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I Feel A Disturbance In The Force.........Let's Do Poetry! by Boondawg
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The world (and here) seems to be in an emotional valley lately.
Poetry has been known to transend and rise a spirit above the mundane.
Lets see if anyone can get something out of it.

Everyone should try.
Not something you have read, heard, or written before.
Something done now, right off the top of your head.
No rules or structure, just let it flow.
Here you cannot be wrong of fail.

A Rumor Of One ~ Boondawg

Medussa eyes of solid stone,
Within a crowd, a man alone.
The mass, in flow, a shoulder brush,
The void, the crush, a heart untouched.
A word, a look, a rush of fear,
To eyes gone cold, an empty ear.
A flash of movement, jump in time,
The noise a twisted nursery rhyme.
The sights, the sounds, the will comes closed,
Frozen empty, stuck in pose.
In this madness, right or wrong,
Of my own, I don't belong.


I thought about Rumor and my percieved alienation of subway travel.

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quote
Originally posted by Boondawg:


I thought about Rumor and my percieved alienation of subway travel.



Oh great.. you thought of me... and it inspired you to write poetry...?


Good stuff.

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I think back to the days of old
When the sun chased away the cold
All the secrets were untold
And we were all better that way

My family held me in their arms
They kept me safe from all the harm
Life was simple, like a farm
But now those times have gone away

Oh where's the fun of yesteryear?
A time we lived without the fear
A time we loved without the tears
A lifetime lived in just one day

Can we capture the old love?
A feeling fitting like a glove
A warmth thats sent down from above
Or has that dream gone all astray?

For our old home then we now sing
For our old love and what it brings
My hope it rides upon the wings
Of your love, free, for me today

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quote
Originally posted by FieroRumor:


Oh great.. you thought of me... and it inspired you to write poetry...?


Good stuff.


"Poetry hath charms to soothe the savage breast."
Now put 'em on the glass!

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And they said one to another, "Behold, for here comes the dreamer. Come now, let us slay him and we shall see what then will become of his dreams." ~ Genesis 37: 19-20

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A rock.. a stone
Not just flesh and bone,
More than just here
A speck on the sphere,
Alive and moving
Never losing.. just grooving,
Learning the stage
No matter what age,
Now looking back
Who measures the trek,
Gazing ahead
Its not all been said,
More to go through
More to do,
Someone is there
Someone is aware,
Is it me or is it you?

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Warm the block, around the clock
Round the bend, Another mend
Over the hill, Another thrill
After the sun, evening’s begun
The tires worn, but the night just born
The road beckons, my mind reckons
...I'll keep on drivin
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quote
Originally posted by FieroRumor:


Oh great.. you thought of me... and it inspired you to write poetry...?


Good stuff.


WHAT ????...you 2 git a roooommm......

He was just a stallion
never broken
heart of gold
and hoves like fire
Run like the wind, that was his token.
Just a memory now
Sands of time
but every man
wants to call a wild horse "mine"
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there once was a man from Nantucket?
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Pants-Tense ~ Boondawg

As a boy, picked on a lot,
Run crying home, nose running snot.

A little grown, school punching bag,
No more tears, just silent rage.

Fully grown, I killed a man,
Finally free by my own hand.

Sentence death, sought in this chair,
And one clear thought I cannot bear.

If as a boy, a second chance,
Would I have worn those purple pants?

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Ode to low blood sugar

So low,
you are
that I cannot find the words
to express my ewujfrklfreglfugbfewbiewbri;rbi;ebi;ew;biheerwterwtertwtewrterwterwterwtertertert34t
(Damn, one day, I'm NOT gonna make it home.)

-Rumor

My life, a twisted nursery rhyme.

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quote
Originally posted by Boondawg:


"Poetry hath charms to soothe the savage breast."
Now put 'em on the glass!


"Oh, it's cold!"
Oh!
It's colder than the nipple on a witches t*t,
it's colder than a bucket of penguin sh*t.
It's colder than the hairs on a Polar Bears ass,
it's colder than the frost on a champagne glass.


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quote
Originally posted by Boondawg:

I Feel A Disturbance In The Force



Sorry, I just had gas.
"The Force is strong in this one!"
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Sometimes I'll get an idea or thought, and I'll Google the phrase to see what comes up. You'd be amazed what you can find.
Feeling melancholy one day, I Googled the phrase "sweet darkness" and found this:


Sweet Darkness


When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.

