Truth
Like the gentle clouds that float above head Memories, times that seem to have stood still A book with the end I not yet have read Just holding me against my fragile will The warmth of the comfort of knowing you Holds me close wh
Update for my Challenge
Will close the challenge on 30th sept I will then ask that you all our poets judge each others poems. score them out of 10 do not score your own poem put your score here on this page apart from your own you can score everyone else whoever scor
Pseudo Reality
just wondering about fake personalities if 'twere possible, what is the reality
Challenge to all poetry corners Poets
In the past we have had lots of fun doing this type of Challenge and made good friends along the way so Come on poets join in and get to know each other better My Challenge is for you to write about "What Three Things You would Take " Rem
What Would You Take?
What would you leave behind If you could only choose three things? would it be gold, jewellery or some such like? or some of the more mundane things. Image that you will be on an isolated island what three things would serve you best? would i
No title
any idea for a title for this? i can't think of one, . . .
Nairobi
N ows here the place Joy Adams was chased A s the lion cubs let loose followed her scent I n haste through stores and stalls in riotous glee R ight to her they led George he begged her to stay O utwitted in her ploy to go she tried again to leave
A secret
It's a lovely look at life
The Drove
The trail was long and very dusty great clouds pluming up from hooves of the vast herd being wrangled on 300 more miles of eating their dust Bandanas tightly wrapped round faces cries of "get up there" ringing out bawling calves separated fro
Wonder Tree
Illusion...deception....change
A conversation with my beloved
Oer' the clouds so high through the crimson sky Terns dance and fly playing happily towards the tide. The ocean ebbs and flows to to the subtle motion of the moon glow. My beloved appeared unto me out of the wind swept sea I see her walki
Moondance
One night She danced upon the moon A summer night of June The stars sang to her a lovely tune Yet, tears flowed from her eyes as she looked up into the night skies She could hear the howling of the wolf cries as the wind whistled and moaned.
Time
The old saying goes You can please some of them some of the time but, can't please them all the time. Love never happens on time but always at the proper time. We are a race obsessed with time always in a hurry going nowhere waiting within tim
Ivory
Incandescently shining white Velvet soft to the touch Oval shaped shells of oyster Rings embedded in walnut wood Yellowing slowly as it ages
Faceless man
To be a faceless man to hide within the shadows stealth as I can Nobody would know if I shed a tear or judge me happy or sad or running in fear. Oh, but I may not be truly seen of what others could try to glean if I had no face to clean. I
A moment of introspection
A moment of introspection As I ponder my reflection I sometimes hate what I see based on a bitter reality I am learning just how insignificant I really am to the mass majority Those who may see this, there is little to miss of it's morality.
Journeys
Traveling the roads of destiny many surprises to be found each leading to some new beauty Some journeys taken most blithely for exotic places we are bound traveling the roads of destiny Fabulous sights from balcony of spires and ancient ba
Blessings of the Moonflower
Visions of the Goddess have danced in my head She writhed and twisted as if I had her abed The shock of awe was nothing to dread She has filled my dreams as water on the “bled” Now her magic fills me in her stead Leading me onward where cowards
My Muse
I crossed the bridge of sanity I stood there, feeling invincible At the crossroads, eternity one side The other leading to liberty Sympathy I had not asked for Nor was I terrified at all For I carried the sword of lost illusions With it I co
A Wet Day (Monorhyme)
I took a stroll on a wet November day following a track down to the byway there was a pile up causing a long delay nearby some heaps of trash left to decay rumbling sounds as I cross the tramway then down the steep hill to the walkway Into th
Road Trip (rhyming acrostic)
Rolling down the dusty unmade road Over the rackety bridge we rode A slow trickle of water under it flowed Driving on even though the road narrowed Tranquillity not at all overshadowed Room to breath w
White Dragon
He was chasing the white dragon as he sat puffing on his hubby bubbly soon he was afloat in a world of dreams not a care in the world for his family who would, again, go hungry this night He sat squandering his and their lives carried of into
Doom
A being of thought cut from the cloth of destruction and wrath A soul of the sovereign gives hope to the goblins myth and mayhem! This kid of Abraham- on skids row EVIL exists, just to- let you kids know Bearing my cross slave to the los
Phi
Premeditated massacres- In life we're just some passengers evil doers act as us- tongues a boom bappin rappin drum Spirit flung from on high, to flesh level, a deaf rebel vibrating like a sound wave, vacant as a vacuum gracious, taking all t
Dancing with the divine…
I find myself drawn to pen and paper, suddenly, I have no idea why, but, I decide to give it a whirl and see what comes through… I love you, I love you, I love you, Is a refrain that has been drumming around in my cranium these days…, Love who?
Glow
Glowing in loves hold Rain tenderly touching me Crossing mountains peak
I'm Afraid That You Are Forgetting
this was a song that was written and published by my grandma in 1931
Music for the Soul
Sit back and listen to the music let it flood over you stirring your soul as you listen to the oh so haunting notes close your eyes and drift away on wings Each note so sharp and crystal clear what need for words as you hear angel's wings bea
Impress Me
Impress me Don't try to impress me I know you all to well the market trader look when planning a deal I just know you are trying weighing the odds to pull a fast one over some poor sucker The sheepish look when you have cheated flowers and
A Word of Cheer
Im just a poem on a block of wood, I would talk and play as you do if I could, But I have to stay here day and night, And never grow in width or height. My auther says she put me here to give all a word of cheer.
Homage to Kipling
Homage to Kipling Do you ever ponder on the purpose of life? wonder why things turn out the way they do? ever look back and think I did that wrongly? then go and make exactly the same mistake? ("If you can dream- and not make dreams your mas
In hope of...
After I wrote this piece, I actually finished reading the last pages of Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol', and incredibly the very last word in the narrative was precisely 'Hope'. A huge coincidence, really.
To Live
To Live is a blessing we take for granted how often does one pause and enjoy the simple things yet intricately made splendorous beauty of hollyhocks bowing Stop, look and think, study your surrounds think of how each thing you see counts how
Age
I rail against my feeble body that once was so swift despair when tasks take three times longer now it crept up on me seemly overnight, this thing they call age, it pulls me down with it's agonising slowness Always been the adventurer travelli
Never cross over
Never cross over to the other side The side of the dark world Where anticipated desires Will be met with deaths deception..and a soul killing Never cross over I say For you shall surely.. Die!
Treasure Chest
As I walked along the beach I came across something buried opening the lid it gave a screech then stuck until it was jimmied Tentatively I looked inside excitedly to my amazement it was full of scrolls I opened and stared at them blankly
Dreams
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Chocolate (soulgoddess challenge)
so even in 1100 BC there was tax or tribute as then called it is known to lower high blood pressure and is very toxic to cats and dogs
The Dark Fortress (couplet)
It sat high on a hill above the town Foreboding facade staring down Centuries old much it had seen They say that haunted is the keep Unearthly noises float downwards When the moon shines northwards Yet safe under its watchful eye Most p
Sprechgesang
I chose this title for it seemed to fit the theme!
You Can Help
Every day as you pass people by, pause and think why is he living on the streets? Obviously a soldier who once fought so all of us could continue in our safe lives yet now abandoned even forgotten, what brought this pass? Just think if every pa
CHALLENGE
I thought how about we all write a poem about our favourite Poetry Corner poet. We have many real characters who are good poets No Time Limit your title must include the name of your chosen poet (real or screen name) Lets have some fun and put som