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A passing shower dampens an old cobblestone street
With a rolling fog hanging close to a distant shore
How many years how many seasons would this repeat
Be as many as the smoothened old stones she wore
Silent are the old whaling vessels of a once mighty fleet
Still haunting the cragging coastline of much local folklore
Trancends her airy footprints of a woman once so petite
A tale whose loss and fame still curdle the faded heartsore
A once mighty princess of a new world growing elite
She was so fair and so blessed for all sailors to adore
She married a captain brave and most couragious effite
But for a mighty gale took his life left her a widow threescore
Today the colorful shops attract young couples replete
With all the charm and nostlagia of the past in a tour
Just beware a curse the ghost of an old gray lady bleat
As she still wanders at large spreading her grief all o'er
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Posted: Jun 2011
About this poem:
Inspired by a recent breakup after a visit to Nantucket Isle...strangely enough....
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Author: Unknown
Same People everywhere ..!!
I need to get out of this country
Same Story.. !
Same things i do everyday
I think i need a holiday ..!
And I go on and on
Like a Hero with no powers
I still need to move out & on
Gotta throw out your flowers !!
It's time to forget you
it's time to live for me
Gotta hold on to what i used to be
Before you , there were no such thing as a goodbye
Gotta tell you this before i Cry
Give me back my Life
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Posted: Jun 2011
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blowing
pulling
tugging
beating
endlessly upon my brow
crashing
enveloping
all encompassing
gail force
asphyxiating
the beating inside my breast
who can sail without
the wind?
the hull - weather worn
salt air
cold within
stinging
biting
ripping inside my lungs
fighting
gasping
breathing
extremities
going numb
burning
turning
rope slicing through
well calloused palms
cursing and
bleeding
straining
one more knot among many
this gray
and tattered rigging
the waves come on.
ceaselessly.
as the tides
icy water spray
refreezing this deck
chop
and cut
bang
break and bust.
the ice building
layer upon layer
must unlock this ship from its
slushy moor
hollow thumping
against the docks
slow roll of the Ocean
the swaying of the masts
sails hanging
sadly
heavy with the fog
increasing
turning
steady into rain
incoming downpour
racing into the end of night
darkness settled in
snugly into every nook
every cranny
filling it to its bursting point
burn for only one more night
this dwindling supply of that midnight oil
not for nourishment
nor for warmth
only a little light
i pray
give me something
anything at all
to light the way
the craft pulls slowly away
riding with the
outgoing tide
waiting for that morning ray
hopeful against apparent odds.
the wind starts up slowly
hair slapping against my cheek
the gulls floating and dipping
merely a silhouette over the bow
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Posted: Jun 2011
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the scream
and cries
skree and skrawl
alight and perch
beady eyes - head cocked
watching me warily
shrieking its call
for encouragement
or for warning
i may never know
the flock had begun
their decent
these foulest of fowl
cluttering
and crowding
my poor deck with this
eternal skwawking
fighting for position among
what appears
to be peers
I gaze and watch in wonder
the fighting and pecking
survival a must
living on
one breathe at a time
shuffling along
the filth and the crust
purposefully exhale
this weight of despair
waiting for the tension to lift
reveal to me
this great and good plan
Gods mighty decision
for the benefit of man
to be held and loved
trust and respect
abandoned and alone
spite and neglect
yet the Ocean crashes on
my mere presence insignificant
lost in this labyrinth
of utter bewilderment
my mind as numb
as these fingers
clutching the net
cast and release sorrow and regret
all familiar feelings now
as i cut up this bait
blood and meat
and alone i await
loneliness is a feeling
a companion to my soul
no greater addition of joy
fills that burnt hole
look towards the future
that far away horizon of content
always
just out of reach
this watery passing of time
for naught
these years spent
these same waves
may not pass below this craft again
only these same thoughts of despair
and cast away thoughts
of self mutilation
may this surplus of
heartache lend
alone and adrift
the fresh air calms my brain
i question my impulse for death
may be closer to sane
what of those questions
unanswered from Gods own mouth
fully expecting some
unthought reasoning
for me to cast about
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Posted: Jun 2011
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Author: Unknown
I guess it's true
What they said about you
Guess they were right after all
I had no clue
What you were
And You've let go..
