Tag: poetry
group name: fluentthinkers
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January 23, 2008 10:43 PM EST --
sunshine in september
burnished roofs
starlings scatter
at sound of hooves
he arrives home
the old house stands
time spent far
in foreign lands
he halts his horse
suddenly afraid
of the past . . . more
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June 24, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
RENGE
Haiku
Pure lotus flower
its blossom opens cleanly
revealing its heart.
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December 06, 2007 10:34 AM EST --
The Demigod Blues
Oh, cruel feckless world!
Again you mourn your worth,
For no one does it better than you do.
Your life has been so tough.
The world is not enough,
‘Cos no one’s . . . more
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August 22, 2007 08:58 AM EDT --
Where did my friend go?
Why is she silent?
She used to dance.
I remember imagining her dance,
I never saw her dance.
They were words across a screen,
But they helped me at the time.
Every friend is precious, . . . more
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July 25, 2007 10:26 PM EDT --
In mid June I began a project I called The Gather 30 Day Countdown.
We have all seen fellow Gatherers get disillusioned, enraged, outraged, plain old pissed off and sign off the site permanently . . . more
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January 16, 2008 12:33 PM EST --
My esteemed Gather colleague and connection Nick K. recently posted a plaintive piece on poetry appreciation, or lack thereof. "Oh cursed verse, I rarely get ye" cites a few of . . . more
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October 01, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
EBONY, IVORY ARE BLACK, WHITE
EACH CLAIM THEIR OWN SPACE IN LIFE
BUT THEY'RE NOT THE SAME
BY: BARBARA JEAN BRIGGS 10/01/07
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November 30, 2007 08:58 AM EST --
My heart aches for you at midnight
When I awake and reach out to touch you
And your side of the bed is so empty and cold.
I awaken in the morning not rested.
Tossed and turned with lonliness . . . more
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August 20, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
I have so many but the one that haunts me is:
<dl><dd>"Break, Break, Break"
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts . . . more
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June 23, 2008 02:14 AM EDT --
Hi Everyone
I had a question and not sure anyone can help. As some of you know, I have published quite a few of my poems on here and I think it would be giving up a goal . . . more
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August 29, 2007 09:19 AM EDT --
I think I've figured it out.
Is it the flesh and bone?
The look in her eyes?
The smile on her face?
Her whole being?
Is it meeting her in my dreams every night?
Love is . . . more
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October 04, 2007 02:37 AM EDT --
lemon grass and willows
shifting in your summer
breeze,
all the times you sift my mind,
are you ever coming back to me?
days awake and hollow
your scent corrodes . . . more
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April 08, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
Because I have two big left duck feet I am bound to step on a few toes. Actually, I rather enjoy stepping on the toes of anyone who is a control freak, politically correct, or likes to play tit for tat . . . more
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July 08, 2008 08:04 AM EDT --
Within the sea, the Crab resides
Holding the cradle of life in
sensitive hands that nurture
others as she nurtures her creative
self weaving poetic pieces of
Solitude and Detachment as . . . more
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July 29, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
Come by and say hey.
My group has reached 300, today.
The poetry is lame
But all the same
I thank my friends,
With touching Amens.
Amen
Carol D.
PS I could do better but I think you get the point. . . . more
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April 05, 2008 02:28 PM EDT --
I'm new to this poetry game. Yes, I have thought about having plastic surgery to have my nose point skyward, but fear some might insist I stop drinking Guinness beer and forego my belief in Leprechauns. . . . more
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August 07, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
find myself,
too ready.
so ripe, but to burst,
drooling
nectar
swollen sauce
hoping to intoxicate.
falling to(wards) you
r hand
with out . . . more
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October 10, 2007 11:57 PM EDT --
street ssssssssshhhhhh
by the car s s treet s weeper,
predawn wafts of birds
scooping out of the park their dark
silhouettes against the puddles surface,
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March 30, 2008 07:20 PM EDT --
Our Poets in order of appearance:
Susan B. with Rosetta Stone ,
Lynn Doiron with A Tin of Keys ,
Mary S with We ,
Manonmano with A Key Forteller...The Mirror!!!, . . . more
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February 21, 2008 10:53 AM EST --
B lindness creeps up slowly
L ike a lover,
I nsidiously staging its quiet coup.
N o prisoners will be taken.
K nowing this, it is all the more cruel.
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