Literature Network Forums http://www.online-literature.com/forums/ The largest classic literature discussion forum on the Internet. Read Write Teach Share. en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.online-literature.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Literature Network Forums http://www.online-literature.com/forums/ Facets of Love # 8 http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48678&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:10:12 GMT SNAPSHOT I held her picture Posed for posterity A picture of a young girl In a summer dress A “hand me down” Pattern faded With fraying hem A pretty young woman SNAPSHOT

I held her picture
Posed for posterity
A picture of a young girl
In a summer dress
A “hand me down”
Pattern faded
With fraying hem
A pretty young woman
Face of innocence
Framed by brown tousled hair
Naïve and unaffected
Unsure of her beauty
And more beautiful
Because of it
Such a wonderful snapshot
Of a perfect moment
So long ago
I fell in love with her that day
My heart melted
Like the snow in spring
I love her still
And every day in between
Tears welled in my eyes
As I looked at that picture
Of naïve beauty
And they fell unchecked
As I remembered
The woman she became
And the love we shared
Until she was taken from me

OUR NIGHT OF FIRSTS

I dreamt last night
About our night of firsts
I saw everything with such clarity
Though it was many years ago
All the sights and sounds
The smells and of course touch
It was such a special night
Our night of firsts
Our first date
The first time we held hands
As I walked you home
Along the orchard lane
And then of course
Beneath the cherry tree
Our first kiss
On that late spring evening
When the air was full of perfume
And we heard the birdsong
We gazed into each others eyes
Then our lips touched
And our fate was sealed
For at that moment
On our night of firsts
We fell in love
From that moment on
And all the days of our lives
Our love has lasted
And though I am alone now
And I can only kiss you in my dreams
When my time comes
We will meet again
And walk hand in hand along the orchard lane
And kiss once more
Beneath the cherry tree

TOO MUCH LOVE

He loves her he says
And he says it often
To elicit a reciprocation
In case her feelings soften

And he does love her
Too much though
Than is really healthy
Soon she will know

For stronger than his love
Growing in intensity
Smoulder the embers
Of his bitter jealousy

She loves him in return
And feels his love
But has not yet felt
The iron fist in the velvet glove

PLEASE DON’T LOVE ME

Please don’t love me
Please don’t make me
The object of your affections
Or subject me to your infatuations

Just because I smile at you
And make small talk too
And we have so much in common
Is nothing to pin your hopes upon

Please don’t love me
Please don’t invest your love in me
I’ve been down that road before
I don’t wish to travel it anymore

Every thing is rosy at the start
But too many times love breaks your heart
I will not risk my heart again
So all alone I will remain

So please don’t love me
Friends is all we can ever be
Save your love for the “one”
My dealings with love are over and done ]]> Personal Poetry Biggus http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48678 Surrealistic Films http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48677&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:04:31 GMT What are some of the most dream-like or weirdest films you've seen?

Surreal:
8 1/2
Un Chien Andalou
Amnacord
The Night of the Hunter
Eyes Wide Shut
Most of the works of Buster Keaton (excluding The General)

Odd and Quircky:
Stroszek
The Wizard of Oz
Wild at Heart

Just plain weird (but still great):
Inland Empire
Muholland Drive
Lost Highway
Donnie Darko
Jacob's Latter


I'm probably forgetting a lot, I'll add some more later. What are some of your weirdest experiences at the cinema? ]]> General Movies, Music, and Television DanielBenoit http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48677 Darkness (R-rated) http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48676&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:53 GMT * Why are there no precipices when you need one? Or they’re all occupied, people doing cartwheels in mid-descent. I hear they plan to make suicide an Olympic event


Why are there no precipices
when you need one?
Or they’re all occupied,
people doing cartwheels
in mid-descent.

I hear they plan to make suicide
an Olympic event
 ]]> Personal Poetry PrinceMyshkin http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48676 contemplations on divination http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48675&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:11:52 GMT late night, contemplating that ancient divination i realised that my penmanship is my salavtion the relentless chasing of perfection in a sentence twisting past and present tenses to define tomorrow and stand in denail of the sorrow sweeping generations losing their forefathers watching them... late night, contemplating that ancient divination
i realised that my penmanship is my salavtion
the relentless chasing of perfection
in a sentence twisting past and present tenses
to define tomorrow and stand in denail of the sorrow
sweeping generations losing their forefathers
watching them fall like a house of cards
attacked from the bottom and i find a bottle
of bourbon wisdom is never enough
when you consider the lifting of human souls
on dark roads at 4am and the voices taunting them
the cloaked wraith sauntering from the shadows
to announce himself and the wealth of tears
he employs to drown the strongest
and the songs of the dead can never be heard
from six feet above so i assume they sing with love
and wish upon us compassion and flashes
of inspiration when we find ourselves up late pacing
contemplating divination ]]> Personal Poetry Sampson http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48675 New Member -and a poem. http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48674&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:47:40 GMT Hi,
I've just joined and have a poem to share - published in2003, and hopefully you can always reply with a creation of yourown.

