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December 25, 2008
Unswerving in heartfelt allegiance A binding tie that unites and holds us Far more than merely being forever Faithful to an ideal, cause, or custom This between us is a divine union Expressing and showing fidelity A commitment true and exemplary One that inwardly consumes and engulfs Outwardly ..
December 16, 2008
William Shakespeare wrote that parting was sweet sorrow. Rather or not it is sweet or not may be up for debate but the fact that it brings great sorrow cannot be denied. Losing those we love to the unavoidable circle of life creates a wound that never really heals. In many cases it leaves emptiness .
November 11, 2008
May this land stop, May this sky hide forever, Whenever I see your face, Whenever I see your face,If you permit me, I can love you a little more my love, Sit in front of me, So I can fill my empty heart and my empty eyes, When you get upset, the night falls immediately, Without you it hides in my ..
November 11, 2008
I fear that is this a dream Today the one who is mine, where will he be tomorrow The fearing heart asks me again and again The fearing heart asks me again and again Waiting trusting & loving you, how much I do that Waiting trusting & loving you, how much I do thatTears in my eyes used to appear and .
October 15, 2008
I'm just a carpenter, but even carpenters have a need for a little mystery on occasion. This smoky-eyed woman, that's right, I said woman, taught me that there is mystery all around if you just open your eyes and look for it. Mystery, wonder, excitement, sadness, joy. If you pull your head out of ..
October 15, 2008
Life can be very sad. On the other hand, It can be delightfully happy, too. These words describe the happiness I felt, even though it was only temporary. But what in life is truly permanent? Only you can answer that. You probably will be what you are now, so lighten up and enjoy things while you ..
October 14, 2008
What if - the largest creatures left in the sea, in the sea disappear for the sake of imagined enemies? Sonar, Sonar, Ping, Ping, Bang? - What if - the sound of the large creatures makes a heavenly noise that only God hears first coming from the planet? Prayer to you. Prayer to you. Thou whom are ..
October 14, 2008
I always say “yeah, I know" when someone talks about being in love and being married. But the fact is, I don't. I can only imagine what it must be like. The warmth of her body in your bed, early in the morning, before you rise. While she lies there, asleep, you look at her face and wonder ..
October 14, 2008
A SmilePure as spring water Overflowing like a river Can make your day Can break your day Telling a storySmile so powerful Rainbow colourful Singing wonderfully Beyond words loveable Each day available Each night kissableWarm as a morning sun Cool as a summer rain Dancing wholeheartedly Dazzling ..
October 14, 2008
Who knows what good can come of the joining of two in holy matrimony? Certainly not me. I've never been married. That doesn't mean I haven't come very close, indeed, ‘cause I have. But that's another life and for another time. The words here tell much about how I felt a long time ago when I ..
October 14, 2008
Every so often, I get restless. I feel hemmed in and I must get away from things around me. When I was younger, I used to get drunk to solve that problem. As I got older and wiser, I found what I was searching for. To fly is a gift of separation from the earth for a while. It helps me to think ..
October 13, 2008
Note: All poems for this book were selected (or chosen with careful review) in August of 2007, except for “Kisses," chosen, and added to this selection in, October, of 2008 for its extraordinary content, intensity, and external effects.English VersionSounds of doves kissing under the moon you .
October 04, 2008
What Can I Say?Gender bender, radical right. Fortnight coming, out of sight! Tumultuous times, mornings anew. Filled with rapture, yet sensing doom! Where am I now? Where will I be? No recognition of truth, What do I see? Askance is my vision, narrowing now! To what is expected, why and how? ..
October 02, 2008
In their wonder years, as they evolve from innocence to experience, this awkward age offers lighter and darker sides of everyday life. These frustrating years can often be times of utter silence.Poetry for teens can be a means of releasing the emotional loss of a friend, family member or even a ..
September 30, 2008
Who knows why these things happen. I met her at a store where I was doing some renovations. One day I had to pass by her to get to my work, but she stood in my way. She held out her hand and when she opened it, there was a Hershey's Kiss. At first I was confused. Then, I understood that this ..
September 30, 2008
Dear God:You know that we Iranian people are working hard to make sense of the unfolding events back home that hurt our souls constantlyYou know that we are trying to comprehend the tyranny forced upon us, the bemoaning culture put on our shoulders, and the intricate retrogressionYou know that we ..
September 30, 2008
Writing for online poetry journals will not get you rich, but it will bring you personal satisfaction and can help your writing career. As the price of paper and gas go up, many periodicals are choosing to go in part or entirely online. There are many e-zines of high literary quality and a ..
