User Poetry - Page 32

GeoffC · 10-20-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

So just for clarification Geoff, these are compilations of YOUR poetry from this thread, right?

Correct (plus a few that were posted elsewhere on MR - there was a challenge thread somewhere here)

Quote:

The thread itself is open for anyone to post poetry to, right?

Correct - the more the merrier ....

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Thanks and sorry if I've misunderstand.

Looking forward to any contributions from anyone ....

(ps - there is also a Poem section in the Wiki, with contributions from Taylor514ce and VR - mine are sparse as I'm not that clear on using Wiki formats)

kennyc · 10-20-2009, 10:32 AM

Thanks. What writing I've done in the past few years has been poetry. I changed my sig to add a like to my poetry page.

Enjoy.

dreams · 10-22-2009, 01:13 PM

Thank you for the new files. I'll check them out this weekend when I reload my Reader. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=458

PS.... Happy Birthday!

GeoffC · 10-27-2009, 12:59 PM

Krakatau

with nary a warning
save a shiver;
did a more transcendent quiver
shatter that dreamy morn;
an island blasted,
and asunder torn.

screaming forth;
and powered by
a million-million voices raised in anger;
she did break
from earthen anchor;
to heavenward take her baleful tower
and widen worldwide over,
her fateful glower.

global sunsets a-fiery glow
landscape painters all a-glow.
out-ward driven ocean wild,
far to crash,
outrun the tide.

mystery of earth,
she shattered uniquely
the silence of a thousand ages,
and loaded writings of a thousand sages;
to write her earthen story,
and gain her,
everlasting glory.

GeoffC · 10-27-2009, 02:38 PM

He's but the silent Joker in the pack,
and for what, if anything, does he lack.
he's dealt his cards
and yet the life he leads,
barely lets him succeed.

With nothing in the black,
he's hardly ready to sing a track.
the hand now dealt
can no longer raise the trumps,
he may as well take the jumps.

But yet he may have luck's knack,
a door once open -
just a crack.
mayhaps another chance is due
but yet the life he leads,
is barely making him succeed.

He's but the Joker in the pack,
always on track;
sometimes his back.....
discarded always
at start of play,
that way,
never in the way.

Life's just a poker game
of chance
of bluff
of deep refrain;
play that hand again
he's just the Joker in the pack .....

GeoffC · 10-27-2009, 03:05 PM

Open your eyes, and greet the day,
Open your eyes, see where you lay
last night at my side.

Open your eyes, and greet the morn,
Open your eyes, at red hot dawn;
you know you enjoyed the ride,
last night..

Open your eyes, and greet the day,
Open your eyes, and come what may
we'll love each other,
ever more..

badgoodDeb · 10-27-2009, 04:04 PM

Wow!! I love "Open your eyes" and the Krakatoa one is great too!

dreams · 10-27-2009, 04:51 PM

"Open your eyes" is beautiful. Thank you, GeoffC.

GeoffC · 11-03-2009, 09:47 AM

the stones
the stones
connect our senses,
take us back to days of yore.
so tall they stand, so proud,
so graceful towers
what tales could they tell....
what visions they play....
come back, come back
they call.

the stones
the stones
abridge the tenses,
each henge, a guide to spirit's door.
mans due intent un-bowed,
redeeming powers
of nature's deepened well....
aligned to leys....
come back, come back
they seem to call.

the stones
the stones
break down fences,
of man's un-written law.
Mother's church endowed
to mark the hours
still proud, still tall, to chime a bell....
the changing of the days....
come back, come back
they long to call.

clock of seasons
nature's reasons.
blood of Mother congealed as stone,
once nature-chiseled
then a-pinned a-circle;
anchored deep
by man
as bridge
'tween
heathen earth
and
holy sky.
one of jasper glows in rain
as cups once flowed
at sacrifice.
woodland glades
and ancient rhymes
of spirits haven.

rising sun, or falling moon:
the stones
the stones
come hither and hence-
forth our Mother's mercurial lore
will be untold, unploughed,
and never ours'
a future only hers to foretell....
defined in virgin pathways....
come on back
no longer a distant call.

come back,
come back
she, through them, loudly calls.
mark now,
the season of cold and dark;
commence
the rite
and herald a
season of re-birth.
the stones
the stones.

the earthen sod the new;

unfold....
embrace her once a-new.

dreams · 11-03-2009, 02:11 PM

Beautiful, GeoffC!

