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  • Share your own poetry!
     OP - August 08, 2010, 09:51 AM
    Terror in the Middle East

    Can't anyone see the conditions they're in
    Poverty and indignity, while the terrorists grin
    Lies upon lies, to justify the horror
    Old ones cry, while the little ones suffer
    No food, no water, fences are closed
    People are dying, bones are exposed
    They killed them all, destroyed their homes
    With chemical weapons and cluster bombs

    Where's the world from the terror in the Middle East
    People are dying, the West is pleased
    The war on terror is just a lie
    Terror fuels terror, and thousands die

    We gotta wake up, see for ourselves
    People are starving, starving to death
    They have no jobs, no money at all
    They're locked in a prison, and the key is long gone
    There's nothing they can do, they're all alone
    No help from their neighbours, they left them long ago

    Where's the world from the terror in the Middle East
    People are starving, the West is pleased
    The war on terror is one big crime
    Democracy will never exist, unless the terrorists do their time

    Where's the world from the terror on its soil
    Humanity has disappeared, the law has ceased
    There's nothing we can do, but cry in plea
    Cry for mercy, cry for relief

    =========

    allat: edited thread title to differentiate from that other poetry thread.
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #1 - August 08, 2010, 09:54 AM
    That is a fantastic poem Abood! Thank you for sharing it!  Afro
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #2 - August 08, 2010, 09:55 AM
     grin12

    Now you!
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #3 - August 08, 2010, 09:57 AM
    My poems aren't intellectual. They don't even rhyme  Cry
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #4 - August 08, 2010, 09:58 AM
    POST! NOW!
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #5 - August 08, 2010, 10:01 AM
    edited.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #6 - August 08, 2010, 10:02 AM
    It flutters playfully all around me.

    Tantalizingly close.

    I am captivated by its beauty.

    If only it could be mine!

    It hovers above me,
    yet no matter how much I chase it,
    I cannot keep up with its incessant teasing.

    I am weary.

    It senses my discontent.

    My despair.

    My yearning.

    Please be mine!

    It alights upon a branch.

    Perfectly still.

    An invitation to fulfill my desire.

    My heart skips a beat.

    I carefully reach out to it.

    Time stops.

    Hope swells within me.

    You’ll soon be mine!

    I stand tip-toed.

    My fingers close in.

    A gentle wind blows.

    A leaf rustles.

    It darts into the air once more.

    I let out an anguished cry.

    I stumble after it.

    Tears blur my vision.

    Why must you torment me so?
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #7 - August 08, 2010, 10:04 AM
    @z10: Your latest avatar does NOT suit your insightful poem Grin

    Very philosophical, as always Smiley
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #8 - August 08, 2010, 10:22 AM
    I think the avatar quite poetically and metaphorically portrays my ideas  lipsrsealed



    You shouldn't have hesitated to post your poem, I like it. It gives off the air of real despair and yearning with a perfectly matched rhythm. And besides, there's no such thing as a bad poem, as long as the poem is written true to you.  Smiley
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #9 - August 08, 2010, 10:28 AM
    Quote from: z10 on August 08, 2010, 10:22 AM
    I think the avatar quite poetically and metaphorically portrays my ideas  lipsrsealed



    Yes. Yes it does!  whistling2



    Quote from: z10 on August 08, 2010, 10:22 AM
    You shouldn't have hesitated to post your poem, I like it. It gives off the air of real despair and yearning with a perfectly matched rhythm. And besides, there's no such thing as a bad poem, as long as the poem is written true to you.  Smiley


    Thank you  grin12

    I was certainly desperate back then Grin
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #10 - August 08, 2010, 10:33 AM
    Ugh, I just wrote something and lost it. Good thing it was short, I can remember it.

    Fly, spread your wings eternal child.
    Let not those who see life bitter tear your wings apart.

    Follow the light in your flight, and be not afraid as you rise,
    For I will be by your side.

    When the harsh wind blows, fly with all your might.
    And if you fall as we all;
    Fly, spread your wings eternal child.
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

    'Life is just the extreme expression of complex chemistry' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #11 - August 08, 2010, 10:36 AM
     far away hug

    Short and poignant!
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #12 - August 08, 2010, 10:44 AM
    Smiley Thanks, I thought your poem was lovely, very descriptive.
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

    'Life is just the extreme expression of complex chemistry' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #13 - August 08, 2010, 10:51 AM
    There once was a man from Nantucket...
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #14 - August 08, 2010, 11:01 AM
    Thank you stardust! Smiley
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #15 - August 08, 2010, 11:25 AM
    Good poems all! Abood, yours sounds like a rap, ever consider a career?  grin12
    I think I might have some though I haven't written any in ages. More of a short story writer or creative non-fiction these days (though haven't produced anything in awhile).
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #16 - August 08, 2010, 11:28 AM
    Quote from: mighty_cats on August 08, 2010, 10:51 AM
    There once was a man from Nantucket...