September 30, 2008
What a shame that the president of a country does not know about history.What a shame that the president of a country does not respect the world.What a shame that the president of a country does not recognize his own problems in relation to the nation he is this much distant from.What a shame that ..
September 19, 2008
Lily is my inner child. She dances within animated faery pictures laced with rainbows. She beacons a light hearted soul sometimes found in me. Lily... that's what I've named her. I think of her as someone separate from me my solace my pretend celtic design tattoos of creativity. We often sit ..
September 14, 2008
TRY AGAINTry again my brothers Try again my sisters To try is to search To succeed is to have found and learning Try once more To try is successTrying is living Living is success To stop trying is to start dying Never to try is the ultimate death Cos try and fail try and fail is living But living ..
September 02, 2008
I wish that you will be brave and always bold So you can arise and pursue your passion Putting feet to your faith and taking action.I wish for you self control which leads to success As you harness yourself to be your personal best.I wish that you will be still and quiet your soul When ..
August 31, 2008
White gauze on her eyes taking hostage of her thinking bandages over her mind listless... she fell.Someone whispered to me, "She will not fall far no not far at all. No need to worry about Lily. Walk here along this splendid path one careless step is as good as the other if you don't envision an ..
August 20, 2008
Love in all of its splendor and beauty is magnificent, is wonder is agape, is delight does not manipulate or seek for its rightLove is a song, a beautiful melody breath and symphony dance and delicious taste and create, more to the heart and never goes awayLove does the things that are possible ..
August 17, 2008
Why is everything we see and hear designed to bring us down, as we walk about in a daze with our face in a perpetual frown. The media and press don't help in any way, all they seem to depict is fighting and violence and never kids at play.Although, indeed it may appear the world is being held to ..
August 17, 2008
Hsu Chicheng. REAPPEARANCE. (Chinese-English). Trans. Yang Zongze. Publishers: The Earth Culture Press (USA). Chongqing City, P.R.China, 2008, pp. 153. Price: US$ 15.00. ISBN 978-0-9637599-6-5/A.061Getting old is not only natural but also a blessing from God. It is an opportunity to rejuvenate ..
August 15, 2008
Twice put high (WWI & “WWII) Twice put low (Dec 7, and 9/11) What is happening to you, America? The Orient is weakening you! You have conflicts everywhere, And when the time of need comes You'll have no fruit to bear..." Yes, of yes, Alas! But you will fail At the time of real need-your ..
August 14, 2008
Poetry is as alive as it ever was although its modern form seems a world away from its traditional arrangement of close rhyme and tightly rhythmic verse. With the general tendency towards shortened English (eg textspeak) in common use and with the perceived (although not by all of us) reduced ..
August 13, 2008
-A great dark bird (B-1) circles above.- It is hard to ignore as I approach and park, then go do a late day routine. - Lines in the desert seem more crisply defined with clear blue sky overhead. - Black silhouette against electric blue is hard to miss. - Driving here everyday sees training flights ..
August 13, 2008
In a world so cold So cold and lonely No one to talk No one to call my homieMom ain't around Drugs took her along time ago I ain't seen her in three days since she walked out the front doorFather to drunk to know that I exist alcoholic step dad says “I'm to pretty to resist"I pray every night .
August 08, 2008
I am the stem of a flower the road home. I am a walk in an English garden. I am every goodnight story that you can barely remember. I am a caring stroke across your forehead. I am a gentle breeze through an open window.I am waiting... still to find those sentiments those folds within the daylight ..
August 07, 2008
You and I yesterday like swine started a living together Casually playing, running and rolling in a corrupt bed of mud. Birds sitting side by side conversing high up on a love nest And mindless of the world's interpretation and the perception Of an irresistible lust once meant to cover and control ..
August 07, 2008
There I was an insomniac searching shut eyes in the night. Just thinking about our little verbal and heated altercation; "Quite a debate," you said. Oh! That's what you called it. Let's not get bent out of shape words are just words.Fact is, words can make us or sometimes they break us. Can't quite .
August 07, 2008
When you are in love and want to express your feelings to your partner, we believe that the best way is through love poems. When the reason is love then every person is a poet. Just review your thoughts in your mind, each and every moment that you spent with your partner and the places you been ..
