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 PoetryAn outlet for players whose creativity extends beyond the board. Post your original works here! The posting of song lyrics is not the purpose of this board and as such please refrain from doing so. Exceptions can be made to this rule if you are the copyrighted owner of the lyrics and the lyrics are not found offensive by the majority of the population. This board is a place to post your original works of poetry and prose and also a place for discussion of poetry and related areas. We have received word from Fencer that other's poetry can be posted to this board. These are the two conditions: 1) When someone posts a known copyrighted poem, he must add the author's name as well 2) If the author is not known, the poem can be posted without problems You are not allowed to post messages to this board. Minimum level of membership required for posting on this board is Brain Knight. Mode: Everyone can post
21. August 2003, 16:04:31 Subject: I'm no poet but.... ...this 'thing', scribbled impulsively this morning in the wee hours and posted hastily on an inappropriate DB, nevertheless served as the catalyst (through Fencer's good grace) which precipitated our new creative outlet here. Which means perhaps it was worth something after all. lol
I heartily encourage the posting of original works, whether from the rank novice, the polished professional or the non-serious amateur. Who knows what posterity will say! Let's have fun. STRANDED by yours truly Stranded in this Universe Could be better, but how worse? Why did mother give me nurse? Such a curse, such a curse Stranded on this desert Earth Wretched, foul, untimely birth! Where’s the laughter, where’s the mirth? Worthless sham, for what it’s worth Stranded in this withered Land Damn the rainbow, damn the Hand That first helped this bleak soul to stand First undone and then un-manned Stranded on this strangled Shore Neptune gloats, then shrieks for more How I abhor, o how abhor This sunken world with no back-door Stranded in this barren Home Read the transcript, scan the tome! Wherein the shameless gods do roam And spit their drool like febrile foam Stranded in this hell of Hells Curse the split-tongued wedding-bells! Curse the rivers, curse the dells And bless the caverns, bless the wells Stranded in this darkling Space Where to find a human face In this ill-begotten Race? Full of mischief, void of grace Stranded on this wasted Waste Made in haste, yes made in haste! How I pine for just a taste Of something sacred, someone chaste Stranded in this tortured Mind Hoping, ‘gainst all hope, to find Just one cloud that’s silver-lined Just one touch not cruel but kind Stranded in this woeful Fate Unquenched hunger is my Mate Sick of smiles that come too late Sick of ‘kindness’ laced with hate Stranded in this lifeless Life I raise the blade, I clutch the knife For all’s against me, all is strife And Pain’s my sister, Death my wife Stranded on this gulf Alone It chills the marrow in the bone How can God in truth atone For every slight and every groan? P.S. I'm not ALWAYS this dark! (gulp) P.P.S. Oh yes, discerning critics welcome too! (but I beg of you, have mercy....) :o) 21. August 2003, 16:19:13 Subject: Re: I'm no poet but.... Well I really liked it!! Dark or not ;o)
And in response: Stranded? Ney, be found!! I say to thee, You are so full of misery-- Can't you be happy? I challenge thee To write poetry That is happiness. This is a happy poem It is the foam Upon the crested waves Before they cave Unfurling themselves upon the sand In their assault upon the land It is the taste on your lips After a lovers first kiss, A phonecall from your bro or sis that could easily have been missed It is the baby girl and boy Endowed with life and with joy Who does not yet know What growing up will bestow This happy poem celebrates The joy of love and life Without regard for pain or strife Therefore, it rates As optimism Discharges pessimism And praises all that's good and right By day, whatever it may turn to by night. 21. August 2003, 16:23:45 Subject: Re: I'm no poet but.... Astonishingly good. Wow! :o) |
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