You loved yourself
Instade of me
You broke the heart
That once you said you need
Told me : who would love you
More than me !?
Well, I never thought you would be so unhappy
I thought You were the one for me
Goodbye , you cold hearted lover
Goodbye , we're ending forever
Im hurt by you over and over
In every mintue im getting older
Next to you Im not stronger
Even if i loved you more then me
Cold hearted Lovers Always Leave .. !!
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Posted: Jun 2011
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I'm sitting here in this chair
Let me cook him dinner before I wash my hair
I've been waiting all day just to hear him speak
Because in the real world he never listen to me
So the door finally open I said hey honey you're finally home
He never said a word that's why I feel so along
I'm wondering to myself is it something that I've done
So I whisper into his ear please listen to me before the dark turn into the sun
He had this look in his eyes as things began to unfold
All of a sudden the room became so very cold
He was holding my picture and he finally spoke
How could you leave me I loved you so
I said to myself there's a reason why he never listen to me
Were both standing in the mirror but his reflection is the only one I c
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Posted: Jun 2011
About this poem:
About love and lost
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I hate the fact that I gave you my heart to keep but you tore it apart and leave.
I hate the fact that I gave you my arms to hold but sadly you were so cold.
I hate the fact that I adored you more than everyone, but now I think everything is done.
I hate the fact that I loved you so and finally I had to let you go.
I hate the fact that I thought you were super perfect and no one could compare, but actually you were just a super perfect nightmare.
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Posted: Jun 2011
About this poem:
Just tried to write a poem in another style. lol :p
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Author: Unknown
Wherever i'am babe im always walkin with you.,
but i look and you are not there,
Whoever im with...,im always..always talkin to u.,
but its sad that u can't hear,
so sad that u can't hear,.
Each day and night i pray and hope that i might.,
find u.,bcoz heart can do no more...,
i owe u alot, but it only reminds me how fool iam..,
to fall from a married guy like u..,:(
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Posted: Jun 2011
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Trust is a two way thing
Hearing your fone ring
The other end someone is there
Wanting to know you care
You hurt my trust so many times
I start to read between the lines
Jelousy starts to appear
Your movement i start to fear
I catch you in an act
You tell me its okay
Im just paranoid
Walk away
Telling me everything fine
While you're thinking about a swine
I know things are wrong, I cannot say
Im loosing you every day
Trust is a feeling between
Two minds with one conscience clean
My trust was blind
You played my mind
I ask you for truth
But you say no
Just go
You told me it was my fault, I brought us down
I hope you find happiness your new clown
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Posted: Jun 2011
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The craft pulls slowly away, riding with the outgoing tide,
waiting for that morning ray, hopeful against apparent odds.
The wind starts up slowly, hair slapping against my cheek.
The gulls floating and dipping, merely a silhouette over the bow
The scream and cries, skree and skrawl. Alight and perch, beady eyes,
head cocked watching me warily, shrieking its call, of encouragement,
or warning. I may never know, the flock begins its descent.
The foulest of fowl cluttering and crowding my deck with eternal squawking
Fighting for position among what appears to be peers.
I gaze and watch in wonder, the fighting and pecking
survival a must, living on, one breath at a time
Shuffling along, the filth and the crust.
Purposefully exhale this weight of despair.
Waiting for the tension to lift, to reveal to me
this great and good plan. Gods mighty decision
for the benefit of man
To be held and loved, trust and respect
abandoned and alone, spite and neglect
The Ocean crashes, my presence insignificant
lost in this labyrinth of utter bewilderment.
My mind as numb as these fingers
clutching the net, cast and release.
Sorrow and regret, familiar feelings now
As I cut up this bait, and alone I wait.
Loneliness is a feeling, a companion to my soul.
No greater addition of joy fills that burnt hole.
Look towards the future, that far horizon of content
always just out of reach.
This watery passing of time for naught.
These years spent.These same waves
may not pass below this craft again
only these same thoughts of despair.
And cast away thoughts of self mutilation
May this surplus of heartache end,
alone and adrift, the fresh air calms.
I question my impulse for death
- may be closer to sane.
What of those questions
unanswered from Gods own mouth.
Fully expecting some unthought reasoning
for me to cast about.
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Posted: Jun 2011
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