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online today!Welcome To New CS Poets
Welcome to all newbies on Poetry Corner
It's a place to share various types of poetry
To write and post any form you desire
And on any topic once it's not smutty
Feel free to comment on others' poems here
It's welcome once it is done constructively
It's a poets' community that we share
That should maintain decorum and dignity
Focus on the quality of your poetry
And continue to improve it with each write
Through your sustained effort and tenacity
Your true poetic talent will come to light
You can write on any theme you desire
Regardless of the themes that are posted here
Variety will serve to enhance the corner
And widen the range of poems that we share
It's a place to share various types of poetry
To write and post any form you desire
And on any topic once it's not smutty
Feel free to comment on others' poems here
It's welcome once it is done constructively
It's a poets' community that we share
That should maintain decorum and dignity
Focus on the quality of your poetry
And continue to improve it with each write
Through your sustained effort and tenacity
Your true poetic talent will come to light
You can write on any theme you desire
Regardless of the themes that are posted here
Variety will serve to enhance the corner
And widen the range of poems that we share
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Posted: Oct 2014
About this poem:
There has been a lot of activity recently here on Poetry Corner. Several of the more senior poets seem to have taken a break. Let's hope they return soon. In the meantime, several new poets have appeared. This piece is a welcome to them. Poetry is larger than any individual or group of indivduals. The show must go on. I invite all poets, including the new, to post their views on Poetry Corner. We can all benefit from each others' views. Thanks!online today!HONESTY
Honesty is the best policy
That's a lesson I was taught at school
But today in a world of trickery
Is that merely advice for a fool?
One time a person's word was his bond
A handshake was used to seal a deal
Today, no oath can be relied on
For some are always trying to steal
I shall be honest in my action
For to myself I have to be true
In each and every situation
No matter what others say or do
Peace of mind is most important to me
That's why I shall always strive to be free
To act in all truth and sincerity
For honesty is the best policy
That's a lesson I was taught at school
But today in a world of trickery
Is that merely advice for a fool?
One time a person's word was his bond
A handshake was used to seal a deal
Today, no oath can be relied on
For some are always trying to steal
I shall be honest in my action
For to myself I have to be true
In each and every situation
No matter what others say or do
Peace of mind is most important to me
That's why I shall always strive to be free
To act in all truth and sincerity
For honesty is the best policy
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Posted: Sep 2014
About this poem:
I tried to write this poem in the style of some poems I learned and loved as a child. I have a special fondness for balanced rhyming poems. I think they are easier for children to learn. I believe it is important for children to learn the importance of honesty and I dedicate this poem to them.
Imagining
Imagining I'm with you,
with my arms around you tight.
Imagining that you're still here
after that dark and stormy night.
Imagining that we're walking
together side by side.
But now I walk these streets alone
my tears I try to hide.
Imagining we're laughing,
your hand tightly in mine.
Imagining that through the rain
the sun begins to shine.
Imagining that you hold me,
you shield me from the cold.
But I guess I'll keep imagining
until I am withered and old.
with my arms around you tight.
Imagining that you're still here
after that dark and stormy night.
Imagining that we're walking
together side by side.
But now I walk these streets alone
my tears I try to hide.
Imagining we're laughing,
your hand tightly in mine.
Imagining that through the rain
the sun begins to shine.
Imagining that you hold me,
you shield me from the cold.
But I guess I'll keep imagining
until I am withered and old.
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Posted: May 2014
About this poem:
Dedicated to my best friend and first love Joshua M. Mulally, who died when he was 15 and I was 13. RIP
And if I should awake some day to find
And if I should awake some day to find
My dreams spread out like sheets of poetry
Discarded, unread; workings of a mind
That leaped and fell at every boundary
Then what can I say but at least I tried
To keep my aim upon the truer course
And if at times I wandered to the side
I'll not add lie on lie with sham remorse
For after midnight hours with Holy Books
And a century of yogic disciplines
I'll still fall to me knees when some girl looks
And drink the night away with dearest friends
My dreams spread out like sheets of poetry
Discarded, unread; workings of a mind
That leaped and fell at every boundary
Then what can I say but at least I tried
To keep my aim upon the truer course
And if at times I wandered to the side
I'll not add lie on lie with sham remorse
For after midnight hours with Holy Books
And a century of yogic disciplines
I'll still fall to me knees when some girl looks
And drink the night away with dearest friends
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Posted: Feb 2014
Post Commentonline today!Falling In Love
Falling in love for the first time
can be very exciting at the start
But such love is usually not long-lasting
and may lead to a broken heart
A person whose heart has been broken
seeks a love that is more mature
When found such love heals the broken heart
and is more beautiful and likely to endure
can be very exciting at the start
But such love is usually not long-lasting
and may lead to a broken heart
A person whose heart has been broken
seeks a love that is more mature
When found such love heals the broken heart
and is more beautiful and likely to endure
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Posted: Jan 2014