August 07, 2008
so confused where do I stand? do you want to be here with me hand in hand are we the same people we were when we met? or are you changing me are you my biggest threat? I cant tell anymore where I end and you begin my heart has hit the floor over and over again.you showed me what it was like to fall .
August 01, 2008
Watch out!Here they comeInebriated and cluelessMentally incoherentPrepared to kill someoneNever mind that someoneBecause it's all about themTheir drink, party, and funDon't worry about anyoneBeyond me, myself, and IWho cares if somebody does cryCertainly not drunk happy IBecause I'm soaked with ..
August 01, 2008
Running on empty far too longHelp me sweet Jesus get by!Get beyond just getting by!To live the true abundant lifeBefore I reach for pie in the skyTo bring heaven's blessings to earthBefore I think to weep, sob, and cryEmpower me to live again and flyHigher than my perplexing ..
July 31, 2008
I wanted to give my heart to you, and really be myself, but the way things were between us couldn't simply help themselves. You'll never be completely mine, we must be realistic, for you have so much in your life that makes things complicated.I have a lot of love to give, yet gave it all to you. I ..
July 30, 2008
Sadly too often familiarityBreeds contempt most deadlyPeople disrespected and dividedIrritable and miserably moodyTaking one another for grantedSpeaking hastily and most angrilyActing defiantly and boisterouslyBulldozing over each other devilishlyDisregarding simply loving humanitySelf-centered and .
July 30, 2008
Songs of wisdom from the westward sea, A Mermaid sang her melody, Let not your heart be sad with care, For miracles are everywhere!Come walk with me at break of day Where Seagulls fly and Dolphins play, Stir up the lost shells from the deep, Evict surprises sands can't keep.Gather cracked ones ..
July 30, 2008
Stop! Drop and roll we were told Not bad advice if you're on fire Of course others might want to If being fired upon in dangerous combat Some drop down a bit when dancing Others when in passionate romancing Roll with the punches when you're boxing Be flexible and adaptable when fighting Don't run ..
July 30, 2008
Because I had an anniversary coming up, I've been looking, recently, at websites specialising in grief, loss and bereavement. I lost my daughter some years ago, so I know what it's like coping with grief. It hits you like a sledge hammer, when you least expect it. One minute you're fine. The next ..
July 29, 2008
Poetry they say is an extension of your soul, a pouring of your spirit. All that is within you is expressed in words, be it love, pain, sorrow, care, etc. It is a great way to express oneself, if you have the talent to do so. There is a great difference between writers and poets. Poets are moody (a .
July 29, 2008
" The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him." Cher"Love is the self-delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex." Daniel S. Greenberg"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble." .
July 28, 2008
Done Under The Influence Of: “Johannes Brahms's (1833-1897) String Sextet No. 1 Andante ma moderato in B-flat Major".Title: Love Without TimeWhere are going? Where have we been my love? Where has time taken us since we've been apart? Who knows and who gives a dam?Do we need to know anything ..
July 28, 2008
Thank you poems are a great way to say thank you. Here are a few original verses I wrote for you to use in your thank you cards, scrapbook pages or to Email to someone in your life to let he or she know you appreciate them.Use this non-rhyming verse to say thank you around the holiday season. Great .
July 27, 2008
When convenience kills Is such even a possibility? Could such a thought be An absolute foolish absurdity? Perhaps a mistatement entirely? No my friend on the contrary For even I myself do also agree I appreciate modern convenience I consider it indeed a brilliance However when it begins to kill ..
July 26, 2008
Journalist/critic H.L. Mencken called poet Carl Sandburg “an American in every pulse-beat". It's probably safe to say that if this is true, then poems Carl Sandburg are the beats of that pulse."Hope Is A Tattered Flag" expresses the dreaminess of Americans and their staunch attitude of always .
July 23, 2008
I got thinking today, of the stuffed animals, teddy bears, I used to have as a young boy, they were well made when I was a child, so completely put together, as I remember, I had eighteen, pressed them against me, hugging them, they came one day into my imaginary world and stayed for years, some I ..
July 23, 2008
Last night I had a dream, and I said to it this morning, “Where did you come from?..." In that dream there was a toilet, and a long yellowish fat snake, the nature of it went unexplained, I flushed it down, a demon was someplace chewing gum, watching the final aspect of the dream wove with ..
July 23, 2008
Frozen, that is how I feel. At times, I am still haunted by our flaws, together.Some people must take separate roads, travel does not come easy, despite what you thought, I truly never blessed it.Evenings get cold, sometimes, still, without breezes, and oft times without breathing.You remember that .
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