- George

A Man's Life Is His Work

The lights above in the gallery make
a ring of philosopher's shadows radiate.
As what Art reveals to us today
is but the dream of the artist's memory.

This object, this farce, this priceless lie,
set apart in a guarded chamber,
is a testament to what's been tried,
and the shadows, ghosts of our common labor.

- G.T. Konetsky ]]> Introductions kinetic1 http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48674 <![CDATA[~Loners Don't Cause the Flower's Tremble~]]> http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48673&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:24:35 GMT Loners don't cause the flower's tremble;
it's the found who pick them
for the windowed home of temporary light.

Polished suitors hit the shops;
purchase them with plastic cash.
Sheathed or vased, the flowers wilt
where they're placed by lovers
in a rush to sheets and covers.
They die at the table's center,
the counter's rim,
the bedside stand.

Dimly lit tombs of finished symphonies
have claimed petal and stem, color
and scent, pollen and dew
to honor the composers who,
deaf when they died,
were still able to see and smell
the rose or wildflower on the grave.

Loners don't cause the flower's tremble,
nor unknown poets
and unrealized compositions
found dead on less than grand pianos. ]]> Personal Poetry DanBierce http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48673 And http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48672&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:55 GMT We’re lying in the long grass and you say something about the sanctity of freedom, the oneness of existence, the self drifting alone on an overcrowded sea and I say nothing and meanwhile our fingers are knotted like a muscle, inseparable, flesh from flesh and you lean over We’re lying in the long grass
and you say something about the sanctity of freedom,
the oneness of existence, the self drifting
alone on an overcrowded sea

and I say nothing

and meanwhile our fingers are knotted
like a muscle, inseparable, flesh from flesh
and you lean over
and whisper to me
something about the planets, the milky way,
the great burning star that is the sun

and I say oh

and meanwhile the tiny hairs on your face
are touching the tiny hairs on my face

and your mouth is touching my mouth
as you say something
about the violence of evolution,
atom splitting atom, cell splitting cell,
about life emerging stronger in the wake of destruction

and meanwhile your skin is chafing my skin,
your deft tongue carefully probing, examining,
and I say yes. ]]> Personal Poetry TheFifthElement http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48672 kilteds travelstravaganza http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48671&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:19:36 GMT So last night I won a $4000 vacation voucher at the work xmas party for me to use as I wish. Now I need to decide where to go. suggestions? So last night I won a $4000 vacation voucher at the work xmas party for me to use as I wish. Now I need to decide where to go.

suggestions? ]]> General Chat kilted exile http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48671 best wishes from India http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48670&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:50:20 GMT Hi all! Best wishes from India Hi all!

Best wishes from India ]]> Introductions pranav kumar http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48670 Mother Crone http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48669&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:33:27 GMT Mother Crone Earth Mother in cold December her heart frozen over full of strength fragile as glass let the world mourn Persephone entombed her sweet warmth Mother Crone

Earth Mother
in cold December
her heart frozen over
full of strength
fragile as glass
let the world mourn
Persephone entombed
her sweet warmth
blush of life stolen
Demeter raves
death touches
the world. ]]> Personal Poetry Dark Muse http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48669 Best television show? http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48668&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:30:36 GMT I mean best as in well-done, not necessarily your favorite. My favorite TV show is Buffy, but I have to say that the BEST is Northern Exposure. I mean best as in well-done, not necessarily your favorite. My favorite TV show is Buffy, but I have to say that the BEST is Northern Exposure. ]]> General Movies, Music, and Television JuniperWoolf http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48668 Aphorism #8 To be without Passions. http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48667&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:20:12 GMT Aphorism #8 To be without Passions.

’Tis a privilege of the highest order of mind. Their very eminence redeems them from being affected by transient and low impulses. There is no higher rule than that over oneself, over one's impulses: there is the triumph of free will. While passion rules the character, no aiming at high office; the less the higher. It is the only refined way of avoiding scandals; nay, ’tis the shortest way back to good repute.




More... ]]> Admin http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48667 nice to be here. http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48666&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:59:33 GMT i am new. i am new. ]]> Introductions qilaweit http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48666 Do you plan on shopping on Black Friday? http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48664&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:18:22 GMT God no. I don't want to get run over by 200 crazy mothers that NEED to get their child that one special toy. I'll go skiing instead. ]]> General Chat kevinthediltz http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48664 What is the Difference between the old Romeo and Juliet movie to the new one?? http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48663&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:37:06 GMT okay, so i have a exam in a couple of days and in the exam i have to do an essay on the difference between the old Romeo and Juliet movie to the new on? would you be able to tell me the difference? and i don't mean the differences that any one can tell i mean like is the story line the same? cause the quotes are but like is the plot or something? if anyone could tell me the would be a huge help thank you. ]]> Romeo and Juliet Skitz http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48663