When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.

Turn to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.

There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

The dark will be your womb
tonight.

The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.

Give up all other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive

is too small for you.


-David Whyte


While it's not a work of my own, it was my thought that led me to it.

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Everyone knows my favorite poem.

In part;

We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar

Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;

Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom
Remember us -- if at all -- not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men.

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.



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And they said one to another, "Behold, for here comes the dreamer. Come now, let us slay him and we shall see what then will become of his dreams." ~ Genesis 37: 19-20

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Hmm, disturbance in the Force, eh Boonie? Ya sure it isn't gas, combined with old age?

No wait, strike the old age part You aren't nearly as old as Steve is

As for poetry, I'll add that part later when I'm not being later. Also after I find my stuff that I've written...
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TS Eliot.....anyone seen Apocolypse Now?

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When Poetry Flows
(by williegoat)

Well, I suppose...
these words I chose,
because it's those
who speak in prose
that make me doze.
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quote
Originally posted by Boondawg:

Everyone knows my favorite poem.

In part;

We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar

Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;

Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom
Remember us -- if at all -- not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men.

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.




That always makes me want to say "bang". Just to spite it.

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“The Road Home”
- by BlackThundeGT


The road…
Strait or twisty
Hills or valleys
I ride alone

Day or night
Fast or slow
Rain or snow
Away I go

Sleep in vain
The road I go
Another day
To drive alone

Misty eyes
Lines a blur
The turn!
Lights flashing… sounds
My Feet off the ground
I’m home
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Well that was short,
Not much to report,
Some were kinda neat,
Others short and sweet,
Wonder if that’s all we get,
Or if were not done yet?
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There once was a girl from Nantucket...

Wait....I'll try again later.
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There once was a girl from LA,
Studied hard for her MBA,
She worked with great zeal,
Her ideas were real,
Now she's head of IBM's German office.
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No Parking - Boondawg

A turn of fortune, a twist of fate,
A moment early, a lifetime late.
A goal in thought, another run,
A start, then stop, a thing undone.
A thought, an action, a questioned quest,
In life a choice, another test.

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I like that, Boondawg.
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quote
Originally posted by heybjorn:

I like that, Boondawg.


I'm in it deep.
I bought myself another week before I have to decide.
But i'm running out of time.

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A Poem About Nothing

(by fogglethorpe)


There’s nothing to share in this poem today;
I can’t think of anything needful to say.
In fact, truth be told, since the day is so dull,
the following verses are void, and they’re null.

I harbor no secret I’m dying to tell,
or snippet of wisdom on which you may dwell;
I’m not feeling angry, ecstatic, or blue,
or anxious to posit a new point of view.

So why do you read it? The points are all moot;
you’d be more fulfilled by some other pursuit-
perhaps making love or repainting a wall,
or sleeping, or answering nature’s old call?

My sheer lack of vision has been manifest
in dumb, shallow stanzas and poor anapest;
you’ve squandered this minute on doggerel stew,
I gave you a warning- the joke is on you!
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It was more entertaining than you might think.
How long did it take to come up with doggerel stew?
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Thanks. It was an easy write..I jotted it down in just a few minutes, then did minimal editing.
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A Poem About Nothing

Nothing is something, quite special, too
we gave it a name and know when it's not there
and when it is.

The color of nothing is never the same
the texture uneven
and often loud.

Nothing worth hearing is often too loud
But did you hear nothing
When I said, " I love you?"

Nothing in the dark is comforting
and frightening
And nothing good ever comes of indifference.
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Push aside the curtains of sleep
Stand up real slow, on old aching feet.
Shuffle with slippers too worn to stay on,
to the bathroom to be greeted, as every morn
By a face, so tired I barely know it.
Where did those days go, when I thought I would stay
forever a youngster, living life every day
Without a real care, and no furrowed brow.
Oh sweet youth, where are you now?

It will come to you too, but you give it no thought
Your youth is eternal, your skin is so taught
But it doesn't creep up, unseen and so sly
It comes a flash, a meteor in the sky.
yesterday? HA!! You paid it no mind.
Why should I worry I'm feeling fine!!
But oh 'fore you know it, you're left behind.
The things that you learned in your life
came and left, like a wink of an eye.

