Hearts Queen takes stage loving you
Silver shines back one picture of a goddess centre stage before the eyes enters soul to soul realm standing purely hot blue flames ignite every gasp breathing on a bed of roses sleeps beauty The breath stops breathless apex splendour with
Self Discipline
What has to be done must be done Lazing around just will not pay Grab hold of yourself and move on Do what you have to do today Despite the mood you may be in Know time and tide wait for no one Get busy, start the ball rolling If not, you wi
Sailors In the Sky
Since I was a child, I have always admired the effortless gliding of vultures up in the sky. Among other gliding birds listed are albatross, eagle, condor, stork, frigatebird and seagull. It is a truly delightful to watch the marvellous gliding action of these birds way up in the sky as they ride the air currents. This poem is dedicated to them: the genuine avian sailors in the sky. (I have made some adjustments to the original to include some other gliding birds in the body of the piece).
Mom didn't die today
This was a day in my life when I was about 10 years old.
Childhood Memories: Vigus and I
Iambic hexameter (bentlee's challenge)
My Female Other Half - Past Lives
Reincarnation; or a change in form = transcendence. Death - the E.N.D? No - Energy Never Dies.
My Guitar's Rubaiyat
The pain of first love lost...
My Poem 1
The starry skies The moonlit night. Oh, let's just sit back And gaze this pleasant sight.
My Poem 2
In your company, I discovered a calm. A sense of freedom, Without any harm.
Two gun Suzie
Big trouble in little city
Peace
Contemplation time - Poem by Sara Teasdale 1884 - 1933 "Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914. In 1918 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1917 poetry collection Love Songs."
Pepperoni logic
Playing with Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic, a classic..
Ode to a meat pie
Studying meat pies, now in America apparently you can get only pot pies, not recommended though I see, but in NY, Michigan, Louisiana and wait for it McRadloff Wisconsin! you can get real meat pies, true? Florida you get some Latin American equivalents, SM? Do they put Guinness in the pies in Ireland Mick??
Red Hat
Maybe some lyrics
Equanimity
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same” (Extract from Rudyard Kipling's poem “If”) equanimity - a calm state of mind and attitude to life (Collins dictionary)
Covid-19
Reflections on current state of Covid-19 pandemic.
A Christmas Wish.
Peace and Goodwill.
A Waltz with Angels.
I often feel that lost kindred souls are never far away.
Snowy mountain
I like scenery
Ukraine
Things are looking dire in Ukraine, military surrounds the country, even subs in the Black Sea. Talk of millions of refugees if the Russians invade, right in the middle of winter, how will Europe deal with this one?
For the Isolated
Three quatrains, the last two lines of each borrowed from T.S. Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock
Fame and Stardom
Some notable celebrities who committed suicide: Whitney Houston(singer, actress) – drug overdose L'Wren Scott(fashion designer, model) - hanging Kurt Cobain(singer, songwriter) – bullet to head Tony Scott(Academy award winning actor) – jumped off bridge
LOVE OF LIFE
OK, so you and your bf/gf or spouse have broken up, or he/she has died. Though it may not be easy, now it is time to get a hold of yourself and move on with your life. This poem is dedicated to such persons. Remember: "Love of life is more precious than all other love"
Clouds and Sunshine
Some sunshine to cheer up those experiencing winter blues
The Wheel Of Life
The wheel of life keeps turning every day Birth, life and then the subsequent decay All living things must return whence they came The pattern always remaining the same All living things start life's journey at birth Become adult through the p
ChatGPT writes a poem
I asked ChatGPT the artificial intelligence programme to write me a romantic poem in the style of Pablo Neruda, here is what it wrote in about 2 seconds, scarily good!!
Birds that never flew
simple elegy for the ones we left behind
Things that go clunk in the night
A poem for children, with spooky things woooooh
The ghost of Chairman Mao
In John Cooper Clarke style, some light relief.
A Poem about Poetry...
Some thoughts around writing.
The Magnificent Air
The air we breathe is probably one of the most taken for granted things. It unites all living things. It levels the playing field. Some persons may consider human life to be superior to plant life. Yet, plants play a vital role in sustaining human life by replenishing the oxygen content of the air. They assimilate, into their structure, the carbon from the carbon dioxide human beings exhale and release the oxygen through photosynthesis, thereby replenishing the air's oxygen, which is vital for human existence (iambic pentameter).
I Am A Wildflower
Personification
The Covid Child.
It must be very difficult for children to make sense of Covid.
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
Ice dancer
Really enjoyed the ice dancing in Beijing, and those guys are strong holding up partners with one hand, even if they weigh only 50 kg its amazing to see. I'd struggle with 10kg over my head!!
Lime Rhyme on a Dime
Practicing rhyming even if its not generally my thing :)
Poem for the cat
Poetry for cats
CS Poetry Corner
I posted my first piece here on CS Poetry Corner in June 2013. There was a great camaraderie among the poets then and the subsequent years. It was a wonderful feeling that inspired other poets and myself in our writing. I have written this piece in honour of those days. It was inspired and motivated by the song: “Those Were The Days” by Mary Hopkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE
Ovarian
A montage of random lines, hope you like the effect even if the meaning is questionable!
serpentine blue
toying with a rhyme
A Lovers Lament..
The pain of love....
Xmas card from a broad
toying with "a letter from abroad.."