I love the curve of words to give a flow with the words describing the circle...

**I just saw a program on Stonehenge and your poem reminded me of its history... **

GeoffC · 11-05-2009, 06:53 PM

Candle we lit .... Villanelle form

It's a candle we lit, for a love that we know,
let us show now for ever, we believe in the fight,
and hold near those memories, never let them go.

As a flame of life, let it ever show
the pathways to what is now, and forever right,
it's a candle we lit, for a love that we know.

A beacon of hope; let it brightly glow
forever to shine in the darkest of night,
and hold near those memories, never let them go.

No matter the wind, nor the rain, nor the snow,
keep forever in mind a flame, so pure, so bright,
it's a candle we lit, for a love that we know.

Forgive the pain and the tears in life's flow,
keep to the love, to the moments and the treasures tight,
and hold near those memories, never let them go.

Allow not, your thoughts, to grow dim nor surely bow,
keep in mind forever, the eternal sight;
it's a candle we lit, for a love that we know,
and hold near those memories, never let them go.

[ 3 hours of crafting and scratching to get this ]

GeoffC · 11-23-2009, 11:07 AM

pernicious weed
no doubt you think you are freed
to spread yourself at your need;
have you not heard of manage, plan and order,
how dare you insinuate yourself into my herbaceous border.

just because we plant for the wild bird and bees
do not think you may sow yourselves as you please
from seed that floats on down from the breeze;
have you not heard of manage, plan and order,
how dare you wheedle your way into my herbaceous border.

now to where does that root grow
far below my searching hoe
you've now made an implacable foe;
have you not heard of manage, plan and order,
how dare you cosy up into my herbaceous border.

i'll dig deep beneath my feet
and drag your stems from their very seat
my compost heap will love the treat;
have you not heard of manage, plan and order,
how dare you ingratiate yourself within my herbaceous border.

i don't want you here
i don't want you there
nor here
nor over there
no not here
and definitely not there;
or have you heard
the latest word
where wild is the key
to the garden modern
and true it is to say
today a weed,
tomorrow
you're freed.

dreams · 11-23-2009, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

pernicious weed
no doubt you think you are freed
to spread yourself at your need;
have you not heard of manage, plan and order,
how dare you insinuate yourself into my herbaceous border. lawn.

OK, fixed it.

It was exactly how I felt this morning, as I was trying to decide what to do about a couple of areas in my lawn.

GeoffC · 11-23-2009, 02:00 PM

pppfffttt

saboteur ...

okay - a remedy in sight

pernicious weed, all forlorn
get thee sen off of my lawn.
i'll give you one,
i'll give you two,
then on the count of four i'll say
GET Out of my lawn ....

dreams · 11-23-2009, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

pppfffttt

saboteur ...

okay - a remedy in sight

pernicious weed, all forlorn
get thee sen off of my lawn.
i'll give you one,
i'll give you two,
then on the count of four i'll say
GET Out of my lawn ....

I've been walking through the lawn (and reciting this poem) and so far the weeds are STILL there.

Maybe, it only works if I have a spade in my hands and I'm digging at the same time?

11-23-2009, 02:00 PM	#479
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	pppfffttt saboteur ... okay - a remedy in sight pernicious weed, all forlorn get thee sen off of my lawn. i'll give you one, i'll give you two, then on the count of four i'll say GET Out of my lawn .... Last edited by GeoffC; 11-23-2009 at 02:04 PM.

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10-20-2009, 10:32 AM	#467
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,909 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thanks. What writing I've done in the past few years has been poetry. I changed my sig to add a like to my poetry page. Enjoy.

10-22-2009, 01:13 PM	#468
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Thank you for the new files. I'll check them out this weekend when I reload my Reader. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=458 PS.... Happy Birthday!

10-27-2009, 12:59 PM	#469
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Krakatau with nary a warning save a shiver; did a more transcendent quiver shatter that dreamy morn; an island blasted, and asunder torn. screaming forth; and powered by a million-million voices raised in anger; she did break from earthen anchor; to heavenward take her baleful tower and widen worldwide over, her fateful glower. global sunsets a-fiery glow landscape painters all a-glow. out-ward driven ocean wild, far to crash, outrun the tide. mystery of earth, she shattered uniquely the silence of a thousand ages, and loaded writings of a thousand sages; to write her earthen story, and gain her, everlasting glory.

