Poetry thread

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Since everyone is posting Poe poems, I figured I'd share my favorite one! 

 

Alone

 

From childhood's hour I have not been

As others were I have not seen

As others saw I could not bring

My passions from a common spring

From the same source I have not taken

My sorrow I could not awaken

My heart to joy at the same tone

And all I lov'd I lov'd alone

Then in my childhood in the dawn

Of a most stormy life was drawn

From ev'ry depth of good and ill

The mystery which binds me still

From the torrent, or the fountain

From the red cliff of the mountain

From the sun that 'round me roll'd

In its autumn tint of gold

From the lightning in the sky

As it pass'd me flying by

From the thunder, and the storm

And the cloud that took the form

(When the rest of Heaven was blue)

Of a demon in my view

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   Dandelion Flower

 

 I am a pretty flower

   so much lovelier than

a weed

 

To ridicule and hate me

 like you do,

there surely is no need

 

  I wear a beautiful

coat, colored green, and a

  hat painted yellow

 

  When you think of me

don't be mad. Be glad,

    be happy,

           be mellow

 

     You have made it your

life's ambition

      to make me

  give up and to

           disappear

 

       but to disappoint the

   little kids, not you, is

my greatest fear

 

  The battle was over

when I emerged

 

  on a warm Spring day

in May, to the sound of little

 children shouting...

 

    'Dandelions'

 

 Pretty flowers for my

    Mother. 

 

copyright 2006

     

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Wow, BB's are some incredible poets. Out of pain comes vulnerable beauty. I love this thread. Here is another of mine from this year.

 

 

 

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The tale begins "Love is patient, love is kind…”

But alas, months of sharing must be left behind:

 

This is how it began,

He the spider said to the fly,

“Open your heart my dear and give Love a try.”

 

Hesitant and wounded the fly opened her wings,

And for a while together they did sing.

She bore her soul for the very first time,

But the spider betrayed her trust,

An unforgivable crime.

 

From the beginning she knew something was amiss,

But she chose to close her eyes to this.

The fly wanted a soul mate so badly she had to try,

For she no longer wanted in loneliness to cry.

 

As they shared their life stories,

He impressed her by boasting of all his glories.

The spider quoted from philosophy books,

But wise words he used as hooks.

 

Then one night the world heard a horrible SNAP!

And inevitably it was the sound of his trap.

The web broke open from the intensity of the force,

The event was so shocking,

It frightened her of course.

 

So the fly departed after her narrow escape,

Off into the dark abyss of a night sky,

With tears running down her face.

 

That a spider could love a fly,

She could see now was a silly dream.

Into the night air she did scream.

 

The spider had told her he was a true honest friend,

A soul mate forever, until the end.

So you see that the fly had been caught in a twisted web,

And realized she lost what she never really had,

A tale which has ended,

Not happy but sad.

 

©ButterflyEffect 2011

 

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Hand in Hand - travuz AD2011

 

She lay beside with me, like any other night

Breathing gently, sighing slightly

I watched her quietly, as she lay there

Not wanting to wake her

I did not want to disturb those dreams

That brought such a smile to her face

So I continued to gaze

As she slept there contentedly

I was happy simply to watch her sleep

 

She woke startingly, as I slept beside her

The day was young, the sun shone outside

She dressed quickly, laughing that she forgot

That is why the clock did not go off

The world was moving on ahead without us

She was smiling with a twinkle in her eye

Soon she ran out the door

So I got up and then got dressed

And followed down after her

All I wanted was to see her smile

 

The sky grew dark as rain moved in

She held on to me on the wooden bench seat

The thunder made her clingy

And there it was...that childlike frown

She jumped uncomfortably...then giggled

As the thunder rolled in from afar

She snuggled closer still

As a lightning burst lit the dark outside

So I held her

That is all I needed to comfort me

 

She and I grew old together

I never noticed it in all those years

She was life and with her came eternal joy

Her beauty did not fade

Her smile was just as bright

And there she lay upon the bed

Weary from time and age

She gave me her hand one last time

Her life slowly fading

And as she fell asleep

One last and final time

I thought of my days with her

And the nights beside her

The gifts she gave me were more than I could count

She is all I ever wanted...all I ever needed

Now she was gone forever more

And so I lay me down to sleep

The world could do well without me

But I could not say the same

For without her...I would not be whole

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          2120

 

        Plastic

 

    looking apples

 

      hanging

 

 

  from artificial

 

        trees

 

        once

 

    there were

 

      honey

 

        bees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I wish I were - travuz AD2011

 

To stare at the cloudy sky above

With fleeting images that wander by

I wish I were a child again

If I could be so free

Running through grassy fields

Wishing upon a distant star

It would be fun

What a laugh

To skip in the blazing heat

And jumping through the sprinkled water

What a sight that was

Coming home wet

And tracking water through the kitchen

Boy was mum mad that day

But when I got a cold

When I couldn't breath

She sat right by my side

As I sipped on the hot soup

And later as I fell asleep

I could hear her whispered prayer

That God makes me better

And she promises not to be angry

She will never do it again

Just make her son better

 

Then off to school

Where all my friends pushed

And someone would bang a locker

The hall monitor

He's a friend too, so he lets it pass

But I got older

I'm in bed right now

I'm sick really bad

And that was just a dream

My mother is aged now

She doesn't feed me soup

She still prays a lot

She sits by and cries

Praying to God to make her child better

She won't do it again

Like this is her fault

I never know what tomorrow will bring

I am not so strong any more

Boy I wish I were a kid again

Those were good days

Just to be carefree