze will not falter as you look past me.
I will not question, create, or deviate from your line.
I will tread that straight, unending path to nowhere,
Another automaton dying a little more each day;
A puppet strung endlessly down nightmare's conduit.
cw


More bad poetry by me can be found here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~euphrasyne/id7.html

cheryl

I think you are good at this, Cheryl. I enjoyed them! Do submit! If you have the inclination to write poetry and share what you've written, then submit submit submit! I'd like to see poetry become mainstream again.

My poems are silly little Dorothy Parker type poems or limericks that amuse me and my friends. But I enjoy the talent of other poets.

Terri? Are you a poet as well?

Heidi,

I was once a "hormonal poet." During one of my pregnancies, I would wake up with poems floating through my head. I started writing them down, and I have them-somewhere. The poetry left and never came back when that particular set of hormones went away. Go figure.

I will try to find the cute little cat hair one I wrote.

Cheryl you are good. And, yes you should submit the second poem. I also rather enjoyed resignation. Cubeville. heheheh.

My 11 year old's class recently had a poetry reading which I really enjoyed. So hence the idea of an online post.

Terri

Oh Cheryl! I really liked Suicide of the Soul I felt kind of like that with my ex husband. It was the realization that I felt that way that made me decide a divorce was a good thing. Sad, but good.

Yes, submit your poems!!

Two ones that are sort of works in progress

The Train

I took a ride today
Through familiar country
Made anew
Softly blurred by speed
The rising sun streaking
A gentle line of gold upon
The rosy sky
The maligned leaves a golden halo
Resting upon the steel angels wings

I looked into the lives of others
Outside the terraced houses
Where children would play
Amidst the thunder of the passing trains
The people rising from down wrapped slumber
A small dog wrestling with a stick
The pastures and bare fields
And those upon the train
Papers clutched in sleepy hands

Those who would rather stare oblivious
Then catch the spark of another gaze
And yet still though whose heavy lids
Drawn down as a veil as they
Submit to half slumber
And perhaps to dream of some pleasant land
Of frosty pastures tinged with gold.

And an untitled one.

I know you are bad for me
An addiction
Dark and powerful
Hypnotic
You encircle me
So easily I give in
to you, to me
It's all the same
I feel the soft pressure on my lips
For only a second
Then a softer, warm caress
It slides though me
My body twists under it
A brief dance of the senses
Like a Roman Candle
I return to this plane
Bringing back but a faint tingle
A feeling that lingers
A pleasurable reminiscence
Masked by the bitterness
I am more your prisoner
Then I ever was before
The brief taste of you enslaves me
My hungers leans to to it
You leave behind your trace
My smile, tinged with guilty flecks
My hips, my stomach, my chest
Are guided by your command
You are my dark lover
My master, My love
As I bend to you once more
Your name falls from my lips
Chocolate

very nice! My daughter wrote a sonnet about chocolate. Great topic! :inlove:

I have a couple I will share (please note [as this is a public forum] these works are copyrighted and may not be reprinted in any form without the express written permission of the author. Any unauthorized use will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)

~1~

The luminescence of the bright moon
Lights up your pale skin
mother-of-pearl

And I am searching for you.

seeking your heat
like a puma in the barren wilderness.



~2~
My heart travels with you
when you go
it follows your every journey, dangles from
every word
every
FLASH
of your Green-Grass-Eyes

And it is these things that are the
truest truths
of all:
that when it stops - and lies
(so quietly and still)
in your large,
rough hands -
it is such a small thing.


it is the whole world.

ooh I like that one especially the way the words are arranged. :flowers:

Very nice, Mariah. I like it alot. :)

Thank you! :blushing: