Bless The Words (4 Thursday Poets Rally Week 34)

Bless the words,

4 they are as darting as swords;

Bless the strings of your instrument,

4 they are more resilient than your judgment;

Bless the blog hosts,

4 they offer your chance to do posts;

Bless the keyboard,

4 they are hardware of thoughts;

Bless the internet,

4 they are the magician of communication.

Bless the poets,

4 they write and share their beautiful souls.

Bless the shoulders,

4 they form a distinct shelter.

Bless your finger tips,

4 they are the ones pressing the keys to make online trips.

Bless the spine,

4 it is the reason you are here and feel divine!


This is Jingle’s entry for Thursday Poets Rally Week 34, a post will be up within 24 hours, If you have your entry ready now , please feel free to place your link under this post, I will link you in when I do the post tomorrow…Happy Tuesday!

Count your blessings! :) ;) ;)

Every poet is welcome to join Poets Rally Week 34.

The Perfect Poetry 4 All (Highlight of Poets Rally Week 33)

Greetings, everyone!

Promising Poets Parking Lot is excited to publish the 10th poetry journal of the week-November 18-24, celebrating remarkable ending of Thursday Poets Rally week 33.  All our poets are brilliant artists who have been excellent writers and poetry promotion leaders… About 86 poets attended poets rally week 33.

Let me know if I have overlooked your work or you have found errors in the work being represented here.

Thursday Poets Rally Week 34 Will

take place during the week

December 2-8. 2010

A post about the detailed information of the Rally will be up on

December 1, 2010 at

http://www.jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com

Wow, Love You, New Poets!

Welcome Back, seasoned Poets!

Hope to See You All On Week 34. xxx

*****

Riika: http://riikainfinityy.com/2010/11/15/life/

Mystery
lies within the lives
of every single human beings
Seeking the existence of oneself
to know that life exist within each other
The light that shone upon us and
bring us out alive
from the skies of  darkness
Warm and Soothing
Embraced by the sparkling light
Changing from one to another
Getting used to all situations
Moving ahead and Looking back
Searching and Knowing the truth
Destroying and Building your world
Thinking and Working towards
one’s goal and dreams
Never-ending
Never giving up
The light of life is
always sparkling from
within each and
every one of us
but do anyone
actually
see
it
?

*****

Jamie Dedes: http://musingbymoonlight.com/2010/11/18/remember-the-fireflies/

Remember when the fireflies came out at night

Transforming sterling silver moonlight into gold

Fluttering in the Damask garden, heavy-scented with rose

Pungent with spearmint and ripening lemons

·

Early summer along that stone wall by the ancient church

Caterpillars slept in white cocoons, sacred and peaceful

As a young mothers’ womb, transforming to butterflies

To dance by day among the tombstones, yellow daisies,

And the lush hydrangea in antique hues of mauve

Leaving the night to the flit and sparkle of the fireflies

·

The stretch of ocean nearby once brimmed with life

Foaming salty joy and waving teal greetings at

clear azure skies softened by cotton-candy clouds

Tossing up briny ocean wealth upon pristine sands

Casting shells like shards of hope along the shore

The sultry summer rains tumbled down just as

warm and true and pure as a sweet child’s tears

·

And once upon a time remember, Earth people

Walked tall in woodlands and green valleys

Stalking berries and roots and healing herbs

Enjoying the ancestor butterflies and fireflies

Playing with their Earth children by day and

Sleeping in sheltering caves under animal skins

Alongside fires for warmth, comfort, cooking.

·

Remember when the fireflies came out at night

Transforming sterling silver moonlight into gold?

They’re gone and with them the butterflies and

the clean oceans and what’s to become of us?

*****

Scent of my heart:http://scentofmyheart.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/a-moment/

One moment, dizzy seconds, escaped out of time,
found shelter in the space between your face and mine.
Flash secured in the air that we breathe,
whisper coming out unevenly, chasing the contours of our eyes.
Hearts with chaotic rhythm, facing desire and pain,
searching for the edge where the torture would somehow end.
Hope in the static and the touch of flesh on flesh,
fingers in my hair, hands on your arms.
Climbing butterflies on my back, expecting your move,
slipping silence over you, wanting to reach me.
One moment without direction and with it one breath away,
enclosed in time, caught in a kiss, your kiss.

*****

Kellie:http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/endless-fall-into-ebony-sands/

Sweeping thoughts-
A soft tickle,
across ivory keys.
Melancholy is my soul,
my heart cumbersome.
Solitary notes
of hollow ire,
penciled in.
Left to myself
in what seems to be
an endless fall
into ebony sands.

Echoed notions,
steeped in dismay
reverberate,
as my companions.
Seeking refuge
in tears,
and resounding chords
of self pity.

Though
in time,
when once again,
the music plays-
These matters,
superficial,
will be nothing of affect.
An embarrassment,
a reminder,
a lesson perhaps.
To make me stronger,
or so they say.

*****

Christopher: http://industrialarts.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/week-33-thursday-poetry-rally-entry/

walking this morning
with my daughter’s hand in mine
waiting at the curb
for her ride
a big yellow bus
filled with all sorts of kids
I watch her as she steps up smiles and goes in
waves to me as it pulls away
little does she know
such strength she demonstrates
never could I deal with all so much unknowing fates
unfriendly faces
doubt
so I smile back and wave
proud at what she is to become

*****

Olivia: http://oliviasmindlymatters.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/a-void-ance/

Looking at the Horizon far away,

I wonder; when I would die.

I have lived my Life, enjoying my time;

Of whatever was left of my ill- fate.

I no longer laugh, no longer smile..

The beauty doesn’t awe me anymore!

I wish to now close my eyes,

So I don’t scare myself of the veracities..

A wonderful Dream; alas! Is only a Dream-

Making the transition to the present even bitter.

I wish to now sleep tight forever..

And no more visualize or be jolted to realities!

O Lord of Destiny, take me to a place-

Where nothing exists and is far away..

Friends, Failures, Feelings, Fallacies;

I leave them behind and walk away.

*****

Leo:http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/the-royal-wedding/

Once He sent to earth,
A pretty princess in red,
To be cared by Mother,
In a nourishing soft bed.

From handsome princes,
She wished to choose,
A groom who’d love her,
Like morning to a dew.

First suitor soon arrived,
Made her blossom soon,
She began to love him,
Like stars to the moon.

Alas, it never happened,
In a trice, he was away,
But arrived, the second,
Scorching lonely days.

He possessed a warmth,
But she withered away,
But her prayer He heard,
And short was this stay.

For a breath of relief,
There remained no time,
With a shower of love,
Arrived the next in line.

All her scars of before,
He washed very quick,
His cool touch, she liked,
But even he didn’t stick.

With a strong icy breath,
He made her to shiver,
A white blanket, he gave,
No stop to her quivers.

No prince did stay long,
All wanted her as bride,
She died; reincarnated,
But still the princes tried.

She asked Him future,
A wedding was in store,
Soon she was betrothed,
Wife to the princes four.

*****

Sumit:http://myriad-sumit.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-love-with-you-perfect-poet-award.html

 

I was, and am, and always will be
In love with you, my dearest
For when you are close or near me
You enliven me, I say in earnest

I am glad, you gave me your heart
When there were many to die for you
Just like the moon holds onto earth
And all the stars, lost in the blue

With you, your love and blessings
I can swim through the highest tide
You have always taken care of my feelings
And are a lovely romantic life-guide

I can never imagine a life without you
You are a flame within me, my inner-light
If bereft of you, to life, I will bid adieu
As it will be as dark as a new-moon night.

*****

Someone Is Special:http://pendownmythought.blogspot.com/2010/11/precious-gift.html

Strangest of the minds that alighted on me
Attracted and influenced truly and completely
Reminiscent of My Maker and the Infinite Energy
Apposite to the life in this human body
Versatile genius, His veritable sweet child
Assiduous in life and advantageous to lives
Nature’s Greatest Asset with musical ears
Assertive and articulate in words
Kingdom of thoughts, pure and precious
Unexampled happiness with unexceptionable honesty
Master of unfeigned smile and ineffable joy
Appreciation of her ten-month wait
Rendered the finest of souls to earth
As someone special to me
Father I thank you
For this cute &
Precious
Gift

*****

Life or something like it: http://loveblushfever.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/passages/

Small things are gigantic.   A heart on fire in the middle of the ocean.  One lonely tree on a hilltop.  An old couple holding hands at the market.    A clock on the mantle counting down the moments.

I thrive on pretense and assumption, on hope and yearning.  Some corner of meager existence, where things make sense in a small way, and little things are just little things, with a spill or two along the way.

Comfortably weary and restless.  I hear there’s only so much time.  And sometimes everything just has to be slow like snow falling.  And sometimes there is no reason, just an idea.

A concentrated mediocrity.  Boiled down, reduced, reclaimed, returned.  A lifetime isn’t enough.  There’s never enough time or hunger to go all the way round.

But to need a little less.  To let in a little more.  Of the world.  Of you.  So put on your face.  And your dancing shoes.

Life waits for no one.

*****

Megzone:http://megzone.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/you/

I can see my dreams come true..

In the ocean of your eyes..

Like Sapphires they shine so blue

Make me break all wordly ties..

.

I can see my desires burn bright

In the vastness of your love

As dispels darkness – the sunlight..

You’re my angel from heavens above..

.

I can feel my pain wash away..

When you take me in your arms

As have vanished cloud covers- grey..

And silenced my internal storms

.

You are all I want

You are all I need

Your name is what I chant..

Your words are all I heed..

*****

Suzanne: http://roundpeoplesquareearth.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/a-soldiers-sky/

A soldier stared,
in the way that they trained him.

Honor surrounded the periphery of his heart,
where ravaged pictures swelled.

They trained him to sift through the garbage,
for Worthy Things.

He did.

In the silence of nights,
He wept,

-a boy wordless at the costs of war,
for the tears of a mother whose children had lost their youth,
for families who wandered homeless in the terrain,
for animals who ran with terror in their eyes,
and for the lights of a sky that should have been beautiful.

He wept and he stared…
then fixed a face on his head with a certain gaze.

He reached further inside his Self,
again and anew.

for roots that held his legs firm for standing,
for hands that wrapped around steely things,
for eyes that gleaned food for a heart…
…that reached for him.

He reached again and anew,
for
a boy’s life,
a mother face,
families who wandered for wholeness,
and light in the  eyes of animals.

He reached,
for skies,
that were beautiful,

-again and anew.

*****

Kick out jams: http://kickoutthejams.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/framed/

Charlie Chaplin doffs his hat as

Buster Keaton leans against the wall.

“We’re just flickering these days.”, says Charlie.

Buster smiles enigmatically, keeps silent.

The white screen wall, blank in its

blinking light, absorbs their shadows,

soaks up their slapstick soliloquies.

In the stalls, Fatty Arbuckle finishes a bottle

thinks about youth arrested and smiles, wistfully,

at a career as cross-eyed as Ben Turpin.

Meanwhile, somewhere overhead,

Harold Lloyd is hanging around, out of time.

The frame shifts out of focus

and the reel ends.

*****

Smith: http://theophillus.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/do-they-see-me/

Keep warm by the light of a burning book,

Think of the crying child you forsook.

Justice often starts what more justice is forced to end,

The anger and shouting of a crowd does not always mend.

No matter their flag or philosophy, history repeats and they never see,

That killing is killing, and killing affects me.

*****

Marit: http://maritsfuckingblogging.blogspot.com/2010/11/oklahoma.html

at times like this
I can’t help
but think of Oklahoma
a place I’ve never been
and probably will never be

I guess that’s where
the beauty is

in not traveling,
not even to see friends -
it’s the recession
whatever that is

I go to Oklahoma
and nobody can follow

I don’t even have to move
all I have to do is choose
which horse to hold on to
and even if it’s just
inside of my mind
some part of me is riding,
sprinting, leaping, galloping
across fields of green
unlike any you’ve ever seen.

*****

Liliana:http://summaryofmysoul.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/cold-fall/

ever flawless raindrops
mercifully adorning
the naked arms of an old willow

as if in a secret sacrament
paint the soul of clouds
on the muddy canvas
covering the careless roots
with false hopes of a mild fall…

burlesque shivers
undulate the air into some
contorted fragile lace,
ethereal ephemeron

betraying the ashen bliss
of ignorance…

could you blame sunlight
for sometimes hiding in the bosom
of sky’s memories?

*****

Poems | My World: http://poem-myworldofexcitement.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem34the-greatest-wonder.html

Seven wonders of the world ,
the pictures when I saw,
‘what is the greatest wonder?’
the question aroused raw.

All these wonders, so special

no doubt ,but then;
everything we see are miracles,
yet taken for granted.

Everyday sun rises east ,
the moon comes at night,
rain gives us water so pure,
the air only in earth.

God created universe
man  created his own,
God gifted powers unique
so he could be like Him.

If all these are miracles,
then what you call the man?
The greatest wonder of the world
who feels himself a small God.

*****

Diamondsanddogs:http://randomthoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/life/

I would
like for there
to be
a God
who
loves me

It’s
eternal breath
infused
in everything
I see

Bringing
Peace
and harmony
to this
chaos theory
we call
life

Instead
I see
a world
full of
rage
pain
and excess

Where
every day
we live a
little less

Defining
our lives
with shallow
recitations
and low
expectations

So that
we protect
our inviolate
shells

Not recognizing
the living
hell
we create

As love
fades to
hate

And apathy
reigns
complete

Until the world
lies in
ash
at our feet

And we
hurtle
ever forward
to whatever
fate
we are doomed
to greet

If we
are truly
created in
God’s image,
then this
God
I don’t
wish
to meet.

*****

Creation Dreams:http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/11/ice-god-cometh.html

Warmth is lost, skies getting paler
Shivers are there to walk on the spine
Snow has fallen, a child’s delight
However, it belies the cold harbinger’s presence
Don’t go aksing the Fire God
He says “I’ll be on the other side of the world.
“Making my new kingdom. So go away.”
Soon comes the Ice God
Hide your  offspring, hide your loved ones
Lest they become eternally frozen
He targets a tree with his blue staff
Freezing it and making ice to make it a throne
Crystals shall arise from the ground,  sharp as knives
The whole place shall become his kingdom
A kingdom of frostbitten unpleasantness
Repetitive ice storms, and thousands of snow showers shall reign
This winter may just be the worst as the god chooses what shall happen
For perhaps the next 3 months
So prepare

*****

The Eternal Uprising: http://christiankane.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/provocateur/

I will not let you twist my heart
No matter how hard you crank
I’m still a little hung over
From the Eternal wine I drank
I thought this was just a fun ride,
But it is hell if I must be frank.
Fail to feel all over again
Yet is my mind then left so blank.

This inflammatory language–
It begs to set the world on fire.
No matter the ways it may be said,
The pervert is bound to the pire.
Though you ever assault my eyes
With the burning and evil mire,
I will ever press on beyond you
Even if or when my soul does tire.

-Yes-

You have become my provocateur-
I will strike back with an image.
For though the earth may yet burn,
I have been set on a pilgrimage.
Canis Paradiso is on my trail
and will cause evil to hemorrhage.
When he sets his fangs upon you
Never will those wounds be bandaged.

Never provoke a hungry lion
unless you are in hunt of death
The last mistake you ever make
Always takes away your breath.
So turn away from your hatred
And finally forsake you wrath.
Best to flee a naked temptress
before it all flays your back.

*****

Amarllyis: http://amarllyis.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/bruises/

The sketches paint my unsaid rue,
and night tramples them with an ultramarine hue.
It could have been, was it for me to decide;
So the moonlight heals my bruise tonight.

*****

Ms. Peaches: http://peachpitproduction.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/a-n-e-w/

ATTEMPTING, standing, over again
ADJUSTING, letting go, shaking free
AGAIN you see me cuz
AFRESH I begin AGAIN
Yes, I’m DOIN’ me

NEWLY, if your not hearing me
NATURALLY, atypically kicked out
NECESSARY trash goes to the curb
NUBIAN queens are to be treasured
NOT NO! always NOW
NO longer NUMB I release your pain
See, I’m DOIN’ me

ESSENTIALLY not insane, my
ESSENCE will not be stolen ever again
ELEMENTARY is where it’s taught
It’s cool though, I’m DOIN’ ME

WITNESSing your atrocities
WHY you never let me be me
WRONGLY always accusatory, now
WRECKless is how u treated me, not
WITHOLDING, please believe
I’m DOIN’ me…

*****

Strummed Words:http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2010/11/haiku-silk.html

Coffee smooth as silk,
A glide of silk on shoulders,
Promises to keep.

Sheer morning mist,
A pearl of white over dawn,
Portents of the day.

*****

Lu Ann:http://likesomepassingafternoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/anything-award-week-33.html

Anything.

I am scared of making mistakes, but I leap.

I don’t dance well, but I have fun.

I’m not good at talking, so I write.

I may be impulsive, but I calm down.

I don’t know how to react when I’m scared, but I pray.

I say a lot of things wrong, but I apologize.

I show that I care in a weird way, but I do show it,

I may feel the world is too much for me to take,

but I don’t mean to own it.

I am nothing,

but with you, God

anything is possible.

So ask me to go wherever you want me to go,

ask me to do anything you want me to do,

ask me to give up anything you want me to leave and

take anything you want me to take…

and I will.

“I don’t know where I am

I don’t know where I’ve been…

But I know where I want to go.”

*****

Panda Wolf:http://pandaheroes.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/the-angels-cry-perfect-poet-award-acceptance/

When the angels cry
Fire will rain and sleet will fall
Under a dark sky.

*****

Seasweeties’ pages:http://seasweetie.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/bonus-poem-for-this-week/

Sometimes you remember something
That you don’t want to remember.

I realized that I missed the Leonids last night.
Can I make up for it somehow?
If I spend the night in the cold big yard
Looking up
Will I still see stars fall?
Can I still make wishes?
Can they still come true?

Do they ever
Come true?

I don’t know.

I don’t know why
Atmospheric events could ever impact
The realization of dreams.

I did not wish on Hawaiian sunsets.
I did not wish on the pink clouds I saw
out my bedroom window this morning.
I did not wish on the first snowflakes
outside my cottage
or the drops of rain
from the biblical deluge in Fajardo.

Maybe I should have though.

I am remembering
too many wishes.

*****

what’s on the menu today;http://myleftoverlife.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/as-long-as-im-still-trying/

Ran into a long lost friend
More than that, a big piece of our past

People who knew us way back when
People who knew the best of

Back when we believed we would conquer
Back when we were pioneers

When we were all for one and all for the vision
When we were an enviable group of gatherers

People with whom we shared our strengths and weaknesses
People with whom we were a totally unrelated family

At first, it was a taken aback surprise
Until the words flowed and we were sharing like no time had passed

And maybe I’m naive to think we could go back
But as long as I’m still trying

Then I know it’s not my fault, then I can be sure
Then I know it’s a matter of time despite my intentions pure

And it reminded me how much I miss
And it set me to challenge myself, to be braver

We’re not dead yet and I have yet to forget
How much you still mean to me

As long as I’m still trying

*****

Madame Simile Fox:http://madamesimilefox.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/pupa/

I, self replicating, imitating versions of my once self, as an arm breaks free of chrysalis-trying to defy this moving metamorphosis.

This slow moving feast of life.

This tasty eloquent dish I sup at, breathing in its aromas so  sweetly.

Tearing each moment limb from limb is the dance of savage life. As I become gentle weaving together new threads.

I, a queen in my making.

*****

Colors of Mind:http://chinmay28.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/when-i%E2%80%99m-walking-with-you/

When I’m walking with you,
I’m a feather floating in the cool air,
Dusted with melting mist: warm and so rare,
Like the kiss of an angel I don’t know from where!

When I’m walking with you,
I’m a bird flying free in the clear skies,
Caressing the mountain peaks: graceful and nice,
Seeing everything I want even with the closed eyes!

When I’m walking with you,
I’m a kid: gentle, innocent and cheerful,
Stupid, yet very lovable and playful,
Making every day so lively and wonderful!

When I’m walking with you,
I’m me, loving everything in the world,
I’m me, living every moment I could harness,
I’m me, seeing light where others see darkness,
‘Coz with you, I’m the best in the world!

*****

Monica: http://garciamo.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/that-lost-yesterday/

Today your reflection appeared
in my mind so suddenly that it startled me
Your unexpected presence surprised
and overwhelmed me simultaneously
with a delightful mixture of long forgotten
but very intense feelings and emotions
I clearly felt the warmth of your smile
as I closed my eyes to take in your deliciously familiar scent
and then I gently pulled you out from that secret holding place
in the center of my soul where only you reside
At that moment your heart sat next to mine
and the loud sound of its powerful pounding gave me goose bumps…
I shuddered as I hugged myself
but if felt more like your arms around me
than my own
I slowly reminisced on thoughts of you
and I said your name out loud
just to break the silence
and delight in the sound of it again…
As if voicing your name to the wind
would really bring you back to my world
Then I stopped to recognized the value
of your presence in my life
while I relived the joyous moments you brought my way
feeling only gratitude for what was
and not lamenting what is no more…
And then I returned to my daily doings
Thinking that you would go back to where you are
So far away from me…
But you stayed there
standing to my left
warming my soul with heat of your breath
revitalizing my being with your laughter…
And loving me passionately
Just like you did in
That lost yesterday….