    Do you want me to finish the rest?  grin12
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #17 - August 08, 2010, 11:42 AM
    Quote from: mighty_cats on August 08, 2010, 10:51 AM
    There once was a man from Nantucket...


    Who loved eating from a KFC bucket?
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #18 - August 08, 2010, 11:45 AM
    I'm going to include this in my poetry book that is going along with my decade book. What do you think? Please give me your honest feed back. Thanks!

    In the Strawberry Patch
    Jessica Marie

    Take a look around
    inside the strawberry patch.
    Where memories haunt.

    Take a walk around
    (no use in crying anymore)
    can't change what is done.

    Remember the rose?
    The bloody hue; broken heart?
    How thoughtful of you.

    The leaves shriveled fall
    (my sweet, precious friend, ya know
    he ain't comin' back).

    Kneel amongst the dirt
    (no use in crying anymore)
    they were not true friends.

    Remember the veil?
    The saddened hues; the lies?
    Trapping me inside.

    Hide my beauty now
    (my sweet, precious friend, ya know
    they ain't comin' back).

    Fallow the black dirt,
    (no use in crying anymore)
    begin life again.

    Fruit can be reborn,
    their souls cannot be shattered
    despite the season.

    Forget the wintertime
    (my sweet, precious friend, ya know
    I ain't coming back).

    Caged like a rat,
    poison fed promises, yeah,
    yet I didn't die.

    I want to forget
    in the old strawberry patch
    the seeds of sorrow.

    The bitter juices
    (no use in crying anymore)
    of deep seed beauty.
    Quote from: Mount A Bison on September 26, 2010, 11:19 AM
    Is your grammar defective? Just askin'.


    "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi

  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #19 - August 08, 2010, 12:02 PM
    It's often been said the best thing you'll find
    coming out of the Elephant & Castle
    is the Bakerloo Line

    So I set off to seek paradise
    In the centre of town
    'Lift Out Of Order,Please Walk Down'

    5th step , 6th step only 3 million more
    dodge the Unlucky Fried Chicken
    that decorates the floor

    Finally reach the bottom
    legs begging for a rest
    although 25 minutes is a personal best

    The platform greets me with the usual smog
    and that smell that reminds me
    I forgot to feed the dog

    An empty coke can , drunk old man ,Queens Park 15 minutes
    Between this and a milk float
    there aint much in it

    A copy of the Daily Bullshit wraps itself around my feet
    to kill a quarter of an hour
    I pick it up and have a peep

    The tabloid groans with over tones , that verge on the abusive
    there' the loony left ,the small time theft
    and the shock horror sex exclusive

    The Lottery winner , the unrepentant sinner
    and the vicar who made here bruise
    Gene Kelly's on the telly again
    and theres 10 more pence put  on the booze

    Left wing, right wing, but real men prefer the breast
    dont kill  your husband, dear
    agony  aunt knows best.



    wrote that about 8 years ago ,whilst bored in Elephant & castle tube station Smiley
    According to the polls only 1.6 % of Americans are athiests. So what gives you the right to call the other 80% morons?'
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #20 - August 08, 2010, 12:02 PM
    Quote from: pierced_beauty on August 08, 2010, 11:45 AM
    I'm going to include this in my poetry book that is going along with my decade book. What do you think? Please give me your honest feed back. Thanks!

    In the Strawberry Patch
    Jessica Marie



    Alot of emotions in that poem, Jessica.

    I don't think there is a 'correct' version of poetry, the best poetry comes from the heart, it's about expressing yourself. Poetry is very personal, everyone has their own flavour.

    If you're asking about whether it's correct in english, I'll pass there, grammer and spelling isn't my strongest (-says the wannabe teacher haha!).
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

    'Life is just the extreme expression of complex chemistry' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #21 - August 08, 2010, 12:06 PM
    That's a great piece Kafir Latte! Grin Great descriptions, I can actually visualize the scene. Hate waiting for the tube too. Very creative people here  Smiley
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #22 - August 08, 2010, 12:09 PM
    To Miss Pierced Beauty from the other thread Smiley

    I like this verse

    Quote
    I want to forget
    in the old strawberry patch
    the seeds of sorrow


    Lovely poem for coming to terms with what's happened in our lives, accepting the harsh realities and moving on.