Post Commentonline today!Beauty In Imperfection
The rugged bark of an old tree
with imperfection due to its cracks
is a wondrous thing of beauty
and it's the imperfection that attracts
We know that a star-shaped flower
does not make a perfect star
Yet it has a certain loveliness
that induces a sense of wonder
A hand-crafted ceramic bowl
because of its asymmetry
is a wonderful artefact
that is valued very highly
An old-time cobblestone street
has a unique charm and quaintness
due to its imprecise pattern
that gives it it's loveliness
Perfection is not easy to attain
and even more difficult to sustain
Beauty lies in imperfection
and they are a natural combination
with imperfection due to its cracks
is a wondrous thing of beauty
and it's the imperfection that attracts
We know that a star-shaped flower
does not make a perfect star
Yet it has a certain loveliness
that induces a sense of wonder
A hand-crafted ceramic bowl
because of its asymmetry
is a wonderful artefact
that is valued very highly
An old-time cobblestone street
has a unique charm and quaintness
due to its imprecise pattern
that gives it it's loveliness
Perfection is not easy to attain
and even more difficult to sustain
Beauty lies in imperfection
and they are a natural combination
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Posted: Dec 2013
Post Commentonline today!In Defense Of The Rain
Some folks like to complain
And are very fickle
They fume when rain is falling
And fret at a mere drizzle
Wild birds and animals
They all need the rain
Which gives them water
For their lives to sustain
The plants and the trees
And all the lovely flowers
For them to grow and flourish
They also need the showers
The food crops that are grown
To provide food for us all
Each of them would perish
If the rain did not fall
So please think of these things
Before you start complaining
And creating a lot of fuss
The next time rain is falling
And are very fickle
They fume when rain is falling
And fret at a mere drizzle
Wild birds and animals
They all need the rain
Which gives them water
For their lives to sustain
The plants and the trees
And all the lovely flowers
For them to grow and flourish
They also need the showers
The food crops that are grown
To provide food for us all
Each of them would perish
If the rain did not fall
So please think of these things
Before you start complaining
And creating a lot of fuss
The next time rain is falling
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Posted: Nov 2013
Post Commentonline today!A Flower - Children's Poem
I am a pretty flower
all dressed up in blue
I love the falling rain
and the sunshine too
My mother is the plant
She feeds me every day
and keeps me looking bright
so I'm happy and gay
I have some friends
who come to visit me
one is a lovely butterfly
the other is a honey bee
I feed them with my nectar
and then they fly away
I tell them to come back
on another day
all dressed up in blue
I love the falling rain
and the sunshine too
My mother is the plant
She feeds me every day
and keeps me looking bright
so I'm happy and gay
I have some friends
who come to visit me
one is a lovely butterfly
the other is a honey bee
I feed them with my nectar
and then they fly away
I tell them to come back
on another day
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Posted: Nov 2013
About this poem:
I wrote this poem for my nephew's eight year old daughter to encourage her to write poetry. She has an excellent command of English at her age.Writing this made me recall some of the poems I learned at school as a child. I hope I have succeeded, at least to some extent, in capturing the innocence and joyful feeling of childhood. I also hope it would bring out the child in some of you; I would like your comments from such a perspective since this is a children's poem. Or perhaps you can share it with children, get their comments and post them. Thank you!
online today!I Am Rain (14 words)
I am Rain
Falling from Above
Blessing the Earth with Showers
And my Love
Falling from Above
Blessing the Earth with Showers
And my Love
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Posted: Nov 2013
Post Commentonline today!Nature's Lesson For Parents
I watched a hatching baby chick
struggling to break free from its shell
that was its home for many days
but now was time to say farewell
Mom had pecked into the shell
a tiny hole to start the process
She did her part dutifully
Now the chick must do the rest
I felt sorry for the struggling chick
and could almost feel the pain
I wanted to break off the shell
thinking it would ease the strain
Then I remembered someone said
the chick must struggle on its own
to start its heart and lungs working
for it to become fully grown
I stood and watched as a miracle
unfolded right in front of me
All by itself the chick broke out
and stood there so cute and furry
There is a lesson here for parents
who are raising a family
Be protective of your children
but do not do it overly
struggling to break free from its shell
that was its home for many days
but now was time to say farewell
Mom had pecked into the shell
a tiny hole to start the process
She did her part dutifully
Now the chick must do the rest
I felt sorry for the struggling chick
and could almost feel the pain
I wanted to break off the shell
thinking it would ease the strain
Then I remembered someone said
the chick must struggle on its own
to start its heart and lungs working
for it to become fully grown
I stood and watched as a miracle
unfolded right in front of me
All by itself the chick broke out
and stood there so cute and furry
There is a lesson here for parents
who are raising a family
Be protective of your children
but do not do it overly
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Posted: Nov 2013
About this poem:
I actually witnessed this event.I wrote this piece after reading a poem entitled "Too Much Love Can Kill" which pointed out that several children from middle class families end up killing themselves through drug use or suicide after they move away from over-protective parental control which imposes a lot of pressure on them to be super achievers.
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