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Old 05-23-2010, 01:45 PM   #646
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...One typo: barley - barely....
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I thought that, too -

It could be that barley may equate to wine or whisky !
That's the way I took it.

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Old 05-23-2010, 03:57 PM   #647
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Boundaries

It is only by death
we learn of life.
By pain, we learn of pleasure.
It is only through fear
we learn to be brave
and through heartache
we learn to love.


Kenny A. Chaffin – 12/24/2007

Another old one revised today.
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Old 05-23-2010, 04:09 PM   #648
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It is only by death
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By pain, we learn of pleasure.
It is only through fear
we learn to be brave
and through heartache
we learn to love.


Kenny A. Chaffin – 12/24/2007

Another old one revised today.
I love that. It reminds me of what the author of Ecclesiates wrote in Eccl. 7:2-4 (KJV):

.....It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
.....Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
.....The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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Old 05-23-2010, 04:53 PM   #649
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....The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Thank you Tom! And I love that last line/thought!
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Old 05-23-2010, 09:51 PM   #650
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This one's a bit darker and older. I just happened to run across it in reviewing some of my past work.


The Only Thing Left to Do

I send the spiders
Every night
To eat away her brain

She’s on the edge
It won’t take much
To send her away again

The tide will turn
I’ll have my way
And have my life again


11/28/00 – Kenny A. Chaffin
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Old 05-23-2010, 10:24 PM   #651
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This one's a bit darker and older. I just happened to run across it in reviewing some of my past work.


The Only Thing Left to Do

I send the spiders
Every night
To eat away her brain

She’s on the edge
It won’t take much
To send her away again

The tide will turn
I’ll have my way
And have my life again


11/28/00 – Kenny A. Chaffin
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Old 05-23-2010, 10:28 PM   #652
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If you like I could share some of the REALLY dark ones with you.

Maybe that's part of why I enjoy Cormac McCarthy.

Thanks for reading and your comments!
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Old 05-23-2010, 10:39 PM   #653
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If you like I could share some of the REALLY dark ones with you.

Maybe that's part of why I enjoy Cormac McCarthy.

Thanks for reading and your comments!
I always try to check and read this thread. I'm just not very knowledgeable about poetry.
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Old 05-23-2010, 10:43 PM   #654
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I always try to check and read this thread. I'm just not very knowledgeable about poetry.

No problem. I kinda like simple contemporary poetry myself. Enjoy!
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Old 05-23-2010, 11:32 PM   #655
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This one's a bit darker and older. I just happened to run across it in reviewing some of my past work.


The Only Thing Left to Do

I send the spiders
Every night
To eat away her brain

She’s on the edge
It won’t take much
To send her away again

The tide will turn
I’ll have my way
And have my life again


11/28/00 – Kenny A. Chaffin
Excellent work, Kenny!

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If you like I could share some of the REALLY dark ones with you. ...
They get darker? You're not related to recluse by any chance, are you?
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Old 05-24-2010, 01:15 AM   #656
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Long Poem
Sorry for it being long, its sort of a short story/poem. Enjoy.

Life is Just an Illusion


Lying me down upon my bed my mother kissed my forehead and stood for a while looking at me. “Now remember, if you ever have a bad dream just pinch yourself and you’ll wake up.” Her words were soft and gave me a comforting feel as I fell asleep. From that night on my life flashed before me like a tornado bringing me to my adult years. I had just bought a new apartment and was staying on my own.

A few days passed and a deep chill awoke me in the night, and when I stood up I saw a dark shadow hovering above me. At first I thought it was my imagination but after rubbing my eyes I still saw the devilish shadow lingering above me. In a moment of fright I screamed in horror and ran to my bedroom door to only see it bounded with chains and locks. Like a frantic dog I reached out to grasp the chains but my hands burned when touching them. Deep burn scars covered my hands but the strange thing was that I felt nothing; all I saw were the scars from my injury.

When turning to face the shadow opposing me I was overcome with fright and fell to my knees. Remembering my life in hopes of cherishing my last seconds of existence I remembered my mother telling me, “If you ever have a bad dream just pinch yourself and you’ll wake up.” So in a desperate act I pinched my soft skin and all of a sudden everything vanished and I awoke. It was a simple night mare, a dream causing immense fright and worry. But when looking around the room I was when I saw myself back in my old bedroom that I had when I was a little boy. Then when looking at myself through a small mirror on my wall I saw myself as the little boy I was when my mom first told me to pinch myself whenever I had a bad dream.

How could this be? My whole life that I had experienced was a simple figment of my imagination. I rubbed my head in confusion but as I did this I could see burned in scars that had the shape of a chain lock running across my hand. My eyes opened wide and my breathing stopped when looking at the scars that I had dreamed about, and from a small dark corner in my room I heard a fragile voice whisper, “Life is Just an Illusion.”
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Excellent work, Kenny!

They get darker? You're not related to recluse by any chance, are you?
Thanks Tom, darker? well, you know how poets are.
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Sorry for it being long, its sort of a short story/poem. Enjoy.

Life is Just an Illusion

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Nice work Benjamin. This is a theme I have and continue to explore in my own work. I'd agree this is more prose than poetry....nothing wrong with that...
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Thanks Tom, darker? well, you know how poets are.
Do you drink when you write? I've heard it's a prerequisite for poets.
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No, no, no..... I'm pretty much a tee-toatlar but have a beer now and then....one or two a year or so.

The poetic mindset just comes natural I guess.
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