Why do we grow old, when all that we learned
is mocked and derided and so often spurned.
I try to explain, from an older guy's view
The pain and the joy that you will pass through
I thought that the point, of staying around
When you're too old to do all the things you will find.
But HEY!! I'm to blame!! Cos I DID THE SAME!!
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We're only as old as we act
Sometimes we might not act with enough tact,
But act we do
Both I and you,
One way or another
and we all had a mother,
I know some of us see
how cool it can be,
When we be sort of decent to eachother.
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20/20 Insight ~ Boondawg

The eye inside my mind,
Unto itself is blind.
And see's what it can't see,
The mind it cannot be.

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One For Life ~ Boondawg

Born unto an empty life,
I found my soul within a wife.
But to my grave she did send,
When she found me in her friend.

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Conspiracy

by fogglethorpe


When did you, hands upon my wall,
become too fast?
Why must your sands so quickly fall,
oh hourglass?

How did you, pages of the year,
achieve your end?
What are you, aging line appearing?
Not a friend!
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quote
Originally posted by Boondawg:
The world (and here) seems to be in an emotional valley lately.
Poetry has been known to transend and rise a spirit above the mundane.
Lets see if anyone can get something out of it.
Everyone should try.
Not something you have read, heard, or written before.
Something done now, right off the top of your head.
No rules or structure, just let it flow.
Here you cannot be wrong of fail.

Can I try ? You had to believe I would, .
I wanted to be the first to reply to this post but ... was unsure if it was marked politics, and didn't know if it was marked religion.
The Religion Of Politics

by cliffw


When it comes a time in the life of many,
who have no beliefs ...no not any,
They tend to believe in a higher power,
To make their life meaningful hour by hour.

The higher power being omnipotent,
Erases reasonability from the quotient,
From the churches with steeples,
To the government's sheeples.

They make their messiahs,
All else are pariahs,
It's either salvation,
or to all else damnation.

The beliefs they are fervent,
The causes are urgent,
From the plight of the poor,
To those that want more.


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Gosh, I really did want to put more time into this (thought and done, other than topic, in the last 20 minutes) but have been busy making the most of a fracked up situation. I hope to get back to it.

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Originally posted by cliffw:

Can I try ? You had to believe I would, .
I wanted to be the first to reply to this post but ... was unsure if it was marked politics, and didn't know if it was marked religion.
The Religion Of Politics

by cliffw


When it comes a time in the life of many,
who have no beliefs ...no not any,
They tend to believe in a higher power,
To make their life meaningful hour by hour.

The higher power being omnipotent,
Erases reasonability from the quotient,
From the churches with steeples,
To the government's sheeples.

They make their messiahs,
All else are pariahs,
It's either salvation,
or to all else damnation.

The beliefs they are fervent,
The causes are urgent,
From the plight of the poor,
To those that want more.


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Gosh, I really did want to put more time into this (thought and done, other than topic, in the last 20 minutes) but have been busy making the most of a fracked up situation. I hope to get back to it.



That is excellent.

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Originally posted by Wichita:
That is excellent.

No. It's not. I like the theme though. If we, this forum, can master the thought, in poetry, it might be able to rival "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause". I was wondering if I should have called it the "politics of religion".
Thank you though.
flamberge, good good stuff, .
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fogglethorpe, good good stuff, !

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FLEAS
(the world's shortest poem, the author of which is the subject of some debate)

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Share/Unshared Alike? ~ Boondawg

An empty heart is just a stone,
A love unshared is borne alone.
A hand untouched is never there,
A voice unheard, just empty air.
Piercing eyes that never look,
Will never know the gift untook.
When my pain you find in thee,
I welcome you, come die with me.

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Cry Alone

by fogglethorpe


I’ll share with you a secret
that none has ever known,
and trust in you to keep it-
but I will cry alone.

I’ll spill the old transgression
for which I can’t atone,
and beg your intercession-
but I will cry alone.

I’ll boast of some endeavor
or seed that I have sown,
and make you think I’m clever-
but I will cry alone.

I’ll leave you feeling certain
you know me, skin and bone,
go home and draw the curtain-
and then I’ll cry alone.
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