A Poem about Poetry...
Some thoughts around writing.
PROMISE OF SPRING
2021 Spring: Another Spring dealing with COVID but things are looking up with the vaccination program. 2020: Spring Poem!! Trying to cheer all and sunder as the world seems a very dark place right now. However, we will make it through - be safe everyone.
LOVE 2 TXT
Its the first poem I ever wrote and I think the best one
Light
You know the Beginning: When the Heavens came into Being In that dark time, the eye begins to see, God met his shadow in the deepening shade; heard his echo in a weeping voice And The Light looked, Shining the barest part of Himself down, so
America
Freedom is always the toughest path, but a journey well travelled.
a right to shine
I spit bars for the cruel n the kind And stars shine brighter when ya free up the mind In a world where the blind are leading blind My suggestion for progression is to knock seek n find Banging on those same hollow doors But I gots my path n yo
A thousand islands in the sea
A thousand islands in the sea I am an island, all on my own, Eroded by the oceans foam, God’s heaven temporarily on loan, Like a grazing sheep, free to roam. A thousand islands in the sea, A plethora of souls isolated like me, I am a chron
Oscar
I try to watch The Ten Commandments and Schindler's List every year around Lent. "Whoever saves one life, save the world entire."
TWO PETALLED RED ROSE....
Two petalled red rose..! Using your soft lips as a brush While wet it in the red lipstick you applied on The artist called love Has drawn a two petalled red rose o
The ghost of Chairman Mao
In John Cooper Clarke style, some light relief.
this time
This time I'm gonna make you feel so right Gonna hold you more than tight I won't let you out ma sight This time I'll never make you feel blue With every waking moment you'll know this Love is true This time When I look into your eyes Cr
Blossom
Green leaf branches stretching The sun's glinting eye Awake the sleeping Barren branch Now blossoms in the sun Bud's open to the glow The rays of sun Life blossem to make The leaf grow Rise up into the sun Glistens from the heat A
Mike's Commandments
The Ten Commandments has been on TV before Palm Sunday for as long as I can remember. My favorite scenes are when Moses is being threatened with stoning when the slaves find out they have to make their bricks without straw and later when he throws the stone tablets with the ten commandments on them and he says, "Those who will not live by the law, shall die by the law!"
Poetry Drill with the Sarge
reading too many self-piteous juvenile poems on another site
Say A Prayer For Spiderman
You know him as a hero with a heart of gold But try to understand When you say your prayers Say a prayer for spiderman He wants good to conquer evil He wants love to be everywhere And people are happy when he shows up Cause they know he real
Beloved of my dreams
In honor of spring and the hope of good things to come for all
I’ve seen the ..........
A very old mate I haven’t spoken to for a long time ........
Lighter than air
the lines came to me during an evening walk in the mist .. the lanterns seemed to be hanging in the air
Last Dance
Rather mindless fascination and inspiration gotten looking out my kitchen window as old leaves and grass and flower head were whipped up into the air by the wind swirling around the corner of the back porch.
Circle of Life... Socrates Challenge.
Thanks Socrates for the challenge.
Socrates Said ..........
Just having a dig at this challenge ........
Dogs
Watching Eight Below which about sled dogs who help rescue a scientist and then their care giver goes back to rescue them in Antarctica.
Alcohol Free
With joy multiplying No way I am denying This truth Like the connection with da bluetooth Beaming Streaming Infinitely beaming And seeming To be Spiralling through to infinite possibility Feeling the bless Like YES Superman S upon ma
Fast Food
Sonic tonight!
Starlight Woman
We all came from stars, and to stars, we will return....
Halloween special - Hooded chair
Now which one would you think would be the infamous chair that even Napoleon sat the night before his defeat? Trivia. . . its a real story and rumours has it that it is sold to a private collector for 100,000 pounds in the mid 19th century Had a special poem just for Halloween,but i don't think i could get it up coz still not even half done yet,so this is a good ghost story for this trick and treat night. . .. Happy Halloween to all Poets from Ancient Bullman
Moon
Fly me to the moon Even if it’s on a spoon I want to go up there and see The light you shine down on me You never let me down Every night you come around I want to dance just you and me Take me to the moon I’ll sing you a tune All a
ALTERED EGO
This poem was inspired by the fairy tale mirror mirror on the wall... I thought mirror mirror on the ceiling would be a nice adult Twist. This was part of a project where we were decorating mirrors... My full length mirror was decorated fit for Freddie Mercury... and was exhibited at the Alley Theatre Strabane.
Spectre of the night
You feel a breath a icy chill Cold to touch You stand and stir on edge Was something Thier From corners eye you spy This thing a person stands and stirs Icy breath that chills your bones You stand and watch for no person there they see y
Why do you read my poems
Are you a vouyer to my past To read my words From my lifes journey On my journey of life's toil To find my hidden sole my life You read with such glee To find that hint of me My past my present My future not told I create these wor
The Story of Life
This poem applies to all living things: animals, plants, birds, fishes, insects, etc. Regardless of the type, they all undergo the stages of: Birth Growth Maturation Reproduction Decay Death iambic pentameter
Burmese Summer Rain
wet wet poetry
East
China nights
Enter the light i
I dreamed of light A up hill tunnel so bright Shines from heaven above Voices heard from distant past Familiar sounds Voices long gone They sound familiar could be my mum Long time gone taken in her prime We dare not make a sound you lis
The Lladro test
A reflection on Lladro porcelain figurines
Drugs
I find reasons to stay out of the drug problem, thou I have indulged in pop and junk food, which is probably one of the biggest contributors to our lowering of life expectancy in this country.
Reaching for the Light
From birth, reach for the light.
The Hooded Chair (French)
did it with imtranslator
Alone
This is a poem to remind us that with age we become lost from friends are families that once we where always with and as time goes by we lose touch with them
Sweet Lady of the Lakes and Fells
A Sonnet to my poetess buddy & muse.
Serenity
This poem is about losing someone dear to your heart and finding the strength in the little that is salvaged,,, and the light that shines way after your loved ones are gone,
The Canterbury Tales
As far as I have ever got in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, but an enchanting start, good for those experiencing Spring.