Tag: poetry
member name: Firoze H.
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October 01, 2006 10:21 AM EDT --
My article "The Thing About Poetry" elicited this very interesting comment from Cynth B. of Salinas, CA. I thought it raised enough important points to merit a separate article. I shall . . .
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December 24, 2006 06:34 AM EST --
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la
Rid the world of Bush's folly
Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la
Quit the war and leave them fighting
Fa-la-la Fa-la-la La-la-la . . .
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October 09, 2006 05:42 AM EDT --
A clock ticks down the hall
I sit and wait
My hair is brushed
But not slicked back
Too much grey
A sign of wisdom?
Will it come across?
What am I doing here?
I'm sixty-one
Too old . . .
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October 10, 2006 12:36 AM EDT --
A cavernous boardroom
A long table
Almost Dickensesque
Ten unsmiling faces
Arrayed on one side
Just me on the other
Not good odds, I think
My ingratiating smile
Freezes in rictus
"Tell . . .
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October 13, 2006 02:46 AM EDT --
Rage
Raucous and ranting
Angry and panting
Where is thy sting?
You come with a roar
Violent and raving
Never behaving
Arrogant and vain
Thrashing and flailing
You wound without . . .
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October 15, 2006 03:17 AM EDT --
Love can roar in like thunder
Tear you asunder
And leave you in flames
Love can slide in like satin
Soft as a matin
A gentle caress
Love can be breezy
So nice and easy
A child at . . .
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December 13, 2006 05:06 AM EST --
Wealth is not the domain of kings
Wealth can be found in the little things
A baby’s first steps, his hesitant da-da
Can bring greater joy than a ball gown by Prada
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December 11, 2006 06:55 AM EST --
Why is nobody mean to me?
Why am I treated so leniently?
On Gather, it’s said
Some people are bad
There’s malice and spite
And backs they do bite
There are . . .
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September 11, 2006 01:03 AM EDT --
Where is the love
Where does it reside?
In the coo of a dove
Or the blush of a bride?
Does it thunder and roar
Like the voice of the Lord?
Or does it silently pour
From adored to adored? . . .
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October 03, 2006 01:38 AM EDT --
Where does love go
After passion subsides?
Does it ebb then and flow
Like an outgoing tide?
Where does love go?
Can we settle for less?
No stirring below
Just a gentle caress
Where . . .
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October 07, 2006 12:38 AM EDT --
This is my very first attempt at non-rhyming, or blank verse (if you can't beat them, join them.) I know very little about pentameters, Iambic or others, so this probably does not even qualify . . .
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October 23, 2006 04:31 AM EDT --
Fluffy, light and yellow
You are a splendid fellow
Stuffed with mushrooms, parsley and thyme
Yours is a flavour uniquely sublime
Some, who are good enough to teach
Have filled your . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:27 PM EDT --
The day has come, my destiny is set
Paradise awaits
The luscious grapes, the dancing houris
Allah is with me
A day of rejoicing
My breath is short, am I unworthy?
I chose this path
Glorious . . .
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September 12, 2006 11:47 AM EDT --
I never knew that a day like today
Lay before us
I've got the sun in my heart
And my heart in the sun
Stars are as bright as your eyes
The horizon is gleaming
Love is the feeling
Feelings are . . .
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October 22, 2006 03:04 AM EDT --
Hark! The witching hour is nigh
When I will do, or I will die
My hopes and fate lie anon
In the hands of Amazon
My short story is in their grip
Will it hold, or will it slip?
Regarded with . . .
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November 09, 2006 12:46 AM EST --
Holy Light
Glorious sight
Rumsfeld's gone into the night
No more fingers wagged in your face
No more sermons, no smirking grimace
Donald, Lord of the Rings, guy
We bid you a heartfelt goodbye . . .
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April 26, 2007 02:56 AM EDT --
OK! Now they have gone too far. Call me old fashioned: call me a stuffed shirt, but there are certain jewels in our cultural and literary heritage that you just do not take liberties with. How would you . . .
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March 02, 2009 12:26 AM EST --
Rage
Raucous and ranting
Angry and panting
Where is thy sting?
You come with a roar
Violent and raving
Never behaving
Arrogant and vain
Thrashing . . .
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