10-27-2009, 02:38 PM	#470
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	He's but the silent Joker in the pack, and for what, if anything, does he lack. he's dealt his cards and yet the life he leads, barely lets him succeed. With nothing in the black, he's hardly ready to sing a track. the hand now dealt can no longer raise the trumps, he may as well take the jumps. But yet he may have luck's knack, a door once open - just a crack. mayhaps another chance is due but yet the life he leads, is barely making him succeed. He's but the Joker in the pack, always on track; sometimes his back..... discarded always at start of play, that way, never in the way. Life's just a poker game of chance of bluff of deep refrain; play that hand again he's just the Joker in the pack .....

10-27-2009, 03:05 PM	#471
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Open your eyes, and greet the day, Open your eyes, see where you lay last night at my side. Open your eyes, and greet the morn, Open your eyes, at red hot dawn; you know you enjoyed the ride, last night.. Open your eyes, and greet the day, Open your eyes, and come what may we'll love each other, ever more..

10-27-2009, 04:04 PM	#472
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Wow!! I love "Open your eyes" and the Krakatoa one is great too!

10-27-2009, 04:51 PM	#473
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	"Open your eyes" is beautiful. Thank you, GeoffC.

11-03-2009, 09:47 AM	#474
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	the stones the stones connect our senses, take us back to days of yore. so tall they stand, so proud, so graceful towers what tales could they tell.... what visions they play.... come back, come back they call. the stones the stones abridge the tenses, each henge, a guide to spirit's door. mans due intent un-bowed, redeeming powers of nature's deepened well.... aligned to leys.... come back, come back they seem to call. the stones the stones break down fences, of man's un-written law. Mother's church endowed to mark the hours still proud, still tall, to chime a bell.... the changing of the days.... come back, come back they long to call. clock of seasons nature's reasons. blood of Mother congealed as stone, once nature-chiseled then a-pinned a-circle; anchored deep by man as bridge 'tween heathen earth and holy sky. one of jasper glows in rain as cups once flowed at sacrifice. woodland glades and ancient rhymes of spirits haven. rising sun, or falling moon: the stones the stones come hither and hence- forth our Mother's mercurial lore will be untold, unploughed, and never ours' a future only hers to foretell.... defined in virgin pathways.... come on back no longer a distant call. come back, come back she, through them, loudly calls. mark now, the season of cold and dark; commence the rite and herald a season of re-birth. the stones the stones. the earthen sod the new; unfold.... embrace her once a-new.

11-03-2009, 02:11 PM	#475
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Beautiful, GeoffC! I love the curve of words to give a flow with the words describing the circle... I just saw a program on Stonehenge and your poem reminded me of its history...

11-05-2009, 06:53 PM	#476
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	*Candle we lit ....* Villanelle form It's a candle we lit, for a love that we know, let us show now for ever, we believe in the fight, and hold near those memories, never let them go. As a flame of life, let it ever show the pathways to what is now, and forever right, it's a candle we lit, for a love that we know. A beacon of hope; let it brightly glow forever to shine in the darkest of night, and hold near those memories, never let them go. No matter the wind, nor the rain, nor the snow, keep forever in mind a flame, so pure, so bright, it's a candle we lit, for a love that we know. Forgive the pain and the tears in life's flow, keep to the love, to the moments and the treasures tight, and hold near those memories, never let them go. Allow not, your thoughts, to grow dim nor surely bow, keep in mind forever, the eternal sight; it's a candle we lit, for a love that we know, and hold near those memories, never let them go. [ 3 hours of crafting and scratching to get this ]

11-23-2009, 11:07 AM	#477
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	pernicious weed no doubt you think you are freed to spread yourself at your need; have you not heard of manage, plan and order, how dare you insinuate yourself into my herbaceous border. just because we plant for the wild bird and bees do not think you may sow yourselves as you please from seed that floats on down from the breeze; have you not heard of manage, plan and order, how dare you wheedle your way into my herbaceous border. now to where does that root grow far below my searching hoe you've now made an implacable foe; have you not heard of manage, plan and order, how dare you cosy up into my herbaceous border. i'll dig deep beneath my feet and drag your stems from their very seat my compost heap will love the treat; have you not heard of manage, plan and order, how dare you ingratiate yourself within my herbaceous border. i don't want you here i don't want you there nor here nor over there no not here and definitely not there; or have you heard the latest word where wild is the key to the garden modern and true it is to say today a weed, tomorrow you're freed.