Flowers
Here's something, simply to be pleasant - and say, "Farewell" FlowersI plan to let the flowers tell me whyTo sit among them, basking in the sunTo let a thousand questions pass me byAnd for an hour,...
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Hi all This is my first post here, although I've been reading threads for a while. I like writing the odd sonnet, just for enjoyment's sake, really, but thought it would be useful to join a community...
View ArticleThis one is odd.
I wrote a very odd piece, here in the land of unwashed insomnia. Is it too - "out there"? Or not "out there", enough? Brian P.S. Sapphire, you were right, of course - but I had to take off for a bit...
View ArticleThe Blessing
I'm trying to ease off on being clever. I hope this comes across as more honest: The Blessing - A Moment of Silence The silence serves to let the spirit breathe; An empty mind can hold a profound...
View ArticleThe Sea
I've been known to be a bit murky in my poetry. This should be less so. The Sea The day I lost you, daddy told me then, My son, there are many fish in the sea. Don't fret, you'll soon find someone...
View ArticleWriter's Block
Writer's Block I'm just about prepared to run away, To give up writing, leave it all behind. I feel that I have nothing good to say: A broken poet, with a broken mind. I think my life is something of...
View ArticleA general suggestion.
This is a place where being critical is necessary - and appreciated. When we basically are tearing a person's words apart, our natural tendency is to want to put things together again. But writing...
View ArticleThe Perfect Question
The Perfect Question There is a perfect question you can ask To help your student realize their mind: When learning's not a burden or a task - It's buried treasure, and a thrill to find. When: "What's...
View ArticleTo my brother
Hi all, any thoughts on this would be gratefully received. Thank you. To my brother In childhood I'd yearningly pretend my brother's faulty brain could be repaired; he'd turn into a sibling I...
View ArticleSaying, "Good-bye" (revised)
Saying, "Good-bye" I guess I'll never get to say, "good-bye", As glassy eyes just stare across the room. I think of all the ways that people die,.. For when I meet that stare, I see my doom. I wonder...
View ArticleEVIL TWIN
Two bullies, brothers, ugly, friends to none, Identical, but not in every way, Confront me often. I hear what they say, And I’ve determined who’s the toxic one. I dread the first because he’s in my...
View ArticleTo my father
Here's another poem inspired by a family member! It's a good way of releasing pent-up emotion As always, your astute insights are much appreciated. Thank you. To my father (1st draft) My crackling...
View ArticleA Thankgiving Card, to old friends.
I'm here in the U.S., and sending a thanksgiving message out. Don't need feedback, just being a good neighbor - and saying, "Thank you."Thanks 4 ThanksI'm grateful for the simple fact of thanks:That...
View ArticleFriday the Thirteenth
Shots. Amplified inside the club. So loud that everything which followed was confusion. So many voices screaming in the crowd. & I was dreaming this was an illusion projected on a silent movie...
View ArticleEVIL TWIN
Two bullies, brothers, ugly, friends to none, Identical, but not in every way, Confront me often. I hear what they say, And I’ve determined who’s the toxic one. I dread the first because he’s in my...
View ArticleAn Early Christmas Present.
The Psycho-Accoustic Underlayment of Verse: This, I have learned, is the underlying pattern of metered verse, if you follow it - your poetry will sound, lovely. You pick a basic vowel sound scheme....
View Articlethe Candidates Debate
[draft two]"You're fired," he says. & each contestant blowshis nose, or hers, gets up, & turns away. Despite the pasty face, the bad toupee, the dialogue...
View ArticleOwed to Poe rewritten as The Nature of the Beast.
The Nature of the Beast Deceptive is the surface of the lake, That just reflects the mountains and the sky. For lurking in the depths is God's mistake: The kind of fool that only makes you cry. We...
View ArticleThe Model
She’s dressed in nothing but her lingerie as she steps forward. Even though her eyes stare straight ahead, her breasts and slender thighs still emphasize the fashions on display. Her trademark walk,...
View ArticleIs this an acceptable rhyme scheme?
I have written what I hope is a sonnet, with this scheme: ABBA ABBA ABBA CC I thought that I had seen examples of this, but now I can't find any. Can someone tell me whether a poem with this scheme...
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