*****

andulasia: http://andulasia.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/just-a-dream/

incendiary past unsolicited mistakes intruding

shadow memories that leave a smell

stalking will to change the path

I smooth your brow

feel the damp sweat

brush the tears

with my cheek

and speak softly

It’s just a dream

In the silent repose

of hoping I wait

for the fever to break.

in the night

In the silent repose

of knowing I wait

for you to wake.

*****

pinklady:http://pinklady-bing.blogspot.com/2010/11/swept-away.html

I was swept away

love’s unexpected display

life’s pleasant surprise

*****

Life is fascinating:http://relishingsenses.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/being-god/

I stand here and watch them play,

They are all creations of my emotions,

I stand there and watch them cry,

I think I could have done better with my creation,

I stand above and oversee issues and conflicts,

I think I am being the unwanted big brother,

I stay low and carry all pains and troubles,

I think I am doing justice to who I am,

I created, I am the creator, I surround my creation

But I am no exception to myself and I question,

I am God, but who is God to God,

Who would watch me play,

Who would see my cry,

Who would solve my issues,

Who would carry me through troubles,

I am God, But who is God to God.

How am I born, and who is my creator,

My beautiful creation seems so complete,

What do I do by surrounding its beauty,

My charm finds a better place in humanity,

I am God, and whoever is God to God, I am better being Human.

*****

Pamela:http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/11/doors-open-for-us-thursday-poets-rally.html

All things turn into windows
As doors open to separate
Sections on the highway
If closed shutters are rusted,
then we must use
Inner-strength to open them,
with care
Winds blow …
Beckoning to be released
Through open
Doors, windows and shutters

*****

Bella: http://belladonna23.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/sonnet-i/

Eyes close, drifting, dreaming- and still, sleeping

never quite breaks my mind. I feel restless.

Anxiously await for that clamor creeping,

perching upon such a such a slow disturbance.

Would you act, for little of an hour

Of your life, A little moment? Sparing

my indignity? And with my power,

wrapping your head in the dreams we’re sharing,

shedding that awful light; yet deep in my

shadows drifting softly, still your eyes close.

But mulled and dulled by a slow lullaby

You fall asleep. My anxiety grows.

Do dreams exist for you and I asleep?

For the light gives breath, and the days yet keep.

*****

Julie:http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2010/11/girleffectpoem.html

Dare to see

the answer

in this girl’s eyes

and in your eyes

touch it in the wind that

connects you

Dare to feel

the simplicity

of the movement

of your hand to

your craft, your mind

to her message

your productivity

meeting in the channel

of “Yes, I accept

your dare” coursing

collectively here

there now

Dare to hear

how related you are

dive into the darkness

of her eyes, accept

the penetrating darts

of your life force

and her life force

becoming our

force for change

Dare to proclaim

“Our force is for a greater

world dynamic than is

here right now!”

Dare to insist

to share to

live the reality -

the answer is

in her eyes

in your eyes

in her hands

in your hands

in her feet

in your feet

in her learning

in your learning

in your giving

in her receiving

in her giving

and in your receiving

Dare to turn again -

together only

to discover

Your eyes are her eyes

Your hands are her hands

Her feet are your feet

Her learning, your giving

Her receiving, your turning

right here

right now

is the answer

is the response

to the dare

right here

right now

*****

Quietlaughter: http://quietlaughter.com/2010/11/18/remember-me/

On a September morning
I wake up and you are gone
The house is empty still, without you
But it’s not in me to hold on

Oh my dear, the wind is whispering your name
Calling you out to the wide open roads again

Across the golden fields
Through the mountains
To the sea
Under the clear blue sky
Will you remember me?

Every time I think of your goodbye
It still brings tears to my eyes
But I am letting you go
Because I know
I know

Oh my dear, the wind is whispering your name
Calling you out to the wide open roads again

Across the golden fields
Through the mountains
To the sea
Under the clear blue sky
Will you remember me?

I’m praying that you don’t
Get lost along the way…
If you do, my love…
If the sun fades away

May you always find a place to rest
At the end of your day

Oh my dear
The wind is whispering your name
Calling you out
To the wide open roads again

Across the golden fields
Through the mountains
To the sea

Only one thing that I ask
As you go on your way

Always remember me
Always remember me

*****

Heartspell; http://heartspell.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/unforgettable/

“I love you more than if I were the mom

and you were the child,” she whispered to me

at the time, I think she was only three

or maybe five

but without a doubt

already wise

her heart so giving and so pure

better than she or I

loved chocolate, for sure

And with these words all her own choice

as this little game we played

that sweet unforgettable voice

said everything to me that day

*****

10th muse: http://arspoetica.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/two-and-a-half-thoughts-on-love/

Weary and milk-mild i stand
ankle-deep in wet sand, each
footprint a burden more than the last
as i head away from the solace
of heavy waters and
back toward solid ground.
And yeah, this road has a heartbeat,
hums with the rhythm of some gypsy dance
lost to the world centuries ago…

But i’ve
run up somehow on the sidewalk,
lost control of fortune’s wheel and now
the stones you’ve thrown into the gears
make it hard
to start any fire at all;
glass shards like stars
sparkle
across cheeks who’ve
seen too many streams of blackest mascara
raining in through a late
autumn night;
meanwhile steam rises
out from under the hood
like the ghost of a lover
i thought i’d forgotten,

wish i
could forget.

I tell myself i’m happy,
unfold myself from the driver’s seat
and start walking; maybe,

Maybe this winter
will be easier than the last,
holding hope beyond the frost;
maybe my breath with steamy
tomorrows will dream yet
in tachycardia, untamed and
headstrong like the pulse
of the ocean…

Maybe.
But let’s
keep this between us as
these are secrets
for a December
that no man yet has seen.

*****

B:http://thisisbrixx.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/blank-dilemma/
Waiting for the words to fit
The song to sing
So I could describe the way I’m feeling.

Blank.
Neither good nor bad.
But blank is not a feeling
So I need to decide.

Thinking of you makes me ponder
How I love your smile, your laugh,
Wishing it’s forever.

But forever cannot be determined
Even our “together”
Seize the day, carpe diem or never

I don’t know, I don’t know.
I’m writing with the flow.
But when my day meets dark,
It’s the same dilemma where I lurk.

*****

Alakaline: http://alakaline.blogspot.com/2010/04/stream.html

I often dream of living near a stream
with Rumi to keep me company.

I often dream of living near a stream
that gurgles even in the summer.

I often dream of living near a stream
that bubbles with liquid birdcalls.

I often dream of living near a stream
where cicadas buzz in the noon.

I often dream of living near a stream
where pelf and power don’t matter.

I often dream of living near a stream
that brings me closer to heaven.

*****

Shashi:http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/11/whispers-burning-bridges.html

FARAWAY

__________

She walks alone on the beach

Tidal waves, stormy sea

Me, morning and my scattered dreams

LOSS

_____

I am shedding memories

Like leaves in fall

Did I loose you in between my thoughts?

My Way of Love

______________

A part of my heart

Remains empty to let you grow

Into an ache

Burning

__________

He is sitting alone

Burning his bridges

Piece by rending piece

Even before heart could smell

The acrid smoke of burning

The bonds are razed down

Flowing away in time’s unceasing current

Breaking heart tries hard to keep

The fire from going on hurting, flame by flame

His face, turned away

Shadow the flicker of the burning pyre

Of love, belonging and desires

A burning love, and burns at last.

Made of blood, as foolish as it sounds;

Memories drip, from bleeding heart

And love cast her name, again and again

On the deserts of time

Waves upon waves of pain

Tries to wipe the etched memories on sands,

Again and again

Why do I write?

Why do I write, my pain

Knowing

The bonds, cast in sands of time

Matured in feelings

Nurtured in love

Will never burn away

Pyre turned ash, he slowly walks back

A life time ago

_________

*****

Shawn bird: http://shawnbird.com/2010/11/19/snow-haiku/

Gentle crystals fall.
Dancing through the frost filled air,
winter comes again

*****

Haisley:http://scjcircleofthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/view-of-realit.html

My guts were not enough for you to stay

For you are flying so high that causes me to stray

It leads me not to our reverie of blue moon

And I was thrown so hard in the black hole at noon

If you go for it, go all the way that’s what I say

So I follow the path that where you may lay

This leads me to my devastating nightmare

That brought me pain, and sufferings that I bear

I became happy with you the moment I flout

But only a glimpse and suddenly burst out

The idyllic forever of us is only an imagination

And I was awakened by your stupid rejection

All my queries were answered after the separation

For our ending is like a bitter sensation

For when the sunset begins the moon starts to mount

To let the sun knows she was destined to be left out

*****

Unnamed Psalmist:http://unnamedpsalmist.blogspot.com/2010/11/righteousness-in-love.html

your temper will rise
when you hear my advice
every slip of my tongue
will halt you like a nun

to justify my cause and intention
i’ll deprive you of your illusion
a man will take charge
in any relationship disguised

and every inconsistency
of false personality
self righteousness mentality
of love, respect, kindness and honesty

hear me when I say
to shower words of solace
righteousness in love prevails
when emotional outburst unveils.

*****

Neha: http://anothermansdream.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiding-behind-fresh-coat-of-paint-not.html
Hiding behind a fresh coat of paint
Not necessarily to hide my pain
Today i feel yellow
Maybe tomorrow I will be your Friend

Today its a Victorian mask
Tomorrow i will change the cast
Would you still like me for me
and not the girl I am not

Do I have to have a base
A single face I call my own
Why do you need to know me
and fall in the trap of all I am not

*****

Dennis: http://dennisgopoems.blogspot.com/2010/09/can-love-breathe-in.html

“Can love breathe in
After a week’s silence?”
“Lay it on the side
Till it opens up
Misgivings.”

“Can boredom settle
The lack of love,
Heftiness to prove?”
“Truthfulness
Cradles gently.”

“Can the past leave
The present
A scar to haunt?”
“Not so,
For it heals.”

“Can memories
Alter behaviors
Of love and affection?”
“It pines
But never caters.”

“What should I do
To bring back the love
That’s mine?”
“Nothing much,
But love divine.”

*****

Truth is a useless thought:http://truthisanotheruselessthought.blogspot.com/2010/11/this-space-taken.

I found living in a vacuum so hard
to take, so I ventured out, crossed
lines I didn’t make. Unaware of
marked territories; posted signs
warnings plastered on invisible lines

But there he was, standing in
my space, with a body and a head
that had no face. He aroused in me
the need to escape; I turned to run
but was bitten by a snake

Its poison seeped into a hole
already made; I swore this secret
would go to my grave. Believing
like any little child of twelve
that if I told, I would go to hell

But as time passed, I became fat
and little girls like me, just didn’t
do that. My body had swollen like
a little round ball, as the seed
of the snake begun to crawl

I was questioned about the lines
I’d crossed, told by others my soul
was lost. Locked away in a house
that had no floor, fed twice a day
though a hole in the door …

I didn’t have a voice that no one
would hear, so I lived my days in
darkness and fear. Soon the seed
of the snake crawled out of me
stomach went down; body released

I heard a small cry, but I didn’t
understand, that I had given birth to a
little brown man. I felt a stirring
deep within my heart, a lost when
they ripped the two of us apart

Years passed before I finally
understood why, broken hearted
I couldn’t even cry. They said the child
was born in shame, killed, because
it had worn my brother’s name

Now, it’s easy to live in a vacuum
everyday. I’ve created lines that keep
everyone at bay. Marked the territories
around my mind, keep out written
boldly, on invisible signs

*****

Amity:http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/j-for-joie-de-vivre.html

Shower me with your sweet li’l kisses

Pamper me with all thy loving care

Imprison me in your warm sinewy arms

Let our eyes speak a thousand words

Let me melt in your warm embrace

Tell me of your true love and devotion

Oh, a penny for your wild thoughts

Yes, a nickel for your honeydew kisses

This isn’t a dream, this is real

If moon and stars are silent witnesses

They would only approve our love divine

And proclaim we’re a match made in heaven!

*****

My unique world of poetry:http://harshikaram.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/sounds-of-nature-thursday-poets-rally-week-32/

The whoosh of the wind,

The patter of the rain,

The chirp of the birds,

The buzz of the bees,

The ripples of the river,

The crash of the waves,

The rustling of the leaves,

The roar of the lion,

The hiss of the snake,

The squeal of a mouse,

The bark of a dog,

The mew of the cat,

The trump of the elephant,

The neigh of the horse,

The howl of the wolf,

The caw of the crow,

The moo of the cow,

The bleat of a goat,

The grunt of a pig,

The cluck of a chicken,

The click of a dolphin,

The kee-kee of the monkey,

The bray of the donkey,

Combined with more fabulous sounds.

So pleasant to hear,

To our sharp , ever open ears.

*****

Glory: http://oowindeoo.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/thursday-poets-rally-week-32-poem-post-perfect-poet-award-acceptance/

Marching endlessly
Never time to stop
On and on the move
Going to the ends
To protect you

Swords drawn high
Slashing through the night
Gathering members
They gather might
Moving forward no time to stop

Guns at their ready
Sights on spot
Positions holding tight
Enemy is approaching

Ready to fight
Not to run
These marching men
Stay until it’s done

Protecting the love they hold so true
These men fight for me and you

*****

Dan:http://danroberson.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/treasures-forever/

Sharing words of appreciation for all that is done,

Shows me I’m respected,

Being open and honest when we talk,

Lets me trust you more,

Reciprocating by doing something good,

Demonstrates love,

Not using critical or condemning words,

Shows self control,

Giving quality time shows you care,

And builds bridges of love,

Forgiving my failures from yesterday,

Lets me love and move on,

Asking questions with a genuine desire to understand,

Shows that you listened,

Forgiving me as a commitment you made,

Shows that you accept me as I am,

Exchanging kind words between us,

Draws us closer together,

Telling me you love me, reassuring me,

Shows your sensitivity,

Believing that relationships hold life’s deepest meaning,

Makes me value you more,

Making requests and not demands,

Allows me to respond gracefully,

Showing mercy when an offense is done,

Shows a mature heart,

Turning away wrath with a soft voice,

Promotes togetherness,

Cherishing intimacy in talk and action,

Brings a closeness we both want,

Making important decisions together,

Helps build respect,

Merging our lives as we become one,

Reminds us that our relationship,

Is not a project to be completed,

But a work in progress,

Treating our dreams as a gate to the future,

Helps us stay in love,

Understanding that each of us is human,

Keeps us from falling from a pedestal,

Looking for the good in each other,

Lets us find treasures forever.

*****

I will shoot the moon: http://yngvildpaulsen.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/sosical-notworking/

Mean girls
and mean boys;
i am glad your are all ignorant,
Cause if you knew how deeply rooted your cruelness is in me,
YOU
would feel less then you made
me
feel,

YOU would struggle more than
i
have struggled,

So i am glad you don’t have the insight to realize,
i am glad you are ignorant,
«Ignorance is bliss», -as they say.

No capital i here,
cause i feel small,

and i think i always will,

try not to be bitter.

*****

Caribeanfool:http://caribbeanfool.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/lusting-after-something-to-say/

i gotta ask
if anyone in
possession
of any of
those wilder
strains of genius
ever left behind
instructions about
what-to-do
when the path
disappears &
it’s desert in
every direction.
(even going
backwards didn’t
work.)

as near as
I can tell;
.
.
.
no.
they
have
not.

sorry,
brothers & sisters;
i think
sometimes
the only solution
is gettin’
unfucked.

i can’t explain
how & why;
none of those
asylum-seekers
amongst us
ever said
anything about
voices
falling
silent.

those fuckers.

laughter
also helps.

*****

Christine: http://ibrewhaiku.blogspot.com/2010/11/haiku-trio.html

Initiation:

we get to the business of

putting down our roots.

Be open, tender,

Clean and wise; sheltering strong

Explorable you!

On spring sheets, our feet

Knees thighs hips bellies mouths eyes

Align and align.

*****

Celebrating a year:http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/week-109-second-story-sunlight/

she felt her heart reopening
like a flower one petal at
a time she would never say that
she was fixed but she was getting
more solid more beautiful wing-
ing her way out into the glow
of second story sunlight know-
ing every scar each wound in its
process of healing all the bits
that were her life her seeds to sow

*****

Purvi:http://puplumages.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/frozen-in-time/

Chaste & pure.. untouched .. nothing endured

It stands like a snow house with decor

Frozen in time is this world I’ve built in me..

Roofing done in chocolate chip memories

Our passion hangs immortalized

in the Paintings on the walls

Illuminated with the sunshine of Our Smiles

Are each corner & the halls

In the Hearth lie embers of raging passions

glowing and with them burns the fire

carrying the warmth that emanated

from our deepest & sweetest desires

Overflowing fragrance of your undiluted charm

From the blooming buds is oozing..

In The garden ever fresh & green

not a whisper to change or move in its preserving

A silence echoing our unspoken moments

Yet the symphony of our singling conversation

Is the music that rings clear to fill the air

Pouring in me an unparalleled tingling Sensation 

*****

Chris G: http://cianphelan.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/standardized/

Just a moment

If you would—

Never dread the dedications

Just a moment for a lifetime

Bubble “D” for destiny—

All suits and servility,

Master of the master-less

Hordes your own deception

Initial here to sign

This life into the hands

Of an angry world.

Not to worry—

You weren’t using it.

*****

Raji: http://thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com/2010/11/love-in-rain.html

Love

-

Gentle, like

butterfly kisses

heart affairs.

Rain

-

Tiny drops falling

magnificent multihued

its raining again

*****

Ina: http://inaweblogisback.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/old-oak/

October. When you left me and went, it was Fall

And I was such a mess, hurting so bad

It was when that tree started to grow really tall

It grew and many storms it has had

Every year it got taller and stronger

In Summer it gave me shelter and shade

October again now, I wait for you  no longer

The tree lost its leaves again, colours will fade

Now  there is a light shining behind the tree

In the sky, a shining star so  very bright

In Orion,  that first I could not see

When the tree was in the way of the light

You won’t come back, but seasons keep returning

When there is need of shade , the leaves be there

And in Winter, the star I shall see burning

So worry not, for me you need not care

*****

Amrita: http://amritaghosh.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/musing-on-a-monday-morning/

Waking up on Mondays
Is such a drain.
I feel like turning over,
And, going to sleep again.

But the week beckons me
With a half-opened bewitching eye,

And, with reluctance, I give in.
Well aware, and, fully knowing

That the loving caress might fade into a stony gaze,
By the time Friday decides to find its way through the maze.

For now, at least, it’s best to zip out of bed,
And, try to think of happy things instead.

So, before I rush out, let’s catch a steaming cup of tea,
And, let’s sneak in a special Monday moment for just you and me.

*****

The Reason You Come:http://thebeatofmydrum.com/2010/11/18/psycho/

Maybe it’s the sight of the night lights outside your window
Maybe it’s the row of cans of diet soda that sits in front of you everyday
That makes you smile, pleased to be here, winking at the mirror
It could be the simple fact of the existence of this place
And you exist in it, immune from the harshness of the world outside
With its glowering eyes, cruel hands, and its rotting, ugly teeth
But that was a moment ago, when a voice craved, this bed, that pen,
Your pretty face, and that red cocktail dress gave you warmth

Now, the coldness seeps in, turning your eyes into blades
You palpitate, your breath sounds becoming furious and violent
You stab your own heart, using your dagger voice, screaming
A book is torn, a hand un-held, bitterness is reborn like the phoenix
Tattooed along your spine, perfectly rigid you can’t even move
Paralyzed, the snake’s venom that oozes out of your mouth grips
You from head to toe; sweet as fear, bitter as the bile on your lips
Your love backs away from you, his face turning into a stranger’s

You cry, laugh, cry again, push him away, now kiss him, hold him
You speak to him with your eyes, stranger to stranger, even as disgust,
Confusion, fear, pity, love dance like a prism on his face, almost comical
Yet the city by your window is still lit, the world outside, still harsh
The room remains the same; it’s always the venue for this farce
Your screams have been silenced, all that reverberates is the air
In the stillness, you hear two words, one judgment: “Crazy woman!”
Like the sound of fingers scratching a blackboard; the woman roars

The stage is set again, the actor comes undone, ready to play the part -
The circus, with its angry acrobat hurtling through a ring of fire, is back.

*****

Verse Escape: http://versiscape-lifesentences.blogspot.com/2010/10/song-of-lithophyte.html

As the heavy centuries have passed

Their light repeating strokes across creation,

Flowing the veils of earth at last

From a millennium’s striation

Yet working only on the surface of the whole,

So, subtle tireless and remote

The long years have washed you,

Put here a line upon your curving throat,

There in your dark hair a mica hue,

But pause now as the work draws near your soul.

A green airy growth lives inside each crack

The weathered rock turns upward to the sun.

The rain that slices inward to the bone

Reveals its solemn involutes knack

Of being rich in what all else may shun,

Thriving on the rind of true alone.

As the hand of man has served

To carve a quicker gore than windblown sand

Toward the ore the hillside hides reserved,

So your face is mined by your own hand.

The channels there were cut by salted tears,

And not the wayward miners of the years.

Your face was mark less once beside the river

Where we lay in harmony of mind.

Downstream the nuclear fire could not deliver

Half the power there for us to find.

Firefly light made weedy shadows vast

Where the vapor of the meadow burned

With heatless fire.

In the time stream’s flux we put a mast,

Round which the planetary sails billowed and turned

At our desire.

As the wheel of centuries has made

Chaos out of order, life from death;

As the crags and peaks where Moses prayed

Were once the ballroom where the breath

That cuts them now to dust and ruin

Was only known as seaweed’s dancing tune,

So now upon your face old thoughts parade

That I would sink deep roots in if I could

And end this lithophytes serenade

With soft sleep together in the green wood

And above us put the timeless firmament

At one with time’s and nature’s own intent.

*****

Pages from my mind:http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/i-knit/

Dreams of past
from mind i fish
and color them in
future memories.
some beads of love
i gather silently
patches of tears
i join them with.
I imagine not
what shape i want
nor do i bother
of colors life grant.
I gather when i knit
metaphorical threads
adding,removing
daily ideas in my head.
I offer to all the gift,of
what i make and wear
it talks of wisdom
if you pretend to hear.
I sometimes dread the time
my fingers cease to move
but never will i desert
the yarn that broods.

*****

Polluted Poet:http://pollutedpoetry.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/street-justice/

Like a gangster, I need to make a move
Desperate to do something quick to improve
my quality of life, my well being
my source of survival, my lifes meaning
I need to get back on my feet again
I need to fiend for what I believe in
by doing things I should not be doing
for and against my values, confusing?
my crime is not malevolent or malign
poetic justice, it’s called sometimes
where virtue is rewarded vice punished
persistence, til my life’s work is finished

*****

Wordsworthmillions:http://wordsworthmillions.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/counting-sheep/

Counting sheep
two gates
first gate open
count and second gate
open into the barn
no
I lose count;
one entrance
count and into the barn
no
they run too fast;
lead them one by one
into the barn
no
this takes time;
I will let them jump the fence
count and into the barn
no
some jump too low
get stuck in the fence;
frustrated
it’s been hours;
shall I lead them
to the slaughter-house?
no
they look at me with sad eyes
guilt gets me there;
I open my eyes
it is morning already
yawn

*****

M I M:http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/i-need-to-write/

I need to write
I’m gonna get HIGH and write
I’m gonna get BLAZED and write
Because I need to write
Everyday there is something to put down
There are some words that need to be made to sound
So I need to write something down
Whether it be about the feelings of the heart
Notes and rights of the revolution
Abstract thoughts on life itself
Or the simple beauty of nature
There is always something to write about
So why do I have these gaps
These points of no poignant thoughts
These breaks that last for so long
Is it really nothing to write
Is it really nothing that I have to say
Or is it laziness
Just not taking the time
Or the ever valid excuse of being busy
Well non of this will suffice
I see myself taking to people at the roll of a dice
I mean on it
I spit
Never quit
I come with it
These words
All I gotta do
Is remember to write it down
With that I bring it to sound
And you know that’s where I’m found

*****

Ibok: http://lordemmanuel.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/let-it-flow/

I bath my soul

in the river of words

and let it take me away,

far deep

to where the rivers

meet the ocean

at that distant corner

where the ordinary eyes

fear to thread.

I bath my soul

in the ocean of messages

and let it consume

every part of me

as each available pores

on me

become a channel

through which

the river of words flow

and the ocean of message gushes.

*****

Deadpoet88: http://deadpoet88.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/transition/

~*~*~

The leaves, so red and brown,
Fallen on the ground,
Hidden by the snow,
More than can be told,
Swirling through the mist,
Feelings of being kissed,
As the cold and rosy cheeks,
So submissive and so meek,
Throw away the light,
Racing through the night,
And there’s nothing left to think,
When standing at the brink.

~*~*~

The autumn winds,
So heavy with the scent,
Of crushed dry leaves,
Have calmed down,
To merely a whisper,
Of their full strength.

The crushing winter cold,
Has set in so silently,
It was hard to find,
In the midst of swirling leaves,
Until suddenly it was there,
And could not be ignored,
As the snowflakes,
Softly touched the ground.

The seasons change,
With time, unbound,
Yet always coming and going,
Always giving and taking,
From the heart and soul,
From the thoughts of our mind,
Until nothing is left but to wonder,
Why they even exist.

When stars light up the sky,
And the child gives out a sigh,
What more can we do,
But ponder.

As the chill touches our heart,
And melts in our hands,
Until the frigid cold,
Touches our very soul,
Leaving behind a mark,
Shining through the dark,
Reminding us always,
There is light at the end of the tunnel,
There is always a new dawn,
Spring is not far off,
And there is beauty in every storm.

~*~*~

No, I cannot tell you,
What it is that I feel,
For I feel so much,
Yet so little,
There is not much that I do keep.
Yet when I look into the darkness,
All I see is a flash of light,
And I wonder just maybe,
Because you always make me smile.

~*~*~

Lisa: http://ocdbloggergirl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/mediocre-poetry-the-apartment-complex/

Once upon a time, before ever I was born,

you were erected a little after 1971.

Brick and morter, cement and wood,

until one day there you stood,

13 buildings are lucky if an architect is in a good mood.

200 apartments that were state of the art back in the days when Nixon was not a crook,

splash in a pool built in the days before diving boards were took.

Snack bar, volley ball, n’ tennis,

Sit on your terrace without  fearing a menace.

But that was in 1972,

now the owners don’t know what to do.

Buildings age, wood rots,

but the staff cares not a lot.

One lives here because the rent is cheap,

lucky you if you don’t meet up with one of your creeps.

A Mexican man who spills his beer can down from his balcony,

A drag queen who owes me money,

Wife beaters and folks who can’t read,

a friendly ‘ex-rapist,’

drug dealers who meet the people’s need.

Some people have killed themselves here instead,

Guess it’s cheaper than moving,

but you don’t fill me with that kind of dread.

Apartment  complex of mine, I love you and hate you at the same time.

When I first saw you I knew you were just right  for me.

Unlike the house we had owned, no rats in the attic roamed.

The terrace was enough outdoor space without a lawn to mow.

Finally a pool within 50 feet of me not made of plastic, you know?

and a  few nice neighbors to balance  the plethora of trash,

no one’s  too nosy, they let us do what we wish without being rash,

my hoarding* or Mom’s gardening,

letting our cats roam ,

this is the perfect place for eccentrics  to  have friends but be left sometimes alone.

Apartment Complex, intellectual purgatory, I call you home.

*****

FireandIce: http://welcometoreality.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/socalledthanksgiving/

Thanksgiving

I clench my fists tightly, little white half-crescent moons forming

on my palm, imprints from my sharp fingernails.

The house is filled with the aroma of stuffing

and a 20 pound turkey

And apple pie (sprinkled with cinnamon).

All the good stuff,

Just like every year.

Mom bustles around

Cathy flits from the kitchen to her bedroom like a

curious butterfly.

Anthony is drawn to the tantalizing smell of

warmth and celebration.

And I? I remain in my room all day

Gloom, dark, despair

settles around me like the new, thick, duck-down quilt

Grandma bought for me.

As always, I am the third wheel

The party pooper

The spoilsport

All my friend are online

But I don’t want to chat.

Thanksgiving dinner

Friends and friends of friends sit around the dining table

which groans from the weight of platters and mom’s best silverware.

Meat glistens with grease, cranberry jelly jiggles in the glass bowl.

“Shall we say thanks?” offers my mom,

wiping her hands on her apron,

and I see she is wearing her old diamond earrings from the Before Alex days, the days of gold and foreshadowing.

As the generous hostess she is, she gives the honor of being the first

to the guest on her right–Maggie or Mandy or whatever.

I pay no attention, though certain phrases I snatch from the conversation–

“…thankful for John, for God, for food, for shelter…”

“…my Nintendo DS, my laptop, my friends…”

“…for being the valedictorian and for Katie…”

I spit contemptuously–how cliche their responses are!

I’ve heard them repeated every year

and year and year since.

A gentle tapping on a wineglass, and my mother says softly,

“Krystal, would you like to share?”

What’s to give thanks for, she means.

Be polite, she means.

Don’t ruin her rep or her child-upbringing, she means.

I open my mouth but the words quiver

and tremble and falter on the tip of my tongue.

Guests exchange glances–how subtle, they think.

But they think I don’t know?

The weird girl, as I’m known.

The shadow. Emo. Depressed.

My mental health is questioned

As the air turns to ice with the tense silence

My mother, an experienced ice-skater who turns graceful figure eights

And glides around the rink,

Knows better than to risk thin ice,

But in this case, she raises a blade

And stabs the frozen air with it.

“Um, let’s begin eating,” she pushes a strand of perfectly permed blonde hair behind her ear.

I am stunned into refusing the bowl of mashed potatoes with gravy that comes around.

What am I thankful for?

My dry wit has gotten me into trouble a  good many times,

But in this case, it’s not humor or sarcasm.

It’s the truth.

I’m thankful that my dad was killed in a freak car accident

So he didn’t have to feel the pain of my mother’s affair.

I’m thankful that my mom didn’t invite darling Alex over

So he wouldn’t have to feel the pain of my fists.

I’m thankful that my mom is tactical enough

To not mention Cathy’s abortion.

I’m thankful that my brother is smart enough

To not mention that he smokes.

“Why don’t you eat, Krystal?” It’s my mother again

Nag, nag, nag

Smiling her perfect, lipsticked smile

Immaculate rows of pearly white teeth grinning at me

Like a shark’s.

I can’t take it any longer.

I hate this.

I hate my mom.

I hate my life.

But I hate me even more for being who I am–

bitter, angry, a terrible person for thinking such black thoughts.

I stand up, fling my carving knife into the lacy white tablecloth

and it stands upright in the wood beneath.

“You know what I’m thankful for?” I snarl at my mom who has gone white,

Even through the supposed ‘light blush’ she applied on her cheeks.

“I’m thankful that I got to know my dad, who is all I have to love.”

“I’m thankful that I have friends who at least do a better job of pretending to care

than you do.”

“I’m thankful that eighteen is only four years away,

and then I won’t have to stay in this cursed dwelling anymore.”

The guests gape, unused to my outburst

What, did they think I was an emotionless brick wall?

I laugh at the thought.

Perhaps, for the first time, Thanksgiving will be a silent affair

As I escape to my room–not by my mother’s death glare,

but by my own choice–

I wonder if today is really Thanksgiving.

For what is Thanksgiving,

when there are no thanks to give?

*****

LeiffyV: http://notae.net/blog/?p=452

She stood there with a smirk
Cigarette dangling from her lips
Cold, steely gaze set on mine
Her hair dangled over her face
Ruffled from a night of anticipation

She stood there with a knife
In her delicate hand of love
Sheer negligee showing contours
Of carnal lust, adoring motherhood
Never caring what I thought of it

She stood there with a tear
Running down her flushed cheek
Saying something I never expected
“I don’t feel sorry for causing you pain”
The slow trickle of gore down the blade

She stood there waiting for me
To slowly fade into nothingness
Love already shown by the agony
Of Death’s sweet chains of release
She is my sexy psychotic

****

Thomas:http://abthomas.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/canola-morn/

Whilst stand among the brilliant yellow canola as it did its wind driven dance,

off in the horizon I happen’d to glance

and I saw the outline of another quite by chance.

She beckon’d me a hither

Upon a milk’d hued morn with not a voice but the merest of gesture

With an effort great did I my ego bolster,

shoving aside questionable character lack into a bolt’d hoslter.

Instinct not reason lead my feet to act

While thine head caution’d to hold fast for once begun it could not retract

Yet a slight aromatic tinge breezed for unreason’d attract.

Across stride by stride did I stutter through the canola’d dew

The moisture drips along my waist their mark did they strew

Closer follow’d by closer still her features sharpened bidding attention to all around her and I adieu

Visual’d query of whom my body selfishly moved to such proximate sight

garner’d she wore dress long, sleeved in radiant white

roundness of face that one could tell was middled to thirty to forty years of delight

Tantalized was I as brunette hair surround’d by dull mist whimsically within curled

Twas surely a woman who o’ershadow’d all else in the world

One last footfall brought our distance to inconsequential measure,

the cream’d texture of her flesh harken’d innerly hedonistic images of pleasure,

yet hurry’d her demeanor suggest even lightning spark would ignite in slowed pressure.

I stood beside the very icon of night-wett’d whimsical dreamt pick

attempting to sound for me a very most unnatural slick

(and praying to draw her attention away from my double cowlick)

“I have a notion that to this ye are aware

But I can not but sayeth that doth are spectacularly on the shade of fair”

She gave naught but a muted giggle

And perhaps my eyes deceived but a hint of a plump’d bosom’d wiggle

Shuffled a foot did I then the other,

mayhaps my speak to her was auditory smother

To look upon her face caused for sweat my thin’d bangs to soak

No words were longer past yet volumes to me she spoke

Flaming a fire that an ere day did not even produce a wisp of smoke

Stymy’d twas I

for though nary a note had passed through those pull lips nor even a try

yet  the sweetest of song echoed within the ears of my

And whence tips of her fingers float’d upon thine arm out

from thine crack’d lips released a sedated sigh

Could it be that I was asleep fast?

Perhaps a trickery of mind of what I avoid’d times past?

Or meeting a perfect that upon norm would unbelieve – be aghast?

Less the never t’whether imagine or real

Long’d did I to once again something feel

Nestled content upon my o’er dued lap

Ere a maggot’d feast partake of this chap

Bodily dead in a wooden box’d trap

Off afar did moo an unseen bovine

To continue monlogued conversation I did thus give an opine

Perhaps if to you it would see fit to incline

To meet to have a nibble with coffee or even a long dine?

Her eyelids gave a gentile flutter

Which made weak my knees like a summer day’s pat of butter

Yet not a sound emerged again to which I could reply with stutter

For with each muscle she did twitch

It unlock’d yet another hidden wanting switch

The golden solar orb shatter’d moist shelter’d room of outdoors,

the image surround undisolved to clarity misdirected of previous afores

Vivacity of future evaportated with perspire from ope’d pores

as I realized that dissipated was the mist

but the solidity of my new intrigued passion de-insist to exist

Come hath five falls

As yet another doth calls

Each milk’d morn I attend to that field

Where my wound’d heart momentarily heal’d

In hopes that forever it could be given away seal’d

*****

Lynna: http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/the-path-of-your-ignorance/

The path of your ignorance
Sitting in my corner
Mindful no more
Enthralled in my own discovery
At peace with whom I’ve become

Then came you
Seeking
Prodding
Searching
Quite beseeching

Lost in your pain of being found
Lacking in whom you knew yourself to be
Redemption you seek
The one I already found

Reaching
Touching
Feeling
I take your call
Sadly not yet ready
Still lost in whom you knew you to be
Yearning for the one you wish to exhibit

I hear your pain
I sense your tears
Swallowed in your arrogance and your jokes
The ones you wish to bury deep inside of she, she and she

Turning
Hurting
I let go on the path of your ignorance
Myself to lose
I let go

R0013: https://r0013.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/dont-let-this-be-a-setback/

We have to take the power back
Lay off the crack
Keep on track
This shit is wack
Nothing but a nymphomaniac
Turning us into a paranoiac
Into an insomniac
He’s become a megalomaniac
We have to take the power back
Don’t let this be a setback
I’ve had enough of your playback
No longer want your feedback
This might turn into an attack
We have to take the power back
Never drawback
Never cutback
We have to take the power back
From all nymphomaniac(s)

*****

Heather: http://heathergracestewart.com/2010/11/17/my-heart-has-no-meter/

My heart has no meter; no why, no when—
Mourning won’t follow one will or way;
They say someday I’ll learn to live again.

They send me pretty cards, their names in pen,
No one has answers or knows what to say.
Tell me, does the pain subside? Tell me, when?

No rules, I am told; no one through to ten.
Does the pain ease a little every day?
They say someday I’ll learn to live again.

The seasons shift; I’m not ready for them,
But I long to laugh like a child at play;
Tell me, does the pain subside? Tell me, when?

A hermit with my heart; a bear in my den,
I’ll sleep all day; I’ll hide this pain away—
They say someday I’ll learn to live again.

Spring will renew, breath of summer, and then
Winter blows in with its shadows blue-gray.
My heart has no meter; this love has no end—
They say someday I’ll learn to love again.

*****

Sam 373: http://sam373.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/summer-nights-dream/

Sun hot against my face;

Moon gives off its own kind of heat:

Breezes leave more often than they come-

Non Semper Eril Restas.

The fan blows my sweat into rolls

While mama in the kitchen

Baking bread on the table.

Outside, the sky is black

Hell’s kitchen windows are closed.

Sun hot against my face;

Moon gives off its own kind of heat:

Breezes leave more often than they come-

Non Semper Eril Restas.

The fan blows my sweat into rolls

While mama in the kitchen

Baking bread on the table.

Outside, the sky is black

Hell’s kitchen windows are closed.

Non Semper Eril Restas.

Showers are taken in the street

A little more cold water, hold the heat.

Highways are buckling beneath my feet,

Black stuff from volcanoes

Take the place of streets.

Rain evaporates before hitting the ground;

Unattended Baby in a bathtub

Drown!

While unwed mother in the next room

Fucking a clown-

Non Semper Eril Restas.

Unclothed ugliness on the rooftop Sheds gown;

Forcing even the sun to finally fall down.

Wayward unyielding children

Chill-n in the all-night playground;

Watch in prophetic horror their precursor

In a red sea drown-

Non Semper Eril Restas.

Grass growing green-

Flowers blooming bright-

Trees grow so tall-

Birds soar

To miraculous heights.

Stars seem their brightest-

Love seems to last forever

While time virtually stands still-

Happiness should never have cause to end,

Yet it does . . .

Non Semper Eril Restas

(Summer Won’t Last Forever)

*****

Fearless Dreams:http://fearlessdreams.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/tell-me-today/

Who cares what tomorrow holds

I’m still trying to grasp today

They say time flows like a river flows

I treasure every drop

It brings my way

Who knows how long the sun’ll shine

How long the blinding night will stay

As long as I feel you here and mine

I’ll be shining to greet whatever may

Who dares to walk the cold

Only souls who bared the gray

They say time ticks slow, slow and old

When the peace starts to sail and sway

But with your hand in mine we’re stuck on hold

I’d give everything to leave us this way

Cause

Who knows how long the sun’ll shine

How long the blinding night will stay

As long as I feel you here and mine

I’ll be shining to greet whatever may

So whether you love me or love me not

whether I’m in for the rain

Don’t wait till you’re left with all I got

Make a prayer and tell me

Today

*****

Victoria:http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/jingles-poetry-rally-thanksgiving/

Sharp winter chill
(not autumn)
morning.

Brilliant sun,
cloudless sky,
frost,
crisp grass.

Warm air
escaping lungs
like body-cloud.

Toasty thoughts
comforting,
challenging.

Counting blessings,
assuaging guilt:
so many
alone,
hope-bereft.

Soul-steam
circling hot coffee cup,
fogs inside.

God-light,
intense fall color:
cinnabar,
bronze
beckons
dance with me,
with life–
insists
come,
play,
celebrate gifts.

Spirit calls:
enjoy,
give back.

*****

Words4afriend: http://words4afriend.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/last-snowfall/

Waltzing

with the blowing winds

Delighted

amazement excitement

Again

I am partnered with the winds

Destiny

unfolds life begins

Crystalline

designs delicate lines

Sliding

gliding dance entwined

So

closely we touch gentle clutch

like

two peasant dancers instinctive

The sky

is our ballroom as we prance

We

began a 2 beat measure with delight and pleasure

Slowly

drifting spinning with the delight of many

Twisting

like a spinning penny

graceful

we began I bow to my partner as we part

I know

as sure as this snowfall

This

will not be my last curtain call

Another day

will come

A lone snowflake

Will partner with winds, a new waltz begins

*****

Tasithoughts:http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/thankfulness/

Air filling expanding my lungs

inflating my muscles

stretching my toes

quickening my mind

clarifying my vision

into colors that quench my thirst

for the something more

where imagination meets creation

where love erupts intelligence’s passion

my spirit is ALIVE

My heart pumps out not blood, but

thankfulness

thankfulness

thankfulness

*****

Willie: http://williewizzy.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/what-to-write/

Oh, dear screen
Not a big grin
I’m screaming
Stop teasing

No words to rhyme
I’m out of time
What to write?
Nothing and I hide

I have no line
I’m not fine
This not a lie
Sorry if it’s a crime

*****

The Street Lamp: http://thestreetlamp.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/adieu/

The train stole her.

It was a winter dawn that felt like a frosty evening.

Snow drifted towards the ground like flower petals.

He was in his thick army jacket.

She looked like a bandit, with a dandelion scarf bundled around her face.

He attempted to stuff another dollar into her pockets.

She promised to buy him the latest novels, a new coffee mug, and

maybe some tea.

The train tracks whispered.

The watch hands crawled past seven

And reflected onto their faces pale sunlight.

A streetlamp droned above them.

Then it fizzed out, showering them in snowflakes and sparks.

She caught a snowflake on her tongue, going cross-eyed.

He smiled.

Crystals melted on her tongue with a hiss.

A pale red train creaked into the station.

She made a dash for the door.

The conductor made a beeline toward the coffeeshop.

He hollered at the conductor, waving his arms angrily.

She picked herself off the ground.

Streetlights in the distance died.

She tugged at his cheeks in the dark.

Her breath swirled with chill, mingling with his.

He smelled like drugstore cologne, lemons, and gasoline.

The red train zipped over the horizon and fell.

They reveled in the silence, but for the

twittering of sparrows.

An old man sprinkled sesame across the snow.

She clapped for the moment and pulled out her camera.

He wanted a postcard, he asked for one.

She opened her mouth to speak.

The train shot past on the tracks,

Squealed to a stop.

The crows came, Scared the songbirds away.

She tucked her faux leather purse

behind her shoulders.

He hauled her suitcases into the train.

His arms burned with effort.

Her cheeks burned with cold.

The train stole her away.

He slept in the snow, his jacket was a cushion.

A wet nose smeared his face, his chapped lips.

She peeked out of the window.

The train plunged into the morning,

Steam snaking through the watercolor sky.

*****

Gnarlyoak:http://gnarlyoak.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/headstone-on-the-quad/

Beneath this crumbling headstone,
entangled in deep roots, are bones
of a life it once knew;
forgotten in this concrete jungle.
It is unknown.

It is giant, it is wise, it is ancient;
twisted and gnarly limbs search for the sun.
Although these branches loom above always -
clawing for the clouds to bring down rain -
it is a ghost.

But still it grows,
grasping for the warmth, the sunlight,
it knows lies above.
And so great it has become:
the invisible tower.

Longer it has known these grounds -
from above and below -
than we have walked this earth at all.
We know nothing of its past endured,
yet still, it is reaching.

*****

Jingle: http://itistimetothinkformyself.blogspot.com/2010/11/they-called-each-other-honey.html
There once were a sir bear named Funny,
and a lady bear named Bunny,
They got married
without feeling hurried.
They laughed and hopped
until their heartbeats stopped.
Funny loved Bunny,
Bunny cherished Funny.
They called each other Honey,
And they looked absolutely darling.

Nature Is Magical

In my younger and more vulnerable years,

I’ve already been moved by magic in nature that brings forth cheers:

Open your eyes,

You will see nature as a wizard in disguise:

Bean sprouts pop out from buried seeds,

Overcoming the barriers set by nasty weeds;

Birds’ singing echoes near a nest,

Wishing new births the best;

Pink blossoms are all over boughs,

Oxes in the field proudly pull their plows;

Shadows dance on the tree house where kids played,

Kittens nap under the willow tree’s shade;

Snow is gone,

The earth is brown and young;

Spring breeze tickles your ears,

Valentine love is of bright ideas!

Nature is magical,

Wonders and wizardry come as a miracle.

One Single Impression (Echoes)

Carry On Tuesday (In My…Years)

Sunday Scribbling (Bright Ideas)

Poetry Potluck (Magic, Miracles, Wonders, …)

Blue Monday (Blue)

The Perfect Poet Award 4 Poets Rally Week 33


The Perfect Poet Award 4 Poets Rally Week 33

Congratulations! The following Thursday Poets’ Rally members have won The Perfect Poet Award for week 33.  (In No particular order)

RiikaInfinityy

Jamie Dedes

Olivia

Kellie Elmore

Heartspell

Leo (Leonnyes)

Dasuntoucha

Industrialarts

Celebrating a Year

Chris G.

Lu Ann

Sumit Sarkar

Panda Wolf

Ladynimue

Liv2write2day

Julielaing

The Reason You Come

Chamiechamz

Amity

Pamela

~Drew

WordsWorthMillions

Monica Garcia Saenz

Hope_rising

Jessicasjapes

Dan

LoLa

Jojo

Malcolm McLachlan

Amarllyis

Christiankane

Uncensoredinsanity

Jackjericho

PS: B, Pinklady, Word4afried, and Yuuki-chan are nominated for week 33, for you already win on week 32….I will follow the rule and give you the award on Rally week 34.…Thanks for the understanding, No poets will win this award two weeks in a row!

Rules to Accept the Award:

  • Put the logo on your blog before or on your next Thursday post.
  • Post a poem (or a Haiku) under the logo.
  • Tag Jingle to link back to Thursday Poets’ Rally Award Post.
  • Nominate One Previous Participants and U R done!

Criterion of the Nomination:

  • You must be A Thursday Poets Rally Participant for a minimum 1 week to be able to be nominated.
  • This award is given once a week by Jingle at Promising Poets Parking Lot Beginning week 24
  • Each week, Jingle will award those Rally participants nominated by previous week winners but finalized by Jingle.
  • If a winner rejects the award and gets nominated once again, Jingle has to withhold the nomination until the poet eventually accepts the previous award.
  • This award is initialized and created by Jingle at Jingle.
  • Winners of this award have the option to choose one of the logos available to post in their blog upon acceptance. If the winner does NOT follow the rule to post the winning logo and nominate a poet along with the post, Jingle will consider a rejection to the award. Jingle will be responsible for nominating additional award winning poets for the week . (If u reject the award, then u can NOT make claim of this honor in the future in your blog or at any other public occasions).

A sample award acceptance is linked here:

Week 23 Perfect Poet Award Acceptance by Jingle

http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/thursday-poets-rally-week-23-poem-post-perfect-poet-award-acceptance/

Agreement 4 Thursday Poets Rally week 33 Participants

Welcome to Thursdays Poets’ Rally week 33 (November 18-24)

Please read and answer the following questions before participating Poets Rally week 33

#1: Is your poem for Poets Rally week 33 original? Please say YES or NO.

#2: Your entry is supposed to be 4 Thursday Poets Rally week 33, if you enter your piece to another online meme in the future or have done so previously, please let me know and mention it in your entry post.  Please say YES or NO, thanks.

#3: By counting you in, you are automatically a participant, which implies that you allow Jingle, the host, and other participants from the Rally unlimited access to your blog posts on that week, and you will NOT complain about how often people have visited or commented for your work.  Do you agree? Please give a clear YES or NO.

#4: To be counted as active poet next time, you must meet the requirements:

1): Return favors to those who have commented for you,

2): for the first poem entry, visit and comment for 18 poets that are NEW to you from participants list. Are you going to fulfill the requirements with your best knowledge? Please say YES or No.

#5: If you have answered YES to the FOUR questions above, now you are expected to keep your words.  Once you fulfill your weekly requirement, you are formally a participant.  Jingle will honor your work by posting your entry poem on Promising Poets’ Parking Lot, Do you want your entry poem to be published on this site by Jingle? YES or No, please answer.  (This is optional, no punishment for saying NO)

#6: If you are nominated for The Perfect Poet Award, are you going to accept the award, following the rules to post a poem and nominate another previous participant? Please say  YES or NO.  To avoid frustration, Jingle awards those who said YES…

#7: As a participant, you are representing Thursday Poets Rally, no personal biases, no negative comment, or email gossips are encouraged or tolerated. You are expected to follow the rules, focus on public commenting and encouraging, you do your own contribution, and respect decisions made by fellow poets or Jingle…Are you willing to work on building a positive, encouraging, and respectful poetry community by being modest, cool, and professional? YES or No,  Please respond.

*****

Please answer all 7 questions, FRESH poets can simply scroll down to visit participants from this list to meet requirement…you can visit the perfect poet award winners if you wish…Let me know after you are done…This is on behalf of both Jingle and participants, YOU, with this agreement, we are clear about our duty and complaints or potential issues are avoided…

Week 33 Participants Awards:

For this week’s participants Jingle will offer

The Most Professional Poet Award

The Most Productive Poet Award

To all participants who will attend Rally week 33 and have the willingness to share and encourage poetry.

PS: if you wish to opt out for the award, please comment to say: I prefer not to take the awards…Thanks.

Week 32 The Perfect Poet Award Winners:

http://thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/the-perfect-poet-award-4-poets-rally-week-32/

Someone Is Special (Accepted)

PinkLady (Accepted)

Scent of my heart (Accepted)

Thoughtsnotlost (Accepted)

Tasithoughts (Accepted)

B (Accepted)

Shashi

A.B. Thomas, Mutter Fluka (Accepted)

Angela Cohen

Melissa (Accepted)

Yeh U Know Me Know Me.

Boababpapers (Accepted)

Ms. Peaches (Accepted)

Megzone (Accepted)

lynnaima (Accepted)

yuuki-chan (Accepted)

Morganna (Accepted)

Just another girl

Words4Afriend (Accepted)

Hikkii-chan

Inez Salcido

Ashbeezone (Accepted)

Ina (Accepted)

Hedgewitch

Krislin Neo, Ting (Syracuse Pike) (Accepted)

Glory (Accepted0

Bward42 (Accepted)

Curtis Honeycutt (Accepted)

Gnarlyoak

LeiffyV (Accepted)

Jingle ( Accepted)

Week 33 Participants list:

Sumit:http://myriad-sumit.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-love-with-you-perfect-poet-award.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Life or something like it: http://loveblushfever.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/passages/ (done, ;) ;) :) )

Megzone:http://megzone.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/you/

Suzanne: http://roundpeoplesquareearth.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/a-soldiers-sky/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Kick out jams: http://kickoutthejams.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/framed/

Smith: http://theophillus.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/do-they-see-me/

Marit: http://maritsfuckingblogging.blogspot.com/2010/11/oklahoma.html

Liliana:http://summaryofmysoul.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/cold-fall/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Poems | My World: http://poem-myworldofexcitement.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem34the-greatest-wonder.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Diamondsanddogs:http://randomthoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/life/(done, ;) ;) ;) )

Creation Dreams:http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/11/ice-god-cometh.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

The Eternal Uprising: http://christiankane.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/provocateur/

Amarllyis: http://amarllyis.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/bruises/

Ms. Peaches: http://peachpitproduction.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/a-n-e-w/ (done, ;) ;)  ;))

Strummed Words:http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2010/11/haiku-silk.html

Lu Ann:http://likesomepassingafternoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/anything-award-week-33.html (done, ;) :) :) )

Panda Wolf:http://pandaheroes.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/the-angels-cry-perfect-poet-award-acceptance/

Seasweeties’ pages:http://seasweetie.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/bonus-poem-for-this-week/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

what’s on the menu today;http://myleftoverlife.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/as-long-as-im-still-trying/

Madame Simile Fox:http://madamesimilefox.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/pupa/

Colors of Mind:http://chinmay28.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/when-i%E2%80%99m-walking-with-you/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Lola: http://funnygirllola.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/learning-to-fly/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Darlene: http://nochipa.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/tobacco-patch-princess/

Monica:  http://garciamo.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/that-lost-yesterday/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

andulasia: http://andulasia.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/just-a-dream/

pinklady:http://pinklady-bing.blogspot.com/2010/11/swept-away.htm/

Life is fansinating:http://relishingsenses.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/being-god/

Pamela:http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/11/doors-open-for-us-thursday-poets-rally.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Bella: http://belladonna23.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/sonnet-i/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Julie:http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2010/11/girleffectpoem.html

Quietlaughter: http://quietlaughter.com/2010/11/18/remember-me/

Heartspell; http://heartspell.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/unforgettable/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

10th muse: http://arspoetica.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/two-and-a-half-thoughts-on-love/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Scent of my heart:http://scentofmyheart.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/a-moment/(done, ;) ;) :) )

Willie: http://williewizzy.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/what-to-write/

The Street Lamp: http://thestreetlamp.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/adieu/

Gnarlyoak:http://gnarlyoak.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/headstone-on-the-quad/

Someone Is Special:http://pendownmythought.blogspot.com/2010/11/precious-gift.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Jingle: http://itistimetothinkformyself.blogspot.com/2010/11/they-called-each-other-honey.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Words4afriend: http://words4afriend.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/last-snowfall/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Tasithoughts:http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/thankfulness/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Victoria:http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/jingles-poetry-rally-thanksgiving/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Sam 373: http://sam373.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/summer-nights-dream/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Fearless Dreams:http://fearlessdreams.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/tell-me-today/

Lynna: http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/the-path-of-your-ignorance/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

R0013: https://r0013.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/dont-let-this-be-a-setback

Heather: http://heathergracestewart.com/2010/11/17/my-heart-has-no-meter/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Thomas:http://abthomas.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/canola-morn/

Lisa: http://ocdbloggergirl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/mediocre-poetry-the-apartment-complex/ (done, ;) ;) :) )

FireandIce: http://welcometoreality.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/socalledthanksgiving

LeiffyV: http://notae.net/blog/?p=452

Jessica: http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/dark-severance/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Olivia: http://oliviasmindlymatters.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/a-void-ance/

Riika: http://riikainfinityy.com/2010/11/15/life/

Leo:http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/the-royal-wedding/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Deadpoet88: http://deadpoet88.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/transition/

M I M:http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/i-need-to-write/

Ibok: http://lordemmanuel.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/let-it-flow/

Polluted Poet:http://pollutedpoetry.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/street-justice/

Wordsworthmillions:http://wordsworthmillions.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/counting-sheep/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

The Reason You Come:http://thebeatofmydrum.com/2010/11/18/psycho/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Verse Escape: http://versiscape-lifesentences.blogspot.com/2010/10/song-of-lithophyte.html

Pages from my mind:http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/i-knit/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Christopher: http://industrialarts.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/week-33-thursday-poetry-rally-entry/

Amrita: http://amritaghosh.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/musing-on-a-monday-morning/

Purvi:http://puplumages.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/frozen-in-time/

Chris G: http://cianphelan.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/standardized/

Raji: http://thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com/2010/11/love-in-rain.html

Ina: http://inaweblogisback.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/old-oak/(done, ;) ;) ;) )

Jamie Dedes: http://musingbymoonlight.com/2010/11/18/remember-the-fireflies/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Dan:http://danroberson.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/treasures-forever/

I will shoot the moon: http://yngvildpaulsen.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/sosical-notworking/

Caribeanfool:http://caribbeanfool.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/lusting-after-something-to-say/

Christine: http://ibrewhaiku.blogspot.com/2010/11/haiku-trio.html

Celebrating a year:http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/week-109-second-story-sunlight/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

My unique world of poetryhttp://harshikaram.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/sounds-of-nature-thursday-poets-rally-week-32/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Glory: http://oowindeoo.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/thursday-poets-rally-week-32-poem-post-perfect-poet-award-acceptance/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Kellie:http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/endless-fall-into-ebony-sands/

Amity:http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/j-for-joie-de-vivre.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Shashi:http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/11/whispers-burning-bridges.html

Shawn bird: http://shawnbird.com/2010/11/19/snow-haiku/ (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Haisley:http://scjcircleofthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/view-of-realit.html

Unnamed Psalmist:http://unnamedpsalmist.blogspot.com/2010/11/righteousness-in-love.html (done, ;) ;) ;) ))

Neha: http://anothermansdream.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiding-behind-fresh-coat-of-paint-not.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Dennis: http://dennisgopoems.blogspot.com/2010/09/can-love-breathe-in.html

Truth is a useless thought:http://truthisanotheruselessthought.blogspot.com/2010/11/this-space-taken.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

B:http://thisisbrixx.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/blank-dilemma/

Alakaline: http://alakaline.blogspot.com/2010/04/stream.html (done, ;) ;) ;) )

Again, I’m Doing My Subtractions (4 Poetry Potluck)

During hot summer days,

By a lotus pond, I used to do math,

Subtraction was one of those ways

I did to clear my head, I guess.

.

Remove stop signs, physical buildings,

Take away traffic lights, noisy sayings,

Get rid of mental blocks, tools,

Simply focus on YOU, the truth.

.

When everything is in the open,

You got to be brave like a dolphin.

Play your favorite music on one single subject,

Simplify like this: Subject, predicate, and object.

.

Now, you know what it is,

Which direction it moves onto,

Continue like this,

You will get the results that ring true.

.

At this autumn night,

With trees bare in sight,

Again, I’m doing my subtractions,

And I see light upon my conclusions.

Poetry Potluck at Jingle Poetry

Welcome your input on Jingle Poetry Monday Potluck, Submit a poem today,

Happy Reading! xxx

Wow, These Are Rare Talents In Poetry….Rally Week 32 Highlight

Greetings, everyone!

Promising Poets Parking Lot is excited to publish the 9th poetry journal of the week-November 4-11, celebrating remarkable ending of Thursday Poets Rally week 32.  All our poets are brilliant artists who have been excellent writers and poetry promotion leaders…We are proud that we have about up to 50 FRESH talents coming in this past week.

Let me know if I have overlooked your work or you have found errors in the work being represented here.

Thursday Poets Rally Week 33 Will

take place during the week

November 18-24.

A post about the detailed information of the Rally will be up on

November 17, 2010 at

http://www.jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com

more than 105 entries with more 40 FIRST TIME participants.

Wow, Love You, New Poets!

Welcome Back, seasoned Poets!

Hope to See You All On Week 33. xxx

*****

lovelyannie79 http://itslovelyannie.com/2010/11/03/something-about-bones/

Something about bones
spreading like hard spider webs
across my chest
speak of a dark time
in a solitary cell.
He visits me there
my bones will ache cold
as I lay silent, contorted
on my sleepless bed.
I listen to him
drunk and stumbling to the door
my body recollects
the times blazing with poison
becoming too much.
He says sorry as
I return; naked
trusting liquor tears.
I conceded to all
and my anger is rising
to boil off his skin.
I never said no
but there’s something about bones
spreading thin with him.

*****

Olivia https://oliviasmindlymatters.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/i-dream/

I weep my story- between my sobs..
How do you ever know that I need you..?
As you wipe my tears; I wonder bewildered-
Till how long will I hopelessly dream of you?

*****

Riika:http://riikainfinityy.com/2010/11/05/life-runs-on-code/

It been awhile
since I greeted you
every single morning
I can still remember
the very first day
I meet you
You give me a lot of headache
but slowly you start blending
into my life and everything
seems normal until vacation
I forget all about you once again
And now I am back
You give me headache again
But I guess I can still handle
Lines of codes driven
deep within my mind
Almost fall asleep
but not yet
It is a chance for me to know you again
and I will make sure I will not forget you
for you make my life the most
fulfilling yet miserable
As always, Microsoft quoted
/* life runs on code */
My life is now running threads of it
Definitely

*****

Kellie: http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/into-the-blue/

winter pecks;
suffocation falls
upon sacral soil
and brittle limbs
illuminated by Nvdadegwa
venter seized in fists
of dejected prehension
dormant mewl upon retrospect
as bleak November
imparts no penance
washing earth in singed pine
freezing trails of sorrow
in unwavering demise
while solstice sun’s dissolve
into the blue
to the cry of grieving crow

*****

Kavita: http://kavisionz.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/brightened-up/

Festive is the mood
Crackers bursting, smiles floating
Not the time to brood

Aromas adrift
Tastebuds tickled by sweet treats
All senses too swift

Celebrating life
Joys and cheers spread across
Forgotten is strife

Earthen lamps flicker
Lining doors and windows tall
Stars indoors glitter

Glowing completely
Homes, bodies and hearts alike

*****

Jessicas Japes: http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/i-want-chocolate/

I want a man called Chocolate
who takes me to the heights of
ecstasy
with one tiny lick

I want a man called Chocolate
who can excite me even when still
wrapped up
in his coat

I want a man called Chocolate
who can transport me to Heaven as he melts in
my mouth
so slowly

I want a man called Chocolate
who can come in so many
varieties
white, dark and milky

I want a man called Chocolate
who can be bought for so little yet is always
my prince
lying naked in my hands.

*****

Christopher:http://industrialarts.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/more-poems

I am sitting here in my demise
hating you and all you do
knowing that what has transpired
just made us tired
and upset
I am smoking one last cigarette
to salute all of my regrets
before I do as they say
to kingdom come
there was a time when I was a man
when I knew what I had
when I was young and looked ahead
now I’m broke and wishing I was dead
but then that would be my curse
upon the one person i can’t hurt
so I will just stay and suffer more
because I can’t step through the last door
I will never be death’s whore
I will just love her

*****

Jamie Dedes:http://musingbymoonlight.com/2010/11/05/hearts-under-lock-and-key/

I really wanted

to speak to you of this:

the love I had wild

and so long ago

that now it’s dry

parched like a river

·

during drought season

once it was a moist love

as a green spring rain

delicate as snow

prolific as a poet

I gave you my love

·

a well-written poem

on twenty-pound linen

you handed love back

wrinkled and torn

and nicotine stained

smelling of whiskey

·

I handed you love

on our white wedding day

when you kept your heart

under lock and key

and your eyes wouldn’t

seek me at the rail

·

I gave love to you

in the palms of our child

you brushed his sweet face

and flew away to

lose yourself in a

gold land with gold girls

·

now I keep my heart

safe under lock and key

and heavy the lock is

closed so tight with rust

and no hope in sight

and no hope wanted

*****

Raji: http://thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com/2010/11/smiles-of-summer-night.html

Radiating through violet shadows

resplendent rays of moonlit charm

Smiles of a summer night.

Velvet moss on pavement grey

elegant shimmer of crystal stream,

Radiating through violet shadows,

Maple adorning colors of Fall,
bedecking a world, still and calm,
resplendent rays of moonlit charm.

 

Butterflies engaged in spirited plays
Gently rings the memory bell, like
Smiles of a summer night.

*****

Leo: http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/inspiration/

Inspiration – my
Companion in
Every pursuit; I’d
Be lost without
Every moment
Lost in its depths
I forget lament
Time flies away
Years like seconds

Inspiration – my
Guide to emotions
Paper to quills of
Subtle points; even
In friendship, it’s
Always ubiquitous
Its wield over me
Isn’t scary, I trust
The path it takes

Inspiration – the
Light that has led
Me to where I am
Today; it’s wicks
Burning eternally
In oil of hopes; it
Shows me future
As I forge on with
Expectations and
Desires born new

*****

Ibok:http://lordemmanuel.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/poetry-is/

Poetry is you
Poetry is me
Poetry’s the hue
our mind’s eyes see.

Poetry is abstract
as much as it attract
your sense of reading
to the poet’s ideas written.

Poetry’s the child
of brains run wild
Poetry is anything
that conjures words to meaning.

Poetry is wings
fly away at will
explore horizons
reach Infinity and beyond.

Poetry is you
Poetry is me
Poetry’s as true
as the mind’s eyes see.

*****

Someone Is Special: http://pendownmythought.blogspot.com/2010/11/three-knots.html

He… ……She
A marriage of two souls
united by three knots
with sacred thread
of lifelong love
respect &
trust as
WE

*****

A. B. Thomas: http://abthomas.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/the-poets-rally-week-32/

*****

Naba: http://naba1987.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/the-dead-man-talking/

I’m standing by the graveyard,

It’s half past three,

There’s so many people passing by,

Not one spares a look at me,

I take a step forward, oh what I see!

Covered all over in mud and grime,

Hey! that guy looks just like me!

 

I was in a spot,

My heart had gone into a tailspin,

What I had before my eyes,

It was so hard believing,

Was I drunk? Now, I must be dreaming,

What’s this eerie, cold feeling,

I just can’t shake it..

 

Last night, in my car,

I was just doing my thing,

Driving down the highway,

My radio playing Jay Sean,

Just then, I felt the wind on my face,

Broken shards of glass all over the place.

 

I tried to hold on tight,

Amidst the deepening fright,

The devil in sight,

His smile so downright.

 

I don’t want to go,

It’s not my time,

I’ve got so much to do,

Like write a song that doesn’t just rhyme!

 

I’m standing by the graveyard,

No one’s looking at me,

I look at the clock tower,

It’s half past three….

Walk a little closer,

Hey! that guy looks just like me!

*****

Suzanne:http://roundpeoplesquareearth.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/a-night-in-the-airport/

I slept at the airport last night,
-read papers of opinion.

I squeezed myself into a cubicle there,
-an channel and a screen,
(pass the time)

-A mother and the keys.

I wrote to you, and to God,
-of lonely days and long nights,
-of faces chosen wrong, for directions.

Dawn brings the quake of great birds rising,
Thunderous applause for the coming of the sun!

Sleek bodies shake the vertigo.
The edges of the sky,
turn blue.

The dome expands,
for modern dinosaurs of design.

*****

Colors of mind:http://chinmay28.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/hope/

Do you know what is ‘hope’?

It’s a chisel that sculpts your dreams.

It’s a lantern for your mind in the dark.

It’s a solace in the Herculean swim upstream.

It’s an immortal drink at the desert’s embark.

Do you know why I do hope?

I feel fearless even on a sticky wicket.

I see happiness even in a desperate thrashing.

I feel confident even with one of my feet in a trouncing.

And i deem serene even amongst the most vivid thoughts.

Do you still wonder why do we hope?

Do you still speculate why it’s so special in scope?

The answer is simple, but ample to ponder:

Hope is the reason why tomorrow exists in thrust,

And it’s the only thing in the world we can trust.

*****

My story so far:http://mcpaperz.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/the-monster/

the Monster came back the other night, and it stayed for two days.

the Monster lives inside of me and works in painful ways.

why, i ask, did the Monster choose me?

when all i ask for is peace and serenity.

i guess because the Monster sees, a child who owes it overdue fees.

my home is now within a glass house, so the Monster hunts me like i’m the scared mouse.

……….

no where to run.

no where to hide.

the Monster will chase me and eat me alive.

……….

what is this monster doing to my brain? anxiety is bad, but this is insane.

so I try to tell those in my life and explain to them this never-ending strife.

that’s cuts into my spirit, just like a knife.

but all that comes out

are unsure trembles,

and a ghost of what i used to resemble.

……….

the Monster tricked me

for 25 years…

it promised me safety, happiness and cheer.

but all those promises turned into tears, and now I am left locked into fear.

so i try to place the blame on others

but deep inside me i know it’s not you.

it’s not him.

not her.

it’s me.

that’s true.

……….

so Monster, Monster, come out and play,

i’m ready to face you

since you’re here to stay.

*****

Jackjericho http://jackbrewis.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/the-funeral/

thinking back thirty years
to that hazy day;
a cool breeze
moving cherry blossom petals;
pink confetti swirling.
a single plume of blue grey
from a spent wick; a small dying ember
the celebration of the departed
now complete.
columns of light
through stained glass;
a thick illuminating hue of red
and yellow across a marble floor

the sound of the passing bell

tears from bloodshot eyes
down cheecks
and stubble chins;
friends, family, lovers.

A man of many talents

poet, mountaineer, taxi driver

lying in wait in a cheap black suit
hair brushed back;
orange staining pollen
powdered
on white leaves and fabric

A man of many talents. And vices.

cheap women, drunken days

while my mother
worked the night shift;
a second job.
I kiss him softly on the cheek;
saying goodbye
to a good man with a broken soul

*****

Words4sfriend:http://words4afriend.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/poets-heart/

Mentally imprisoned for possession of obsession

Using up my mind twisted thoughts, gift maybe

Not by chose wishing for decisions now, rate me

Pouring words of confusion puzzlement jigsaw pieces

Foundation for lines of rhyme outlasting time

Sorry not today, forgotten art only a broken heart

Stumbling through phrases wanting praises

Brain dead collages of meaning lyrical weaning

Restless thoughts words read never heard

Pulled up beside my persuasions to hear not a….

Continuing to pencil in pictures of words every day

Is reading sound a dying art or killing a poet’s heart

Poetry; society’s dying art maybe this world not so smart

*****

Christiankane http://christiankane.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/magic-mirror/

Mirror mirror on the wall,
show me of my great downfall
Can there be a sight so sweet
As that of my soul’s defeat?
My flag is that of surrender
given over to this terror
This image makes my heart shiver
Hatred flowing like a river

Mirror mirror on the floor
your tricks became such a bore
I’ll leave your shards in a heap
You conspire to crush the weak
You are broken, magic mirror
I will throw you in the fire
Down to hell your lies will go
Finally I’ll be left alone.

*****

Rashmi http://poem-myworldofexcitement.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem30what-is-mine.html

what is mine?
is this body mine?
are the body parts mine?
are the thoughts mine?
is the sleep mine?

if its mine, I should have
complete control over these.
if I can control my body,
do I have any diseases?
if I can control my body parts,
do I fear of heart attacks?
if I can control my thoughts,
do I worry of mental troubles?
if I have control over sleep,
do I think of getting up?

we think all these are ours
not being really ours.
then what is really ours?
now , the present is ours.
nothing else my dears.

*****

Amarllyis http://amarllyis.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/silence/

It darted in the deep brown woods
and clapped and cooed and laughed and croaked.
It swooped itself, down to the clovers,
and rose high among the aged oaks.

When crisp butterflies visited wild flowers,
it fluttered beside them, holding its tongue.
Secretly it gulped in their myriad colors;
not knowing it drank reflections of the sun.

It pranced in troves amidst coarse tendrils,
and slept beside the foxes at night.
When the birds chirped their melodies at dawn,
it woke startled and fled away in fright.

It sprinted into the suffuse caves,
and lay suffused in its hollow requiem.
It spread its arms in sadistic embrace;
to devour the lioness’ hungry scream.

It twirled with the leaves lying on the earth,
and glided with the snakes in tow.
It followed the deer to the glistening rivers,
and in the merry of the waters, it was found no more…

*****

R0013: https://r0013.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/outlaw/

Only when
Unknown
Thoughts prevail will
Life have meaning enough to
Average out the
Worries of the poor.

.

Thoughts compressed
Into a thoughtless
Cadavre. Left for who?
Knock the clock off the wall
and time will stop.

*****

Creation Dreams:http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/11/silent-fourth-day.html

Dawn breaks, a warm grey
Trees carcasses are twisted in the back
Sinister, and looking as if trying to reach someone
And tear it limb by limb
Chickens look on that one alone, walking
They whisper
“Poor thing, it’s his day.”
“And he doesn’t even know it.”
“Yet.”
“Or even…ever.”
“It would be best not to tell him. He’s having on of his happy days.”

The cook, eyes scanning the future pot pies
Is as twisted as those trees
The eyes stop, and he leads the lone chicken
Silence befalls the farm
The blade falls and then “Shrippp!!!”

“He’s gone now.”
“We cannot do anything about it.”
“Let us mourn….”
“In silence.”
Silence as they said befell them
For their next silent fourth day
Shall another one be sacrificed

*****

Diamondanddogs:http://randomthoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/control/

Control
is
a fool’s
dream

No matter
how easy
it may
seem

To manipulate
your
surroundings
to avoid
the pain
that’s pounding
for
release

So this
agonizing
fear
can cease

Dictating
your choice

Smothering
your voice

Drowning
you in doubt

For God’s sake
just let it out!

Be done
with it!

Grab life
and run
with it!

Find your
voice

Make the
choice

and thrive

Embrace
the joy
of being
alive

Only then
will you
be whole

And wake
from this
nightmare need
for
control.

*****

Neha:http://anothermansdream.blogspot.com/2010/02/fire-to-ashes.html

Patterns and designs,
of addiction.
Every a artist,
Breathes his creation.
Through the haze,
Bloodshot eyes,
Caressing the slender muse.
Swift intake,
Rounded lips.
Fire to Ashes,
A single flick.

*****

The Juliebook:http://thejuliebook.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/the-spotlight/

One by one we climb
onto the stage; drawing us,
the warm glow at its center.
In the light: songs played,
words spoken, notes sung,
the rhythm drummed. But it’s not
the spotlight, the candlelight,
streetlight, the moonlight,
sunlight, but your light
at the center; the warm glow
drawing us. Onto the stage
we climb, one by one.

*****

Malcolm:http://delayedstudent.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-said-id-do-it-so-heres-the-poem/

Him, strong and tall.
Shirt sleeved, in defiance
Of November cold.
While I, aged nine,
Bundled in winter layers
Grasped the grudging warmth
Of our bonfire
With mittened hands.

The use-smoothed beech
Of the axe handle nestled
In his capable hands
The steel head shone.
The wicked edge,
Honed that morning,
Glinted in pallid sunlight.

Man and axe became
A single entity.
The flashing blade
Described a fatal arc
And the edge bit deep
Into the stout trunk
Of the doomed silver birch.
The chunk as axe met wood
Echoed in the hushed copse,
As loud as any shotgun.

Again the skilled arms
Wielded the axe,
Downward, angled
With the precision
Of a surgeon’s scalpel.
The opening wedge
Signaling the tree’s fate.
The rhythm of his swings
Hypnotizing me.
And then he stopped,
Stood back, hands on hips,
Theatrically cried “timber!” and
The tree crashed to the ground
Exactly where he’d said it would
While I applauded.

We set to work
With axe and saw.
A log-pile grew
As the day faded
Into grey dusk.
Two workmen
Wearily
Trudged home.

He stayed to eat with us
And later sat me on his knee
Hugging me tight, while Mum
Pierced honorable blisters
And painted disinfectant
On the resulting wounds.
He said that I was very brave
Even though I did cry a little.

When bedtime came around
I kissed him goodnight and
Whispered “Uncle Jim,
I wish you were my Daddy”.
He smiled and whispered back
“Who knows what the future holds?”

*****

Hope Rising:http://eyesonhope.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/i-listen-for-my-hope/

*****

JP Leddy:http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/soaring/

Wind in my soul

Spirit in flight

Possibilities abound

Eyes wide open

Feet dancing

Heart fluttering

Clothed in happiness

Soaring through my day

*****

M. M.: http://dasuntoucha.blogspot.com/2010/04/isnob.html

*****

Amity:http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/03/underneath-romantic-pale-moonlight.html

Underneath a quixotic, pale moonlight,

Are God’s wonderful, human creations;

We hear echoes and murmurings at night.

Mischievous guys planned they would meet tonight,

Some pretty gals who’ve shown hesitations;

Underneath a quixotic, pale moonlight.

Lovers walking in the beach, hands clasped tight,

Whispering sweet nothings and revelations;

We hear echoes and murmurings at night.

Children playing hide and seek, what a sight,

Mocking with glee, much anticipations;

Underneath a quixotic, pale moonlight.

Husband and wife banter in trivial fights,

Laughing, snuggling after such orations;

We hear echoes and murmurings at night.

And I would share with my own valiant knight,

Such bliss counting stars’ constellations,

Underneath a quixotic, pale moonlight;

We hear echoes and murmurings at night.

*****

Strummed Words:http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2010/11/waiting.html

Awaiting

I wait for the clear,
And for shafts of light
That will not sear
A discerning view.

Rising at dawn,
I hear sounds of the night
Raining in through open windows.
I do not see them.

A filigree of shade
Cast over the view
Lends an improbable answer.
Why wait any longer?

*****

Sumit:http://myriad-sumit.blogspot.com/2010/09/sonnet-of-night.html

It has been a pleasant beautiful night
Moonlit, peaceful and still, starry and clear
My eyes shimmer at this wonderful sight
The moon is far away yet seems to be near

A lonely owl hoots beyond the dark trees
Awake, while the world rests after a long day
Crickets chirp, calling the maiden beauties
Loud enough to keep rivals out of way

A cool breeze started blowing from the west
Tree leaves rustled and hummed a melody
My lonely soul danced and rejoiced with zest
Like a celestial dancer, filled with beauty

Oh night, you bring composure and repose
And I await dawn to forget past woes

*****

W:http://wiserskydiver.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/words-three-new/

three words new
said it loud
how are you

fate found you
two worlds met
love me knew

tall dark man
smile big bright
unearthed heart inside

saw something you
fell down hill
crazy together two

fast went life
you slept through
love needn’t bribe

singing aloud rhymes
words with simile’s
lost those beliefs

one becomes two
you know too
same ain’t you

changed i too
love for you
good me new

same way please
love now you
forgive me too

last three words
never to say
dont push away

three words new
said it loud
goodbye to you

*****

yuuki-chan http://sugaryichigo.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/gedankenblitze/

If all we have is

the moment

before this train stops,

before the next heartbeat,

before that rising-from-seat sigh and that pained smile

If all our moments were

collated

in the pause between your breath

and mine,

in the hairsbreadth distance of our hands

that never seem to meet,

in the quiet that falls after every raindrop

If our everything

My everything

depended on that

chance instance when

your eyes meet mine

in that crowded hustle towards the door

When worlds collide, shaken

Masks falling like autumn leaves

on summer earth

Boy and girl staring,

rushing faster,

Never moving a muscle yet

falling-

Don’t speak – just grab my hand and run.

*****

Shawn Bird http://shawnbird.com/2010/11/06/old-love/

Sighs floating on the

Whispers of wishes and dreams,

our future unfolds

Night after night

in kisses and caresses.

With whispered words in the darkness,

we’re wrapped in rapture

year after year.

*****

WordsWorthMillions http://wordsworthmillions.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/my-religion/

What religion you follow?
who? Me?
I don’t know
for sure
I was born a Buddhist
read The life of the Buddha
went to pagodas to pray
I saw a Hindu temple
read the Gita
folded my hands
and prayed
I saw a Church
read the Bible
knelt in front of Christ on the Cross
and prayed
I saw a Mosque
read the Quran
spread my palms
for prayer
now you tell me
what religion I follow?
if you are confused
Humanity I call it
the only  religion I follow

*****

belladonna23 http://belladonna23.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/the-silent-symphony/

she turned; the dial

to the proper resting place

and its silent song became

a thunderstorm of noise.

like pulling teeth

she gummed around the question

too hard to chew

and too sour to suck.

and she did suck, well

in the mildest of terms. but

she couldn’t hear the symphony

resonating in

the dial

*****

Lu Ann:http://likesomepassingafternoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/when-everythings-wrong.html

Did I say good night?

I think I forgot to tell you that I´m sorry

and you already hung up the phone.

Did I treat you wrong?

Did I say something that made you awkward?

What was I thinking?

Sometimes I still act childish…

and sometimes I can´t understand the reason,

but of course, you know those things about me

more than what I do.

I will text you,

I need to tell you that I´m sorry,

that it was my fault

and that I will pray to God for you as every night.

I feel the letter in my wrist…

and I hope you feel it too

It is an ever lasting friendship promise…

and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Today I want you to know

that no matter what,

I am here,

and I am so glad

you are also there .

When everything’s wrong

I remember what we always say

that God will strengthen our bones,

that with God nothing is impossible

whatever that word may end up meaning.

Today I want you to know

that, no matter what,

I am here,

and I am so glad

you are here too: just what I need.

*****

Fearless Dreams:http://fearlessdreams.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/yes-im-a-girl/

We’re stronger than you think

We can fight through anything

And you can put us down, but we’ll keep moving on

we’re the ones behind your success

but you still put us through the tests

thinking more of yourself and treating us like less

Cause…

Yes im a girl but do not think I am weak

I have the power to change ones destiny

for you to believe in me is all I seek

I have the ability to rise to the peak

yes im a girl

I am unique

You say I am of no use

You say I don’t earn for any dues

But I’m the one who keeps your home from falling apart

I’m the one who prays for you with all my heart

But you still treat me unfair

Do not respect and neither care

Cause…

Yes I’m a girl but do not think I am weak

I have the power to change ones destiny

For you to believe in  me is all i seek

I have the ability to rise to the peak

Yes im a girl

I am unique

So im telling you now

Treasure your gift

Treat it well

Dont let it slip

Cause she’s the one who ties your world together

she’s the one who can keep you smiling forever

<3

Yes I’m A Girl.

*****

Likewine:http://likewine.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/i-a-woman/

I,  salomė,
with henna-colored hair and emerald eyes
basking in frankincense and myrrh
dancing and swaying in lavish splendor
capturing the hypnotized gaze of my master
imprisoning him in the throes of my consuming desires

I,  ishtar,
with sand-colored hair and raven eyes
draped in sparkling weaves of crimson silk
gold encrusted amulets on my arms
and bejeweled ankles
inhabiting the haunted dreams of my master
captivating him in my lustful embrace

I, a woman
known by no other name
sensual and tempestuous,
with the frenzied fury of a ravaging fire
drunk with the aphrodisiac of my master’s kisses,
imprisoning me, summoning me to his bidding
haunting me,
knocking down my gates to enter deep
into the secret hideouts of my body
and soul

I, a woman,
known by no other name
but that which my master calls me.

*****

U keep walking forward:http://ukeepwalkingforward.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/stand-tall/

There is strength in numbers-

Many alone sleep, alone wake, alone

Take on the day, surrounded by love.

I can trust you, yes? I can

Trust me alone–my mind

Lies and lays a snare of which I

Cannot break free.

Generation after generation of families

Full of politicos rallying for

Domination over destiny.

My destiny has been defined by

The struggle to overcome the

Entrapment of family and mind.

There are days I stand tall

Against the wind’s force–

And others I am toppled by your whisper.

Life is a misery of mystery

Of love and peace and struggle and love.

*****

Daniel jay:http://thinkingwithanopenmouth.blogspot.com/2010/09/mom-and-dad.html

At night, during the most empty time of my day, I study
your picture under the tired eye of a halogen bulb.
It is there in my silence that I admire you – both your hands
tightly wound like two trees whose roots have inseparably coiled
through years of hard winters and lingering summers.
It would appear that you were irritated to pose, as though
your affection was self evident and therefore unnecessary
to recreate its image on film yet even now, looking hard
into this forgotten 3×3 of some discarded afternoon I wish
that it was me who took the picture, that it was me who was
shooed away to watch you both walk brave off that film,
and left for all my life with only your love to remember.

*****

Many musings and poetry:http://ghostwritersdragon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/masked-emotions/

The masks of two emotions,
the happy and the sad have
reflected the many moods I feel
in which I’m never glad.
The smiling side of my soul,
the side you seldom see springs
forth on only good days when
hope revives in me.
When the birds are singing
and God seems to exist and I
dare to dream that life could be
a blissful, healthy myth.
That smiling side ne’er lasts
long, for NO more than a day;
those clouds of dark and dreariness
come again to stay.
Reality befalls me and tormented
muses and ill I lay alone and beaten
by the evil force nearby, which
is the disease I cannot conquer;
it strives for me to die.

*****

Poethead:http://poethead.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/nannys-day-at-the-hags-playground-poethead/

Up the road to the Hags’ Playground

The vision gets you before the sounds.

.

It is strewn. Pine needles and tree fruits,

A jellied snake, a pink lolly bitten through.

.

The canopy of trees bend from the road

Unaware of the muted geometric patterns
.

Patterning the ground. The trees bend in from

The road over the rain-soaked ground.
.

Bright mechanical marionettes emptied on

The moon-washed ground,
.

Leftovers from days of hard play and joy

On nanny’s day at the hag’s playground.

*****

A ruler’s kingdom: http://dieselfromthad.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/echoes-of-love/

for what seemed
like eternity to me
she mumbled
…goodbye?

as she walked away
setting ablaze a trail
of emptiness in my universe
that can not be filled

frosted over sentiments
crack and crumble
like decrepit monuments

remaining
as placeholders
of the day
my world ended

and then…
my ego repented
for I always loved you
on par as God do

and I too…
cry and cry
as the tears dye
my soul black as the nights sky

hearing your voice
echoing in the abyss in reply
“I get lonely too”
puts a gleam in my eye

for the love
emanated between us
empowers my devotion
for all time

loving you like
the parallel between
infinity and a never ending line

*****

Ogungbesan20:http://ogungbesan20.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/if-only/

IF ONLY TIME COULD TELL

THAT THIS WAS HER LAST MOMENT

I WOULD ASK FATE TO KEEP AT BAY

IF ONLY DESTINY COULD BE FAIR

TO HIM, I WOULD HAVE LAUGHED

A LAUGHTER THAT WOULD NEVER END

IF ONLY I COULD SEE YOUR TEARS

I WOULD HAVE HELD YOU CLOSER AND

NEVER LET GO OF YOU EVEN FOR A SECOND

IF ONLY I COULD WATCH YOUR STEPS

I WOULD HAVE PLAYED A SONG THAT

WOULD NEVER END

IF ONLY REALITY COULD STARE BEFORE ME

MAYBE, I COULD CHANGE IT ALL,MAYBE

IF ONLY YOU HAD FAITH

IF ONLY I COULD SEE BEYOND

I WOULD BRING ALL THOSE JOYOUS MOMENTS

AND KILL THIS SILENCE THAT I FEEL

IF ONLY, YES, IF ONLY

*****

Jojo:http://jonellg.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/floetry-friday-canvas/

Paint me a picture…
So I can take a seat in your mind for a minute and absorb your color lines…
Crossed legs, I take a trip into time,
Hues full of purples and blues, massaging my mind…

Your thoughts take flight as I travel in time,
Back to the mold of you and what you’ve been through….
Brush strokes forward to the private visions beyond the imaginations of few…

But you take me there, my trusting guide;
Invite me onto the road less traveled…
Let me see it through your visual screenplay,
Script clearly depicts each scene as it’s unraveled…

Hang on your every word,
Like ripe fruit on branches of life’s masterpiece…
Blended colors create, beautiful silhouettes,
Each word set to increase…

My intrigue…
The curiosity of the art form before me,
And why it is I you chose…
To go from creation, to the presentation, leading to adoration, thus…
Keeping me on my toes…

Lean forward into the abstract collages of you,
Tip toeing past any insecurity…
I rise in amazement of the emerging view
And submerge into every drop of your diversity…

Paint me a picture…

*****

The third road:http://thirdroad.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/past-poetic-part-ii/

*****

Papo:http://papotalk.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/relevent/

she was the first

to ever awaken his heart,

also the first to ever confuse

and leaving him lying in the dark,

life is reality

and that realization left him fucked & torn apart,

wanting for a better understanding

and a wish to be able to restart,

but that would be too easy

and this woman is very hard,

(headed) in her emotions in her love

and in her draw of wild cards,

never one to shy away from an offence

while her defense was always on guard,

they seldom butted heads

because they would cease to speak after they sparred,

it’d be like a month to 3 month rotation

until one of them would take the bullet, to reach out to the other,

asking dull & simple questions

in hopes the other would go out even further,

out on a limb but neither wanting to seem weak in curiosity

both would stand their ground  and sneakily butter,

the other with rhymes & riddles

in hopes to appear stronger in the clutter…

confusion with games

often led to long gaps of ignoring,

if not so much that

just because there was no further reason for exploring,

deeper into conversation

since most of it seemed so stale & boring,

maybe because one isn’t wanting to reveal too much

of their adventures and recent whoring,

since boy would always

have his heart resting on his sleeve,

he’s the one who had to worry

about giving away too much information upon opening,

with the wrong words

pushing too much upon the girl, scarring,

her basic understanding

of the spiritual realms that clashed with his reality..

girl was both intrigue & disturbed (in fascinations she found interesting)

with boys revelations & notions,

she could only take spoon fulls

so he would make sure to give her small doses,

but knowing that time was limited

he would get excited & make them extra potent,

sometimes forcing too much

but he couldn’t help it; it felt urgent,

he was well aware of her extracurricular

the potions, drinks & choices of ambient,

he had once indulged as well

but felt way more stronger now that he hasn’t,

especially knowing that her sexuality

sometimes over powers his wits with vibrant,

slight touches, moans & whispers (out of sight out of mind) he figured

“i better pop in every once in a while, just to stay relevant”

*****

Marit (I never thought it would happen): http://maritsfuckingblogging.blogspot.com/2010/10/alone-in-my-room-i-paint-your-portrait.html

again with myself
up late in the kitchen.

for a moment I forgot
while measuring coffee,
now there’s too much.

it’s like I can see
your absence in the coffee
accumulating without you

always asking
for more.

you left me dry as winter.
trees would’ve lost leaves
but I’m recollecting,

slow like the rising tide,
undulating until I cannot
help but flex

my knees when I realize
what you took was never lost.

I was always enough.

*****

Deadpoet88:http://deadpoet88.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/a-self-destruct-button/

A shiny red button,
With the words “self-destruct”,
Beckoned me from across the room,
And I held out my hand to touch it.

My life flashes in front of my eyes,
As I walk into the midst of the blast.

There is nothing but chaos spinning,
Through the dark tunnels of my mind.
Where is peace when you search for it?
Where is pleasure when you crave it?

There is nothing to gain, nor to lose,
As these cumbersome seconds fly by.

The words were stuck in my throat,
As I stared into the black of your eyes,
Words which should have been spoken,
Words which never should have been said.

I have seen too little, and said too much,
You have seen too much, yet spoken not.

When the waves come crashing down,
Sometimes I cannot help but ponder,
Maybe, just maybe life is the biggest joke,
Played on us by our own mind.

There is no trickery, my dear friend,
When all you have at hand are lies.

I was swallowed by the thoughts,
Swimming free in the fathoms of the mind,
Until all that was left were empty words,
Spoken loud and clear to break the silence.

These thoughts go racing so fast,
They catch fire before I can grab them.

This play of shadows on the walls of your prison,
The voices echoing like the song of your heart,
Whispering through the dark of the night,
Driving me to take roads I never thought I would find.

Yet these roads lay there empty,
Where I expected a reign of chaos.

The tempest of my mind calms down,
I find in my heart only silence.
And as I look into the pools of destruction,
All I see is the dawn of a new beginning.

Words escape me, as I look into your eyes,
“Thank you for bringing me back to a state of sanity.”

*****

Source of Inspiration:http://patcegan.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/my-creator/

I see the love of my Creator
in the tiny flower
that pushes through the snow
with a hint of sunny days to come.
Rainbow arcs of color remind me
of the promise of forever,
a heritage of Love.

I lie in sweet grass
and view with the eyes of a child
a bunny drifting across the sky azure
and smell tomorrow’s rain.

I am one with the Earth;
I am one with all there is;
I am my Creator.

*****

Like a thought unchanted:http://thoughtunchained.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-will-not-be-a-generic/

I will not be a generic:
second-rate knock-off
hodge-podge mix
of everything I’m told
to do or not
do.

Do not
give my brain cells a buzz-cut:
bland, boring, blasphemous
creative-killing soldier cut.
Rather paint my grey matter
in van Gough blue
and splatter it,
psychedelic swirling galaxies
nebula-pink, star-silver, sun-gold
electric-blue and hosts of colors
never seen by human minds.

Do not
confine me, (bracket me)
place me in your square box
in your square mind
of square conformity,
dingy and dark
colored in paranoia-purple
with hypnotizing spirals
wiping minds clean:
weapon-words wielded
to wound the soul.

I am free as the big bang:
tearing through blank black void,
empty hole of the head of humanity,
and filling it with red and white sounds,
rushing colors blinding the eyes and ears
as everything explodes
fire-words displays, pin-wheeling phrases
mixing the symphony of senses
reverberating in nothingness.
A poem.

*****

Hindway:http://hindawy.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/human-heart/

It hurts like hell,

Its happening once again
Like it now less than I liked it then
Made out of the wind
Had my heart melt of steel
& Buried deep within
Ruled over supreme
With an iron fist
I crushed many dreams
Hole in your head
Hole in your heart
Don’t even know where I should start
Life was a scheme
Love was a dream
Shall it ever be what it seems
Here I am
For the love of God
Shall they never understand?
Born to believe
Born to receive the utmost deceit

Had my Power & Might
Taken away
Traded them to be just like thee

All, All for a Human Heart

Fell in a darkness unknown to me
Just to wake up cold & hungry
Something new don’t tell me
Is this how they feel every day?
Tortured & burned they take the hurt
Is this the struggle to make it all worth?
They live like this every day
Reduced to something less humanly
Where is your strength?

Pitiful creatures “Go walk the length”
The spineless cowards left their own
Deserted them to die all alone
Normally I would’ve let them be
But fate played its game
Now its up to me

Had my Power & Might
Taken away
Traded them to be just like thee

There is no here
Nothing is clear
Smoke in the air mixed with the fear
Chaos & mayhem seem to rule
To embark such ground you’d be a fool
Never had I felt like this before
Even in the midst of the flames of war
Why was she there?
Perhaps defending something dear
But what would she hold more dear than life?
To give up her own , to sacrifice?
Her eyes glowed one final glow
Taking her to a better place I might never know
Hence from my eyes something fell
Is this what they call tears?
I could never tell

Had my Power & Might
Taken away
Traded them to be just like thee

Captured & bruised I have been used
Of high treason we are accused
Sold out by the ones I fought for
Treason seems to be a trend of war
Loath, No trust, I hate their guts
They sold their hearts
& Earned my disgust
Kneel he’d say
A tyrant even worse than me
I look in his eyes & all I see
Is emptiness had I been this way?
Take me from here I shall not be
Tortured by a memory
lock me away & throw the key
Never shall I see the light of day

Had everything taken away
Traded them to be just like thee
All For A Human Heart

All For A Human Heart

*****

Glory:http://oowindeoo.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/song-of-sorrow/

The sorrow I feel never seems to end.
When will my heart heal again?
When will I trust the Goddess, the spirits, the Deities?
When will I trust me?

I’m scared to love.
I’m scared to live.
I’m scared to trust.
I’m scared to be alone.

I want to love.
I want to be free
I want to believe in you
I want to be happy

When will I release this pain?
When will I live again?

The hurt I feel has killed me inside.
The wall’s I’ve built up may never collide
My heart is damaged beyond repair

When will I learn to live again?
Find happiness drifting in the wind
When will the world remember me?

I’m scared to feel anything.
Scared the doorbell or phone will ring
Scared sorrow will return again
Killing my will to live

My heart and soul grow colder each day
I find hurt in each breath
Invisible tears fall from each eye
Catching my sorrow, I keep it hidden
I show no one the hurt or fears I hold within

This song of sorrow can’t always win

*****

Megzone:http://megzone.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/happy-diwali/

Morning dawns

Excited yawns

Scented oil bath

Laziness aftermath

Bustling little feet

Scuffling for sweets

Noisy crackers burst

Silence & Evil dispersed

Millions lamp a’light

Breath-taking sight

Season of giving and prosperity

Time to break from nitty-gritty

Festival of love, fun and jolly

Here’s wishing you a Happy Diwali..!!

*****

Alakaline:http://alakaline.blogspot.com/2010/06/killing-fields.html

The weak sun flavors an insipid mist.

Outside the silent cave

bones and blood

of desires; some still writhe.

The tombstones wait

for the coffins.

But never-born children –

How do you bury those?

*****

Victoria:http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/jingles-poetry-rally-sunrise-on-a-plane/

Sunrise on a Plane

At earth’s black edge
an artist applies a wash of
orange—wet on wet,
teases color from the center,
adds more water then
works in a pale shade
of blue.

****

Anita:http://anitaseroticpoetry.blogspot.com/2010/08/whisper-in-darkness.html

A touch in the darkness,

A breath a desire,

A motion a craving,

A burning fire,

Someone is there,

I feel their needing,

An echo of pain

in the sound of their breathing.

.

Watching me wanting me,

Yearning my touch,

I open my eyes,

The pull is too much,

I cannot resist you,

I know this is right,

As you take me away,

In the dark of the night,

In the wilderness I lay,

Looking up to the sky,

Feeling your touch

As I let out a sign.

Traveling kisses that enter within,

Smooth gentle fingers,

Massage me with sin.

.

I can hold back no longer,

I need to reach you,

To melt you with lust,

Feel what I do,

The warm soft caress,

From my kisses on fire,

You quench my thirst,

You feed my desire,

I lead you on in,

To the place you belong,

A glide of much passion,

A journey we long,

In rapture we stay.

.

For an endless time,

You lay on the ground,

There I make you mine,

With all of my yearning,

I willed you to me.

Now here you lay,

I knew it could be

I am the version

That entered your mind,

Yes I am real

Me, you did find.

*****

Exploring life:http://actoberreid.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/week-3/

“For ‘Ren”
Complications; arise

infatuation; comprised

nominations; your eyes

domination; high-rise

elusive; loafer

intrusive; no sir

the proof is; so her

you do this; go first.

“the creator”

i used to write without destination

create without reason

give life to words and let them loose on one another

and when they asked for purpose

i had nothing to tell my creations

i would destroy my creations,

send a savior to them and

leave a book for my creations to reach me.

“Above her heart”

the sun in me is well intact

the sin in me is fighting to get back

the love in me is trying to live for you

the life in me is dying to give it to you

without hesitation I burrow into your chest where

fields of black ink lie and my name

can’t be erased from your soul.

“Test my existence”

I’m known to those who know me

to test my existence

but until God decides to show me

first-hand, that cliff i’ll leap it and that

question i’ll ask it.

Untitled

I hate that I do it

so I avoid it at all costs and

still I come back to consciousness upset at myself

for the petty justification I offer the reason I try to avoid it

to begin with and sadly, deep down,

I know its not worth my soul.

“That relationship”

when they don’t want that

relationship everything becomes a reason not to

have that relationship

unappreciation transforms into words and while

you’re busy putting down that relationship

the architect of Love is somewhere wondering why

you kicked bricks from that relationship,

fired him and burned the blueprints to that relationship

it’s only fair to want that relationship with that same

burning intensity that that relationship wants you.

“Don’t forget the milk”

nothing even matters

not even matter on a late night you

say you have to work because I know how busy

you are working…… him

no ultimatum could decide so when

you’re done and hear love calling you

home (over the moaning) first flip over

the piece of paper he wrote his whereabouts on

and get those things from the store and

don’t forget the milk while I sit and figure how things

went so wrong.

*****

Verse Escape: http://versiscape-lifesentences.blogspot.com/2010/11/garden-rat.html

Under an arc of liquid ice,

Streaking the window behind,

Clashing on the canna leaves,

Runs a black stripe of being

Fast and blurry as

A faint memory passing and lost

In the midst of children’s calling clamor.

It’s the mysterious

Garden Rat.

Every day I don’t see it

Move, it’s just passed me,

Disappearing behind the trunks

Of the crape myrtle, secret

But

Disturbing.

I hunch myself defensively

When I reach to pull a weed.

It’s undefined, yes,

But it’s huge.

(For a rat)

I’m sure it has teeth

Bigger than these spider eggs

I’m brushing off my glove,

And sharper than

Old quarrels.

All summer I worried

And tried to avoid

The Garden Rat,

Dark and diseased,

And hiding in the soft shed petals

Of the black-eyed susan and

The weeds I was now

Afraid to pull.

Then fall came, and the leaves fell,

The cannas crumbled to the ground.

I went one day to rake the remains,

And from behind the mummy of stalks

Flashed the mysterious

Black and rapid

Neighbor’s Cat;

The Garden Rat.

Pandora’s Cat.

*****

LeiffyV:http://notae.net/blog/2010/11/05/thursday-poets-rally-the-void/

I look into the inky, black void
My reflection gazing back at me
The lifelessness of oppressive thoughts
Tempting me to return back to the fold
Wanting me to complete the cycle again

For years I wrestled with it
Threats of doom draped over me
Promises of ending it all gracefully
Demands to make others suffer
Dark thoughts of my heart

I struggled against the shadowy grip
A moment of light squandered
As it pulled my head back in
Trying to smother my life
Make me a permanent host

A lifetime fighting the temptation
Planning for the end; cold steel
Lead, gunpowder and a sharp blade
Knowing the only way to save the world:
I had to end my own existence

Little by little I escaped the thoughts
Each day better than the last
Positive motions in my body
Positive thoughts in my head
My will was forcing me into being

Yet now that I look at it now
I can remember the sweet siren’s call
I remember how easy not feeling could be
Stopping all raw emotions for rationale
Becoming a “higher learned being”

It still wants me to come back
I hear the whispers calling out my name
I see the reflection sometimes wink back
I feel the arms reaching out for me
As I gaze into the black, inky void

*****

Robin:http://robinelizabeth58.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/the-beauty-of-ephesians-five/

Sweet heart,
Don’t you know,
I love you more than ever.
Your pains tear me.
And open up my eyes,
To realize,
I’m just as lost as you are.

But sweet heart,
I’ll let you know,
You’re so much stronger than you know.
Than you give credit.
I see it in your words,
In your life.
Just look closer at yourself.

So lovely child,
Hear His words through a friend,
One who’s where you’re going,
Who’s been where you are,
And back again.
Far too much,
Many more than I’d of liked.

God loves His children dearly,
Shall we long to be as He is,
But never try?
I say try!
To live a life of love,
To follow in Christ’s walk,
For hasn’t He loved us?
And died before the Lord,
A pleasant sacrifice,
An offering to God.

Oh answer to His cry,
For no spot is there,
For those who claim their life is His,
Then, clearly walk another way.
For not even a word of foolishness,
Is with-held its consequences.

As people come,
Bearing words in lack of meaning,
Think not of them acceptance,
-by this I mean the words-
But notice that God’s wrath is upon them,
Pray for them.
But in no means pledge partnership.

As darkness stole your sight,
God’s Light came quickly to your aid.
For who are we?
Are we not children of God’s Light?
Indeed we are!
Now show your righteousness in Christ.
-For it is obtained through Him-
And walk in truth showing goodness.
Find, oh child, what is pleasing to Christ!
Flee from darkness as you expose it.
For Light makes every shadow dissolve,
For Christ’s Light shall wake us,
From our dying rest.

Watch your ways,
Though we live in a time of evil,
Share when God gives you chance.
Be not fools but strive to understand.
Seek out the extent of God’s will,
-But do so through Christ.

For all thanks to God!
Now submit to one another in Christ.
God is graciously good!

So sweet heart,
Oh child of God,
Listen as I speak.
As of Ephesians.
-In my own words-
Find love and light.
The joy of the Most High.

*****

Lynna: http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/white-lady/

White lady
My lady
Whoring still mine alone
Filling me with ecstasy
Lifting me higher than anything
My sway awakening at the sniff of you
White lady
Slim and strong
Carrying me all day long
Leaving me distressed and down when you are gone
My lady
You alone help me forget my pain
Seeping through my veins
Burning me up inside
Burying the disappointments and carrying the challenges
White lady
My lady
Without you, all is bleak
Atrocious the wait, the longing making me weak
Your prisoner I have become
Lost in the wanting of your lines
White lady
My lady
Killing me with your sweetness
Slowly and surely
White lady
Everyone’s lady

*****

Monica:http://garciamo.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/the-voice/

I listened to the voice of Spirit tonight
as it whispered to me in the evening wind
showering me with the wisdom of ages
enlightening me with the secrets of time

Its words rang with a powerful truth
that touched my very core
Its magical tune was delighting…
Its beautiful essence inviting…

Lifting my soul
Empowering my mind
strengthening my body
Feeding my hungry heart
with its endless love from the universe
and beyond…

I looked forward into my future
and it was your face I saw in the horizon
slowly and steadily coming towards me
wish ease
It was then that I knew for sure
it was safe to give you my heart
and wish for forever next to you

Today I lost myself in thoughts of you
and let myself fall into your wondrous space…
Today I gave you my love
and wrote your name on my heart
because Spirit told me to!

*****

I listened, Momma: http://nochipa.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/dear-rachel/

Maybe it’s about four o’clock scent

and horseshoe crabs after rain

or grapevines outside a lace curtain window,

a kitten’s soft paw or a caterpillar

beside the road.

Maybe it’s about Grandma’s pillow cases

and Aunt Connie’s pig cake

or roses growing under Pa’s trailer,

a song Momma loved or a movie

Daddy watched.

Maybe it’s about days

one right after the other

until you look back and wish

to hold some small piece

of what it was.

*****

Ash Bee Zone:http://ashbeezone.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/examination/

November 3, 2010

It’s getting too Damn Hard to bear.
Those days are coming near and near,
As It’s The Worstest Days of The Year,
And your Heart just trembles with fear !!

It’s seems Like, The clock now-a-days..
is too much Tick-Tocking ,
As Examinations is going 24X7 in my Mind …
Too much vigorously Knocking !!

Too much to study for the Exams
Learning all the concepts of every single bit
The Syllabus is too lengthy,
It’s hardly gonna complete.
Need to pay attention from Today onwards,
Coz’, It’s fucking useless to Study at the Last Minute !!

Need to clear all those Examinations,
Just for a while, Suffer That Bit Torcher and Pain,
Otherwise, Would definitely FAIL for sure,
And have to face it again next again !!

Though, Bit scared from such evil threats,
not having any place to stand tall ,
Still, I Don’t give a DAMN about it,
and even not giving up so easily at all !!

Though the days of Depression n’ Insomnia
might have been back again,
You can’t easily move on,
But It’s not impossible that much
Just prepare myself Possibly the best
and even get practiced harshly,
Physically, Mentally, Emotionally,
And so Eventually,
Not Mugging like a Jackass Moron !! ;P ;P

In the meaty ,
I wish y’all the Best 2 awl ma fellows… ; ) ; )
awl we need out there is a damn Luck ,
Just focus n’ concentrate on your studies
More and More and More and More,
Yeah !! In fact , now even I feel that …
Examinations really sucks the Core !! ;P ;P

And By the Way Fellows,
if You’ve got such threats from Mr. Examinations
Simply Don’t pay attention to it
Try to be fearless n’ stand tall ,
Just Focus on your Studies and your Grades
Please, Don’t Let your Future on the Downfall !!!

*****

Gugo:http://gugothinksandwrites.blogspot.com/2010/10/home.html

Arms folded over my chest, my body is straight laying right in the middle of the king size bed. My eyes are open but my vision is clouded over the roof. I believe I never pay this attention to it. Even when it’s early in the morning the firsts moments of light of the day are here and the time to stand up is getting close, not that I have slept much last night.

It’s incredible that just 2 days have passed since you left and I already miss you so much. Maybe it’s because today is Saturday and I’m very used to be with you all this day… and I don’t want to think that there are still 2 days left… Last night I tried to get myself busy so I would not feel alone on this beautiful house, our house; so I walked with the dog, cleaned the kitchen, ironed some shirts and pants, even went to the shop to buy food we probably won’t eat, moved the sofa into three different positions and finally left it as before, none of them kept my mind apart from you.

When we decided you’d go with this I only thought of your joy and success and how much you deserved it, I mean you are really talented, but I never thought the separation would be this hard for me, now I only have to conform with hearing your voice for a few minutes, like in the old days, and hear your thrill of knowing new people, new places and adventures. I believe that is the “rough” path of fame…

I now understand that everything we have in this house, everything we’ve worked for is meaningless if there is no one to share it with, I’ve been always so proud of what we have done but today I see it cold, useless and it makes me sad. Today this place is just a house because I know you are my home now… And as some time ago we said, it doesn’t matter what we get or where we’ll live the important thing is to stick together.

*****

mutedpoetchoo: http://mutedpoetchoo.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/21st-century-man-of-color/

Era of  ignorance

Man governs himself by the length of his dick

And how many chicks he can stick

With the minimum licks as possible

Guess his beard grew that long on its own

Boys called men play the fence

Where on one side the grass is partially green

When he looks directly down for that right now thing

Missing the meaning of “Do the right thing”

Leaving the rest of the grass to dry up and burn

With prison terms too long to see

Their children’s next birthday

Or a lifetime of silence

Never to see their dreams lived out

While bed sheets are hung in the hood to symbolize

Rest in Peace

But peace rests alone

Because on the other side

Where man dwells

He hops the fence

Assuming the position of our slave ancestors

Pacing back and forth

Trying to grow grass where the grass has burned

Below the boys hung by their own self destruction

Where chain gangs are symmetrical

to chains and gangs

But this time around the Mass Is Us

*****

Chick under construction:http://chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/autumn-days/

The trees are still beautiful
The brown and yellow and red leaves
Fall along the same roads I’ve traveled everyday
For as long as I can remember
It still gets cool in December
The glow of embers from the fireplace
Warm the soles of my feet and my soul
I’m still thankful on Thanksgiving
And Christmas still comes on the 25th
The sun still shines through my window
It fills my heart with internal light and reminds me that I’m alive
No, not much has changed at all
Since you’ve been gone…

*****

Above the cloud of thoughts:http://tanznb.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/lost-and-won/

Adored a girl from the beginning of May,

mind engulfed in her thoughts almost everyday.

Her blue eyes giving a stare,

was overwhelmed to see it was rare.

The smile on her face,

motivated me to fight another race.

Her long hair darker than darkest night,

all set to show its glistening might.

Her innocence like a child,

her touch so soothing and mild.

The panache in her walk,

made the world turn and talk.

I admired somebody,

a day made me realized I was nobody.

The time of dismay came,

was I a victim of blame game?

She said it was a fault in me,

but I could hardly see.

She turned again and again,

Alas! to witness my pain.

Forgotten for a while,

unable to crawl even a mile.

A cherub whispered in my ear,

loads left to be conquered my dear!

The string of lost hopes,

aided as mighty ropes.

Arose yet again to the morning glory,

with a fresh start to my ended story.

Lessons conned from my past,

propelled me to move lil more fast.

Future seemed to be full of accolades,

sentiments of past haunted as sharp blades.

Left no time for thoughts of gloom,

as I was busy weaving a fresh handloom.

Path to success was embellished with precious stones,

every turn astonished me with new thrones.

Success always invited me,

failures never threatened me.

Discovering from the past,

recovering faster and fast,

I left everyone aghast.

There came another May,

the world had lots to say.

A Joker of misfortunes,

was now a King of splendid Fortunes.

*****

Uncensoredinsanity:http://uncensoredinsanity.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/hideandseek/

she couldn’t know

i had to play strong

i smiled and played it all off

long sleeves. that was the key.

i tried to hide them.

the scars.

i couldn’t let her see.

my innocent sister

she could have never known

me

*****

GK Asante:http://seenmissing.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/dry-mouth/

From a mouth in silence, I take everything
with a grain.

The smallest face in every mirror,
the largest one alone at every shore.
My lovers walk all over me,
still, I lodge myself beneath their skin.

So many hours are measured by my falling.
A blindness measured by my rage.
All I build is washed away,
all I bury will become a gift of bones.

But all I've ever wanted is
an answer to my never-ending thirst.

*****

Celebrating A Year:http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/week-107/

she rides on the edge of darkness
leaving her light at home no one
follows her here beyond the sun
beyond the scope of forgiveness
seeking solitude craving less
confusion saving her tears here
in a jar with fireflies near
the truth as she imagines it
despite the un-reconciled split
between lingering hopes and fear

*****

Smith:http://theophillus.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/question/

How do you break invincibility?

How do you scar perfection?

Their pretension was absolute

Omnipotent nature undisputed

Exclusive endowment assured

Fate never was challenged

Until humanity gave birth to its first novelty

A response to the their solitary lack

Flawed mortals’ paramount product

A weapon alien to infinity itself:

Question

Ignorant omniscient beings

For what did all-knowing minds ever need to wonder?

Do the gods understand they will never know mystery?

Every challenge begins with a question

Every question is a challenge

*****

Inside My Poem Book:http://umaspoembook.blogspot.com/2010/11/mystical-love.html

Nothing would stop her

Saving her kid from danger

Love is mystical

.

The tie so perplex,

Some mystical bond exists

We name it as love

.

Your love is magical,

Your touch is my secret wish,

Love can be explained.

*****

Life, or something like it:http://loveblushfever.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/handle-one/

eyes closed

fingers crossed

leap

of faith

something as obscure

a tide returning

puzzle with too many missing pieces

absences filling up nothing

nothing to bursting

bursting to messy leftovers

a sink of dirty plates and tepid dishwater

objects of other

compare and contrast

non-fatal crisis management in a world of no

glass houses

made up faces

where is the parade?

eyes closed

fingers crossed

flesh be bone that breaks cleanly

not so far to fall

*****

Ms. Peaches:http://peachpitproduction.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/she-prays-for-you/

He said you shouldn’t be…
told her you’re a good
woman, never hold back
because of me…

He said he knows
that he hurt her
and for that he said
I’m so sorry

He said he acts as
if he doesn’t care, but
their friendship matters
so much, and
really he does care

He said he didn’t want
things to turn out that way,
but it all got bad so quick
too fast

he said she’s not a runner up,
she’s number one, she’ll
never be, second to none

He said she was real good
to him, gave real
love not forced or fake
but real genuine

He said I owe you honesty
and that it’s all
just so sad to him

He said he knows she’s
hurting still and wishes
there was something
he could do to make
it all better again

He said he prays her love
she’ll find
because it’s deserved
and she’s been waiting
for such a very long time

He says it’s just all so
confused, unsettled
and he just doesn’t
know what to do and
she said not to worry
cuz she always prays for you…

*****

Ina: http://inaweblogisback.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/long-lost-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-5718

Against the sweet colors of the setting sun

the clouds started to fade when there existence had just begun

and when I wanted to shut my curtains down, well there he was.

His face had wrinkles now, his hair was white but still I knew he came for me, and I was right.

We drank all night

not many words were shared

under the cover

and when the clouds came back again, and sunlight shone again, he went.

I may never see him back again, never hear his voice still I know

he is my friend

more so than he was my lover

*****

Liz: http://lizbethsgarden.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/sing-of-living-sing-of-dying

Songs of ancestors echo
Voices of the dead and people echo
Call and response – answer and question
Telling the stories of memory

Voices of the dead and people mingle
We are who you will be
Telling the stories of memory
Carrying your lives into the dark future

Telling the stories of memory
We are now what we will be
Voices of the dead and people mingle
Tell us who you were that we may remember

We are who you will be
Sing us through the ages
Carrying our lives into the dark future
A sacred responsibility

We are now what we will be
Do this in memory of us
Tell us who you were that we may remember
We are your voices, do not forget us

Call and response – answer and question
Sing us through the ages
Songs of ancestors echo
Do this in memory of us

*****

Pages from my mind:http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/we-lost/

Candles two,
one for me
one for you;
Songs i sing
any word that
memories bring;
flowers i buy
of your choice,
two seats i take
the movie hall
I sit in your wait.
The day ends
I lost love -
you lost me -
A lost day,
two lost souls -
Now remain
just memories !

*****

Sam373:http://sam373.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/autumn/

Summer draws to a close

As the mist gray skies hide the sun from my eyes

And the chilly Autumn breeze urges Summer to leave

I can’t help feeling as if a part of me is aging like the leaves.

“Autumn”

A time for lovers

To stroll down leaf-covered pathways

And nestle snugly in each other’s arms.

Indeed,

Autumn is a time for lovers;

“Autumn”

This time of year brings with it memories

Long thought dead;

When my heart was aglow
And the leafs were blown
Our two became one.

Years have birthed,
Grown old then died;
Yet, every twelve months this feeling thrives inside.

A Phantom . . .
A haunt,
Intruder of sorts.

Welcomed aberration
reminds me of my hurt;

As the skies grow constantly gray,
And my aspirations have cause to sway;
Still I thank my Lord for this
Autumn day.

For just as the night makes way for day
Fate has ordained it, Autumn must pass away;

And so shall pass dead memories of unforgotten dreams that push their way to reality when the lights of my mind grow dim.

Autumn Is the time for Lovers.
Autumn is the tree,
And we like the tree
Must battle winter winds;
And dream of youthful green
Born in the spring.

And just like the tree
Once a year we say –
“Fly away pain;
Blow away hurt”.

As we trample past memories mingled in life’s dirt.

And again I say,

Autumn
Is a time for lovers;
to dream,
But still I feel a part of me
is blowing in the wind.

*****

Kumi:http://www.lovingsunshine.com/2010/11/3.html

Our chemicals
combined
re-arranged
we became eternal
and bright
fading out never
even in sleep

I can’t get my mind off you
I am stuck bewildered by the scent you left
Oh the scar you’ve drawn
on my skin…

This taste
blending
enticing
at the tip of my tongue
A memory
my sanity
all that’s left off me

Cover me with your kisses
Wrap me in your arms
Oh this hunger for your essence
insatiable…

*****

Lola:  http://funnygirllola.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/stuck-in-time/

Sitting alone in his white room, with his stiff white sheets to keep in warm
His tattered clothes with his name exposed and his room number on the arm

Trying to remember why he sits in his room or why he’s all alone
Grasping to find the steps he took that led him from his home

Wondering how long he’s lived in this place, overflowing with lost souls
Suddenly focusing on a coffee cup, and this is how it goes

Seventeen years he has been stuck in time, with no memories to give him hope
They will never invade whats left of his brain and this is how he cope’s

Counting the holes on the ceiling tiles in his cold, sterile  hospital room
Getting to thirty and forgetting what he’s doing, he starts his count a new

Looking around to see who he knows, but; not noticing anyone familiar
But the feeling he gets that he’s been here before, seems to him a bit peculiar

How old are his kids, where are they now, when will he get to see them again
unfortunately reality briefly sets in as he realizes time only stopped for him

The mirror is the only reminder he has of the pain he’s had through the years
The deaths, the births and the time he has lost have all flushed away like tears

He will never be the way he was, when he was young and had everything
Why didn’t he listen to us, when we told him to stop his reckless driving

Lost in his head for so many years what to do for him eludes all around
While he is stuck in time, we leave him behind and hope a miracle is found.

*****

Thoughtsnotlost:http://thoughtsnotlost.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/from-ashes-to-hope/

It scares me…

..how easily drama is built.

Negativity spouted.

Assumptions made.

Take from one to inflate another.

Spoiling for a fight rather than a solution.

Looking outward, never within. Easier. Safer.

Know a complete stranger based on superficial facts.

Look in the mirror–not know what you see.

Such a shallow existence.

Without substance.

Without presence.

Angers. Hurts. Saddens me.

There’s guilt in us all.

No one above it here.

Churning in my heart.

Pain in my mind.

Endless cycle, ferries wheel goes round.

Where will it stop.

When.

Will it stop.

Hurts. Me.

Oh heart, spirit…oh spirit, heart.

Oh spirit of my heart rise through like a phoenix.

Dust off the ashes. Regain the fire.

Demand. Command.

Become the soul you want to be.

Embrace. Romance. Walk beside it.

Until you own it. Live. Be it.

Recognition provides hope’s potential.

Potential provides change, ashes to hope.

*****

chamiechamz:http://iamchamiechamz.blogspot.com/2010/11/poetry-1-forbidden-love.html

You always make me happy,

Whenever you smile and say “Hello” to me,

And there is something I feel inside me,

Whenever you glance and move close to me.

.

I love to be with you everyday,

I hate it when you started to walk away,

I want you to just stay,

Stay right here next to me.

.

I don’t want to lose you some day,

So I’m wondering how can I make you stay?

Because everything you are not around,

It keeps me feeling down.

.

I know you won’t believe me,

That you mean so much to me,

And now as time goes by,

I fear of hearing you say “Goodbye”.

.

But if this would be the last,

I don’t want to waste a single second,

‘cause I know I cannot bring back the past,

And I hope through this poem you will understand.

.

That I like you, I want you,

I love you that’s why I need you.

And I’m hoping and wishing

That you would let me show this feeling.

*****

dangerald:http://dangerald.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/have-you-ever-think-of-me/

Just do whatever your God told you to do,
Coz if you disobey him, he will definitely kill you.
Just walk straight and don’t ever look back,
One wrong move you make and you’ll be gone in just a snap.

If you don’t want to vanish, better shut your mouth.
If you want to live long, don’t ever write again
Do all of this for you and your family’s safety,
But this i ask you, have you ever thought of me?

*****

boababpapers:http://baobabpapers.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/johnny-go-lightly/

Johnny go lightly

for her day was born raw

tread the boards of her with love

for the desecration of trees

beneath you feet are deeply sprung by

the brilliance of words and their actors.

Johnny go lightly

so as not to tear her paper rain

where drops trickle you into the

proscenium of her skin and  you

are the fall of her last curtain call

Johnny go lightly

among the tall grass of her hurt

hidden to the bare room of fictions

hinged to soft mysteries in the salt

of her curve, varnished red offshore

to the growled distance of  hunger

mouthing for more

Johnny go lightly

into the pale of her deep

where you step midstream

into the estuarine flow of plainchant

her private  chansons after midnight

the pale carved altarpiece housed of his cloth

her crescent of porcelain to the dance of your moth

*****

Shashi:http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/11/still-life-fountains-of-spiritual.html

Carrying devotion in heart

 

A lonely women washes temple floor

 

Cleanses deity off stone

.

Desire to believe

So great

The temple steps aside

.

Small happiness’s, Like the bird

On tall Minars, is music for the soul

Sufi dance round and round

.

Loneliness is sun

Knowing all He embraces

Turn ashes

.

Krishna’s love

Wafts in flute’s music

Love calls

.

Breeze, Mist and ripples still, in awe

Temple is dressing up

In Sunrise

.

Shadow of tree reaches out

Climbs up the temple steps

To grow some roots and be the tree

.

Dance of cosmic creation

Chiseled in dark ages

Needs fresh light of love

.

Sculpted in withered stones

Temple stood, a silent beacon

Of loneliness, by the sea.

 

*****

Lisa:http://ocdbloggergirl.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/one-trick-or-treater-poetry-pot-luck/

One trick-or-treater?

Just one?

One?

I mean there’s only one pervert down the hall;

You could have come here and he wouldn’t have bothered you at all.

My Milky Ways didn’t have razors, I know because I just ate the last one,

The soft mints didn’t have LSD I don’t think; I’ve  got through half of ‘em.

Damn, I wish I had a blueberry pixie-stick and a couple of Kit Kats too.

One trick-or-treater?

Just one?

And I’ll be damned if she wasn’t 41!

With a cowardly lion chihuahua instead of a son.

Reaching into my bag I give her a goodly sum,

better give her a lot, she’ll be my only one.

Picture used w/o permission from imvu.com

*****

somewhere else http://andulasia.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/hold-your-hand/

I cannot go with you

it is not meant for me

I know you are afraid

and want me with you

But this path you must

walk on your own

Just as I must walk mine

But always we can

stop somewhere

and for those few

moments, I will

hold your hand.

*****

Bodhirose http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/conscience/

Don’t speak up

and see what transpires

when you don’t add your voice

to atrocities seen.

 

Don’t speak out

when outraged and incensed,

then the outrage will be

that your silence was kept.

 

Prisoners of conscience

don’t have a say,

their rights have been taken

and many enslaved.

 

There’s many held captive,

tortured and raped–

stand up against these injustices

before it’s too late.

 

Our lives are filled

with everyday scenes

where societies are crumbling

but we won’t hear the screams.

 

Too many turn a blind eye

and ears deafened by choice,

what a shame, what a tragedy–

what is our unease?

 

People worldwide are needlessly dying,

by the tainted hands of corruption.

We can stop it; we can help

through all of us uniting.

 

Speak out, join forces

with all others who care

and write letters of protest

opposing all tyranny.

 

Open your eyes, don’t look away–

your compassion is desperately needed.

So unlock your heart and don’t delay,

join Amnesty International–before the end of this day.

*****

Dozeighthree http://dozeighthree.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/im-still-counting/

From the sun there up high down to the green where we lay,

Not a worry in the air and that bliss we all shared.

Gathered on the hill, silent vows to never apart

And as the shadows grew, so did our hearts.

O, how we didn’t realize.

 

Eight cans for courage, let’s march this town,

One and all around, bearing that dowdy crown.

Midway we sundered into many a tryst

And teased the dismiss with a poignant kiss.

O, why I didn’t realize.

 

Now for this evening Dear, you are my idol,

The sky our blanket, as we sidle this idyll,

An idyll that found me every week

Yet one to see but never touch its peak.

O, still we never realize.

 

Beneath the phosphorescence of the city

Up top bled, “The end is never pretty”,

Mutual thoughts as the quiet engulfed the street light silhouettes…

She never said, “But tonight, we’ll forget”.

*****

Dr. Drmadangoyal:http://drmadangoyal.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/789/

What is in reality a world?

It is not what we see in kind

But what we see in our mind

It is not what we see as the dirt

But it is perception of our heart

It is not what lies on earth as theirs

It is  in fact what our brain stares

It is not about what whales eat

It is what our brain takes as treat

Stars may be shining in the sky

Your world is feeling felt as thy

Living in past is a useless worry

One can’t change it, make no try

Responsibility one takes, be met

However one may have to sweat

People have to live in their world

Join these all to get a grand guild

Life is for enjoying, live it happily

Don’t trouble others, do it steadily

There is a lot in world what is beautiful

One needs to think and live bountiful

*****

The reason You Come:http://thebeatofmydrum.com/2010/10/28/star-gazing/

Stargazing, passion flaming
Interest has not been waning
My heart doesn’t stop awakening
To the beat that your heart’s playing
To the touch you’ve got me craving
To the beauty your hand’s painting
To your voice, a distant wailing
Over seas I’ll soon be sailing
Till I get to where you’re waiting
Arms wide open, eyes a-blazing
With such fire, I’ll be fainting
From their force, which will be draining
All my strength that has been fading
With this back and forth of pacing
As I remain on this side, hating
All this distance, yet still braving
That which will never triumph raining
On our parade where we stand swaying
To the beat we play while staying
Far apart, faithfully praying
To no god, anticipating
The wondrous day when I’ll be sailing
Finally, to where you’re waiting
Stargazing, passion flaming.

*****

S. sharp: http://shadiatique.blogspot.com/2010/10/despondent_29.html

So,

While appearing busy to the max

While I sway to left and right

Preparing to send again
Messages of a dreamer to the sky

Building between the clouds

New days of happiness

When suddenly my messages

turns back to me, without

affecting any!

My messages goes back to me

and I’m silent on my seat – despondent

Always dreaming in a dream

I fall of the sky as a result of daydreaming

And the falling dream, twists back

To float on the lake of memories,
To disappear, dream after a dream.

 

My dreams go back, in despair

Everyday after revealing a secret

That’s unable to remain

Your name, in the pages of the sky

Your name, in the pages of the sky
is inscribed above the clouds

Leave from above,

in care to me.

*****

Gnarlyoak:http://gnarlyoak.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/a-walk-among-the-sheeple/

I’m walking in endless footsteps;
To step out of line, impossible.
And to follow is what one expects,
Yet my mind can’t help but dribble
The leap upon my own path-
The sheep long for me to crash.

Once out of line
All you have learned
Will not help worth a dime.
But for this is what I’ve yearned.
Time to choose the road less traveled-
Time to watch as darkness is unraveled.

Falling, falling, deeper, deeper;
Eaten by the abyss, this land is savage.
The sheep bind me stuck to the reaper.
They make it frigid, grotesque, but far too average,
Because with brawn the darkness fades,
after a fight I see the light-
Because with passion I see gloom as bright,
feel pain with no plight.

Now I explore on sand untouched;
My limbs bloodied and scars gnarly.
Through seasoned eyes I see sheep march, forever clutched,
And I feel pity for those who accord and don’t feel sorrily…
Suddenly I waken from this heavenly dream-
Scared of a nightmare because I am but a sheep
churned out by this machine.

*****

Liliana:http://summaryofmysoul.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/last-wish/

bring withered purple roses to my grave
when I’ll be gone…
and light a candle too…
I’ll know the light is there because of you…
don’t cry, my friend, we die just once…
be brave…
and when my grave in roses scent will lave,
I’ll know you’ll weep upon it…
and it’s true,
I’ll miss this world, and more, I will miss you…
but then, my friend, we die just once…
be brave…
I’ll still be watching, as a windy wave,
upon your soul, from heavens, hoping you
will find somehow a way to say “adieu”,
because, my friend, we die just once…
be brave…
so when you’ll come to see my earthly grave,
remember me how I remember you…
just with a loving smile, as I’ll have, too,
up-there’, where ’I’ll be gone, my friend so brave…

*****

2zpoint:http://2zpoint.com/2010/10/31/rise-for-you-must-shine/

Breath flows in and out…

the perfect time is coming about.

Your blood is flowing .

Your heart is growing faster by the minute.

There won’t be a show without you in it.

You are the master of these three rings.

and without you…

Its true that time won’t stand still…

but without you…

There won’t be any thrill!

You make the magic come together

in your actions and your words

The time has come for you to be heard!

The spotlights on and the crowd cheers

you’re weak in the knees…

But cast your fears!

You are the one for which they wait in line.

Rise like the sun for you must shine!

*****

Dan:http://poetsenvy.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/lets-change-the-way-we-live/

Lately we’ve had our moments of doubt,

Where one of us would spout or shout,

I’m tired of fighting, so I’ll seek you out,

Let’s set up a date night,

Where we can dine by candlelight,

We’ll sit face to face and talk,

Not about the weather or about the kids,

But about us,

We’ll forget and forgive,

And change how we live,

Let’s talk about new beginnings,

Steps to be made,

You don’t want to stay,

In the same emotional space,

So the past we’ll erase,

It’s time for us to move forward,

I’ve arranged for us to be alone,

So we can focus on each other,

I’ll hold your hand for I want to be close,

I want to laugh and talk about good times,

Later we can walk by the lake,

See the moon’s reflection,

And of its beauty partake,

I’ll put my arm around you,

You can communicate without fear,

When you talk, it all becomes clear,

Just how lonely you’ve been,

That’s much to my chagrin,

I’ll tell you I love you,

We’ll reset our path, you will see,

We’ll make our date night a priority,

We’ll laugh again like we were young,

And sing songs like they’ve never been sung,

And love, sweet love, will come our way,

We’ll work this out, come what may,

And learn to love deeply, forever and a day.

*****

Jingle: http://itistimetothinkformyself.blogspot.com/2010/11/today-i-write-it-down.html

People stayed indoor a lot,
While I was mopping the floor,
I heard a knock at my door.
I looked outside,
It was a boy with a bike.
He looked tired and red,
Smiling nervously, he said:
“Could I interest you an initial 3-month newspaper subscription?
I am raising fund for my college education.”
“How much?”
“$20.”
I made an instant decision,
Paid him in cash to his satisfaction.
The boy was gone,
I was left alone.
Listening to a soft song,
I pictured the PRIDE of the newspaper boy!
Months have gone by,
The impression of the boy refuses to die.
Today I write it down,
Wishing him a bright future on his own.

*****

B:http://thisisbrixx.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/you/

why should it be you,
that I run to?
when the world turn its back on me
when darkness covers my entity,
why should it be you, just you?

why should it be you
that I think of
when I am alone and lost
on the rainbow after the storm
should it really be you?

when someone talks to me about love
you’re the first though in my mind.
It’s just you.
Why should it be like that?
I don’t know.

You’re the best thing that’s happened to me.
Katy’s right.
Once you have tasted perfection,
Comparisons are easily done.
Well, nothing compares to you.

But I thought: everybody’s gone,
And everyone has moved on.
So why should it still be you?

*****

Vinay Chanagti: http://relishingsenses.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/fenced/

Desires… so magical they are,

fulfilled or unfulfilled, they give life to life.

amazing to realize, that they are all within…

and how comical, they seem to seek things from outside.

my self questioned them, where their eyes are,

their response was a question, what eyes were.

not knowing if and where wishes were searching,

my heart pumped up in anxiety, seeking a change.

wishes were realized, and the heart felt warmth,

more of them were showered, only to make the heart go cold.

and so magical they were,

they fenced my mind and dodged my heart.

as I realize, I am a slave to the spell of wishes,

a deep conscious ignited the spirit of freedom.

How I wish I could be a free being,

but so magical the wishes are…

they fenced my mind and dodged my heart.

*****

Scent of my heart:http://scentofmyheart.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/i-heard-you-again/

I heard you again in my heart, in my veins, in between adrenaline and hot blood.
With the last wave of the sea inflow, saying you’re coming soon.
With the drops of rain falling unmercifully, showing you’re staying this time.
I heard you again in my head, not as a fantasy in my sleep, it was real.
I felt again your intense devotion, your eagerness for ardor, for passion.
With the fresh air of the spring coming, whispering you’re lost without me.
With the roses that blossom on my balcony, proving you were born to be with me.
I felt again your love, your dreams and your hopes for a new tomorrow.
I know again with my soul, with my mind, with my six senses.
I could see it with my eyes, feel it in your voice.
With the sun that shines inside of me every time I think of you.
With the river that flows inside of you every time you dream of me.
I know for sure, I am so in love again and so do you!
*****
M. I. M.:http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/conflict-jingle-thursday-poets-rally-week-32/ 

The I and me
The I and we
Basically
We have to live
Separately
Due to your mentality
You see…
We are viewed so differently
But our similarities
Are plain to see
All made from one
All made in one
All decedents of the Holy One
But along the way
You got lead astray
And then lead others
In the same corrupt way
You wanna be my
EQUAL and OPPOSITE FORCE
Distracting me from my course
My objectives, My goals
You want me to believe what I’m told
Chasing after that fool’s gold
Please
I got my hands on Behold
And I see the debt that you hold
You’re indentured and enslaved
Just like me
But you don’t see
The way that will set you free
That’s why we have CONFLICT
Conflict of interest
Conflict of demands
Conflict of values
A conflict to understand
Conflict
It beats on my brain
Slowly driving me insane
What a shame
So connected to their world
This physical twirl
Hardly winning
Wishing for a new beginning
This unbalance surrounds everything around
I try to ignore it
But I can damn near hear the sound
Of this system crumbling and fading
And I stand here waiting
For that day
The conflict will fade away

 

 

R Is 4 Red Roses (ABC Wednesday, Z-A Word Challenge In S)



Red roses, red roses,

Inspire me some beautiful proses.

Keep the garden alive,

Smile and thrive.

Red roses, red roses,

Look out for nasty worms,

Take advantage of hoses,

Flash away them in uniforms.

Red roses, red roses,

Look at who I am,

You are the love everyone chooses,

Thus, I came.


Red roses, red roses,

Face those curious stares.

Tolerate sniffing noses,

Show people you’re the one who cares.

This Poem is 4

ABC Wednesday (R is 4 Red Roses)

Z-A challenge (R is 4  red rose)

Poets United (Thursday Thinking Tank: Family)

Lovely Annie is very sick recent days,

she is an active member of Thursday Poets Rally

And an official at Jingle Poetry…

I want to dedicate this poem to her, wishing her a speedy recovery.

Get well soon, we love you, Annie! xxx

Please visit Annie below to give your get well wishes:

lovelyannie79

Roses, poetry, love, prayers, grand wishes fly your way…

Thursday Poets Rally Week 32 Participation Awards



The Most Painstaking Poet Award


The Most Enterprising Poet Award


Thursday Poets Rally Participation Pride Award (Made by Trisha)

The Most Supportive Poet Award

Jingle assign all 4 of the above awards to the following Poets Rally week 32 participants, in No particular order please:

Industrialarts

Kellie Elmore

Pat Cegan

Ogungbesan20

R0013

Daniel Jay

Lu Ann

~Drew

WordsWorthMillions

Strummed Words

Amity

Jojo

Suzanne Wells

Poethead

PoisonJestersMask

Sumit Sarkar

Malcolm McLachlan

Amarllyis

Jackjericho

Hope_rising

Neha

Rashmi

Christiankane

Gnarlyoak

Somewhere else

Jessicas Japes

Sam373

Mase Da Rula

Theophillus Smith

Monica Garcia Saenz

Tanznb

Uncensoredinsanity

Loveblushfever

-3-

Hedgewitch

Glory

Gugo

Mutedpoetchoo

Vinay Chaganti

Chick Under Construction

Dangerald

G. K. Asante

Anita

Actober

Ina

Kumi

Boababpapers

Shashi

Lisa

Dozeighthree

Lovelyannie79

S. Sharp

Rajlakshmi

Marit

Ms. Peaches

Shigune Matsui

Scent of my heart

Julielaing

Morganna

Bodhirose

ladynimue

Kavita

Yuuki-chan

Emmanuel Ibok

Olivia

RiikaInfinityy

Jamie Dedes

Leo (Leonnyes)

Someone Is Special

Ashbeezone

Hindawy

B

A.B. Thomas, Mutter Fluka

Childofagodunseen

Words4Afriend

2zpoint

Shawn Bird

Alakaline

likewine

Darlene

The Reason You Come

DiamondsAndDogs

Chamiechamz

Umapoems

Dan

Celebrating a Year

Deadpoet88

LoLa

Tasithoughts

Belladonna23

Wiserskydiver

Liliana Negoi

Dasuntoucha

Papo

LeiffyV

Marlee-I Mystic

liv2write2day

Thoughtsnotlost

Umamaheswari Anandane

Megzone

Bward42

Naba Kumar Barman

Special Thanks for Trisha at

Trisha who contributes lovely art work and original poetry to our communities.

The Most Important Poet Award

Jingle Poetry Monday Potluck Participation Pride Award (By Trisha)

Mind Blowing Blog Award (By Jingle)

Now, I invite you to join us at Jingle Poetry Potluck, a place where poets share and encourage, we have about 23 hours to go before the collection is closed. Please simply submit a poem you wish to share via the following link:

http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/11/poetry-potluck-buildings-landmarks-and.html

Every Poets Rally Week 32 participant is welcome to join Jingle Poetry Community!

Claim the last THREE awards only if you have poem submitted to Potluck via the link above.

Hope to see you appear at Jingle poetry potluck today, I will read all of you…xxx

View Poets Rally Week 32 Entries below:

Naba: http://naba1987.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/the-dead-man-talking/

Suzanne:http://roundpeoplesquareearth.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/a-night-in-the-airport/

Colors of mind:http://chinmay28.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/hope/

My story so far:http://mcpaperz.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/the-monster/

jackjericho http://jackbrewis.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/the-funeral/

christiankane http://christiankane.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/magic-mirror/

Rashmi http://poem-myworldofexcitement.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem30what-is-mine.html

amarllyis http://amarllyis.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/silence/

R0013:https://r0013.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/outlaw/

Creation Dreams:http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/11/silent-fourth-day.html

Diamondanddogs:http://randomthoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/control/

Neha:http://anothermansdream.blogspot.com/2010/02/fire-to-ashes.html

The Juliebook:http://thejuliebook.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/the-spotlight/

Hope Rising:http://eyesonhope.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/i-listen-for-my-hope/

M. M.: http://dasuntoucha.blogspot.com/2010/04/isnob.html

Malcolm:http://delayedstudent.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-said-id-do-it-so-heres-the-poem/

Amity:http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/03/underneath-romantic-pale-moonlight.html

JP Leddy:http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/soaring/

Kavita:http://kavisionz.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/brightened-up/

Strummed Words:http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2010/11/waiting.html

Sumit:http://myriad-sumit.blogspot.com/2010/09/sonnet-of-night.html

W:http://wiserskydiver.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/words-three-new/

yuuki-chan http://sugaryichigo.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/gedankenblitze/

Shawn Bird http://shawnbird.com/2010/11/06/old-love/ (done, )

WordsWorthMillions http://wordsworthmillions.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/my-religion/

belladonna23 http://belladonna23.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/the-silent-symphony/

Lu Ann:http://likesomepassingafternoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/when-everythings-wrong.html

Fearless Dreams:http://fearlessdreams.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/yes-im-a-girl/

Likewine:http://likewine.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/i-a-woman/

U keep walking forward:http://ukeepwalkingforward.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/stand-tall/

Daniel jay:http://thinkingwithanopenmouth.blogspot.com/2010/09/mom-and-dad.html(done, )

Many musings and poetry:http://ghostwritersdragon.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/masked-emotions/

Poethead:http://poethead.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/nannys-day-at-the-hags-playground-poethead/

A ruler’s kingdom: http://dieselfromthad.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/echoes-of-love/

Ogungbesan20:http://ogungbesan20.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/if-only/

Jojo:http://jonellg.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/floetry-friday-canvas/

The third road:http://thirdroad.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/past-poetic-part-ii/

Papo:http://papotalk.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/relevent/

Marit (I never thought it would happen): http://maritsfuckingblogging.blogspot.com/2010/10/alone-in-my-room-i-paint-your-portrait.html

Deadpoet88:http://deadpoet88.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/a-self-destruct-button/

Source of Inspiration:http://patcegan.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/my-creator/

Like a thought unchanted:http://thoughtunchained.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-will-not-be-a-generic/

Hindway:http://hindawy.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/human-heart/

Kellie: http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/into-the-blue/

Glory:http://oowindeoo.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/song-of-sorrow/

Riika:http://riikainfinityy.com/2010/11/05/life-runs-on-code/

M. I. M.:http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/conflict-jingle-thursday-poets-rally-week-32/

Megzone:http://megzone.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/happy-diwali/

Alakaline:http://alakaline.blogspot.com/2010/06/killing-fields.html

Victoria:http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/jingles-poetry-rally-sunrise-on-a-plane/

Jamie Dedes:http://musingbymoonlight.com/2010/11/05/hearts-under-lock-and-key/(done, )

Anita:http://anitaseroticpoetry.blogspot.com/2010/08/whisper-in-darkness.html

Exploring life:http://actoberreid.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/week-3/

Verse Escape: http://versiscape-lifesentences.blogspot.com/2010/11/garden-rat.html

LeiffyV:http://notae.net/blog/2010/11/05/thursday-poets-rally-the-void/

Robin:http://robinelizabeth58.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/the-beauty-of-ephesians-five/

Lynna: http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/white-lady/

Monica:http://garciamo.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/the-voice/

I listened, Momma: http://nochipa.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/dear-rachel/

Ash Bee Zone:http://ashbeezone.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/examination/

Christopher:http://industrialarts.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/more-poems

Gugo:http://gugothinksandwrites.blogspot.com/2010/10/home.html

mutedpoetchoo: http://mutedpoetchoo.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/21st-century-man-of-color/

Chick under construction:http://chickunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/autumn-days/

Above the cloud of thoughts:http://tanznb.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/lost-and-won/

Uncensoredinsanity:http://uncensoredinsanity.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/hideandseek/

GK Asante:http://seenmissing.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/dry-mouth/

Celebrating A Year:http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/week-107/

Smith:http://theophillus.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/question/

Inside My Poem Book:http://umaspoembook.blogspot.com/2010/11/mystical-love.html

Life, or something like it:http://loveblushfever.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/handle-one/

Ms. Peaches:http://peachpitproduction.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/she-prays-for-you/

Ina: http://inaweblogisback.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/long-lost-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-5718

Liz: http://lizbethsgarden.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/sing-of-living-sing-of-dying

Pages from my mind:http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/we-lost/

Sam373:http://sam373.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/autumn/

Kumi:http://www.lovingsunshine.com/2010/11/3.html

Lola:  http://funnygirllola.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/stuck-in-time/

Thoughtsnotlost:http://thoughtsnotlost.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/from-ashes-to-hope/

chamiechamz:http://iamchamiechamz.blogspot.com/2010/11/poetry-1-forbidden-love.html

dangerald:http://dangerald.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/have-you-ever-think-of-me/

boababpapers:http://baobabpapers.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/johnny-go-lightly/

Shashi:http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/11/still-life-fountains-of-spiritual.html

Jessicas Japes: http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/i-want-chocolate/

Lisa:http://ocdbloggergirl.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/one-trick-or-treater-poetry-pot-luck/

somewhere else http://andulasia.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/hold-your-hand/

Bodhirose http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/conscience/

lovelyannie79 http://itslovelyannie.com/2010/11/03/something-about-bones/

Olivia https://oliviasmindlymatters.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/i-dream/

Dozeighthree http://dozeighthree.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/im-still-counting/

Dr. Drmadangoyal:http://drmadangoyal.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/789/

The reason You Come:http://thebeatofmydrum.com/2010/10/28/star-gazing/

A. B. Thomas: http://abthomas.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/the-poets-rally-week-32/

Words4afriend:http://words4afriend.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/poets-heart/

S. sharp: http://shadiatique.blogspot.com/2010/10/despondent_29.html

Scent of my heart:http://scentofmyheart.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/i-heard-you-again/ (done, )

Gnarlyoak:http://gnarlyoak.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/a-walk-among-the-sheeple/(done,

Liliana:http://summaryofmysoul.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/last-wish/

2zpoint:http://2zpoint.com/2010/10/31/rise-for-you-must-shine/

Dan:http://poetsenvy.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/lets-change-the-way-we-live/

Raji: http://thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com/2010/11/smiles-of-summer-night.html

Leo: http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/inspiration/ (done, )

Ibok:http://lordemmanuel.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/poetry-is/

Someone Is Special: http://pendownmythought.blogspot.com/2010/11/three-knots.html

Jingle: http://itistimetothinkformyself.blogspot.com/2010/11/today-i-write-it-down.html

B:http://thisisbrixx.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/you/

Vinay Chanagti: http://relishingsenses.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/fenced/