    You have the opportunity to plant new seeds and watch the flowers and fruits bloom though! Smiley
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #23 - August 08, 2010, 12:15 PM
    this is more of a rap that i wrote 2 years ago, it was mostly for a battle

    You're like a hopeless dreamer, staring in divine light,
    You suffer from hindsight from this assigned fight,
    Your bars are benign, while I recite malign shite,
    You're alligned to the sidelines, you're just a fleabite;
    I'm on my feet like a feline, rolling in the twilight,
    I designed the guideline, you can't get it timed right,
    Infinite crimes I indict, hip-hop in daylight;
    My lyrics define and refine - highlight the limelight.

    I'm the cashmere to your linen - much to your disdain,
    I jeer at your fear, I'm ruling your domain,
    The final frontier, the feigned membrane
    of society's queer mundane monarch reign;
    Revere the shakesperean bloodstain, inane pain,
    Lyrics restrained, appear to be insane,
    To the naked ear, profanity remains;
    For my homies' peer, my melody regains.

    You fucking pusssies down under were torn asunder,
    You're rap is a blunder while I spit fucking thunder,
    When you spit a bar I wonder, should I fucking shun ya,
    I'm suddenly getting plundered while my lyrics fucking gun ya.

    Yeah I'm gettin' plundered, by your bitch you see,
    Poetic and metaphorically by my wizardy,
    Philosophically fucking her like it's Paizuri,
    Mammary copulation 'cos you fuck her flaccidly.

    You're embalmed in my theology, like tutankhamun,
    My sadistic bars expand on me, they're like a typhoon,
    Utilising sublime logic, to which you're immune,
    You're neurotically inferior, the mass to my commune,
    Psychologically spoon-feeding you my monsoon,
    Of musically enchanced barrage of impugn,
    "Lyrically challanged" eight-bar platoons,
    I'm spittin' harpoons from the moons of neptune.
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #24 - August 08, 2010, 12:16 PM
     thnkyu

    Later I'm going to illistrate it and write it in calligraphy for my book. I haven't done calligraphy in so long.  lipsrsealed
    Quote from: Mount A Bison on September 26, 2010, 11:19 AM
    Is your grammar defective? Just askin'.


    "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi

  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #25 - August 08, 2010, 12:22 PM
    serrated_colon: fuck yeah!  Cool

    pb: Calligraphy is enchantingly beautiful! Would be great to see what it's like when you're finished with it all  Afro
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #26 - August 08, 2010, 12:48 PM
    Will do.  grin12

    Haha, serated_collon: love your poem. Cheesy
    Quote from: Mount A Bison on September 26, 2010, 11:19 AM
    Is your grammar defective? Just askin'.


    "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi

  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #27 - August 08, 2010, 01:56 PM
    here's the last poem I wrote (a few years back)

    In the still

    In the still we rest, my beautiful son --
    Intransigent harp, a silence to bear
    A fervour, replaced by an ashen breath
    This set impasse, my routed declare
    Imparting sighs to an ungodly world
    Lightness comes to pass, with quiet untold
    Flitting glimpses of this single instant;
    memories lost, left til now to behold
    (Tuck me, I feel the coolness creeping in)
    A last reverence, bestill sacred beat
    For now, a coup de grace; for now, my son
    To dance in the still, give rest, tired feet.

    I'm not much of a poet, though I do like it. I think I might start a thread of some of my favorite poetry!
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #28 - August 08, 2010, 02:01 PM
    wow a ton of poets we have here

    i'm impressed xD
    [13:36] <Fimbles> anything above 7 inches
    [13:37] <Fimbles> is wacko
    [13:37] <Fimbles> see
    [13:37] <Fimbles> you think i'd enjoy anything above 7 inches up my arse?
  • Re: Share your poetry!
     Reply #29 - August 08, 2010, 02:03 PM
    Quote from: zoomi on August 08, 2010, 01:56 PM
    here's the last poem I wrote (a few years back)

    In the still

    In the still we rest, my beautiful son --
    Intransigent harp, a silence to bear
    A fervour, replaced by an ashen breath
    This set impasse, my routed declare
    Imparting sighs to an ungodly world
    Lightness comes to pass, with quiet untold
    Flitting glimpses of this single instant;
    memories lost, left til now to behold
    (Tuck me, I feel the coolness creeping in)
    A last reverence, bestill sacred beat
    For now, a coup de grace; for now, my son
    To dance in the still, give rest, tired feet.

    I'm not much of a poet, though I do like it. I think I might start a thread of some of my favorite poetry!



    Ooohh I wonder what inspired that? Why kind of stuff do you usually write about zoomi? Smiley
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