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    i think the third poem has really good potential but the rhyme scheme seemed a little forced and the rhythm was uneven, which can be used as a poetic device but it seemed unintentional. but i really like the imagery and ideas behind it.
    life becomes too complicated, then it falls apart; to put it back together, you have to break your heart.

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    Poem 6-- Banter

    A 6th poem ! yay!

    “My life is flab.”
    “Flab?”
    “Complete balderdash.”
    “Huh?”
    “Drivel. Careless muck oozing down gravel-lined
    inclines. Slipshod waves.”
    “Who’s to say?”
    “Jesus, don’t you get it?”
    “I thought nobody did.”
    “A flicker. A pigment. A nebulous. Doom.”
    “I see.”
    “It’s as simple as that.”
    “I would never have guessed.”
    “Neither would I, but I suppose that’s how it goes.”
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    Poem 7--- Daddy

    Daddy

    My window is shy
    but has never been spared
    the many times that i
    have just sat and stared.
    I've flown like that bird
    while i've sat in this chair.
    I've felt the wind stirred
    as it plays with my hair.
    The clock in the hall
    tells the time i've not used
    while other clocks call
    the hours i have abused.
    I sit here and wonder
    if he knows what he's left.
    If he would just ponder
    his heartless theft.
    The theft of four souls
    now drifting in space
    their lights like burnt coals
    they fall like lead weights.
    I'd run away too
    if i could not love.
    What would one not do
    if one were selfish enough?
    His rational thought
    has melted away.
    My life has been bought
    by the devil's foul play.
    My essence, now pills
    has taken its leave.
    From wrong doings and ills
    a minor reprieve.
    No words can express
    a childs sorrow.
    My thoughts are a mess
    but i'll live through tomorrow.
    The oceans made
    by the tears he has caused
    are ragged and frayed
    by the moon's tidal course.
    The mind battles are won,
    he's cut through the red tape.
    His conscience is gone
    but he cannot escape.
    Escape what he thought
    he had left far behind.
    His future is fraught
    with revenge... of a kind.
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    "To quote the man who said it best"
    I took the words from his lips
    Whether a witticism now or an ideal I held eternal
    Though eternally is never a long time.
    I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. Hobbes (Bill Watterson)

    The problem is that you try to play the game as a man. If you hinder all your gifts trying to play like the rest of them, then you'll never achieve your potential.Mona- Half and Half

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    We are the mud club.
    We are Runners who follow paths worn by others' feet
    We run under bridges that are monuments reading
    "People have legs and cars are for roads"!
    We all are surrounded by the inconvenience
    that makes nature Beauty.
    It is the backdrop to our own drives.

    And Guess what happens in the rain.
    We become the Mud Club.
    I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. Hobbes (Bill Watterson)

    The problem is that you try to play the game as a man. If you hinder all your gifts trying to play like the rest of them, then you'll never achieve your potential.Mona- Half and Half

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    poem 8----Mourn My Queen, Evermore

    Mourn My Queen, Evermore


    In her little chamber, one stormy night
    Sat a fair lady by her window
    dressed in white but held the black
    that best described her heart at cease.
    Outside was a couple of childhood love
    Who seemed to unchain their secret vows
    For war was near and far he goes,
    to the barren land that knows no peace.


    "Sing, Sing, O! Nightingale
    Just when you see two hearts apart
    and replenish their waning flame
    Be their muse as you were mine

    Sing, sing Oh! Nightingale
    Like you don`t know of his depart
    Let them listen and understand
    and none of them leaves a continent away"


    Stood up the lady against the pane
    Hit the glass with her hands,
    And begged of the passerine bird
    That since she left stood on the branch.
    The couple stood up for their farewell
    And the bird willed not to move,
    The lady wept, yelled and wailed,
    Until the bird came closer and said


    "Queen, Queen, O! My Dear
    Remind you must I of your past years.
    Your ego wanted a hero, in a battlefield
    That was just a continent away

    Mourn, my Queen, evermore
    A hero he is, but a soul you are
    You bled your grief, on that bed sheet
    In tomb you belong, and fly should I."
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    Poem 9-----Requiem for the shattered soul

    ok I am impressed another poem in less than a month keep the stuff coming folks!!!
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    Requiem for the shattered soul

    I lay, prostrate, crumbling on the spot.
    these gashes cry for equality, say,
    why do they not come to me to seal these holes in me
    i feel my self pouring on scarred earth.
    O god! let me be free, of this merciless agony
    the stuff of my life shimmers, sanguine,
    somewhere, a door opens, elsewhere, one closes,
    and life goes on.
    and still I lay, pleading, on earth incarnadine.
    Droplets burn wet trails on the faces of those compassionate.

    my essence smeared 'cross seasoned land,
    my soul steams from these holes.
    Thunder! how it roars all about,
    as pathetic a fallacy as ever before
    red cross on white body,
    wanders about, to pick the shards of life unjustly expended.
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    Poem 10---Is Life All A Dream?

    I have ;left the formatting as I recived it, if it is wrong please pm me!
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    Is Life All A Dream?

    Is life alll a dream as it sometimes my seem?
    Do our thoughts rise like steam as we play by the stream?
    Is our existence as a whole supported by the same beam?
    Do we mean what we say; do we say what we mean?
    Are we all quite essentially playing on the same team?
    Do our lives all essentially follow the same theme?
    Then what’s the point mean? The point of living lives obscene, the point of doing deeds unseen, of being labeled clean or unclean. These are just some things to think about when you have the time. I write these poems all for free, but I will you all a copy for a nickel and a dime.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightshade View Post
    Hello All!
    And welcome to the anonymous poems thread!

    The purpose of this thread is to allow people to have their poems posted anonymously and receive constructive critisim in return.

    How will this work?

    Those who want to share their poems will PM them to me and I will post them but of course there will be some RULES!

    So the rules:

    1) The posts work on a "first-received-first posted" basis but I will only post a maximum of 2 poems a day. So to keep things fair, please only send 1 poem every fortnight ( 2 weeks). People who send multiple poems will lose their chance.

    2) No claiming authorship, or trying to guess who wrote the poem. If you know who has written a poem, please keep that information to yourself.

    3) This thread is for anonymous poetry only; so, please don’t reply to a poem with your own poem.

    4) Obviously forum rules apply.

    5) I'll be operating zero tolerance on breaking these rules, if you post a post that breaks them it will be deleted automatically.

    and enjoy the poetry!
    A reminder of the thread rules. If you want a poem posted PLEASE PM ME!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightshade View Post
    Today I ate a baby

    This morning I had breakfast
    I had a cup of tea.
    At lunchtime I had
    A great big Maccy D.
    Later I had a chocolate
    Lovely sweet and stuff.
    For dinner I think I had
    Oh yes- the baby’s soul.
    Oh good God, that's wonderful poetry! *shudders*
    shh!!!
    the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories.

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    Poem 11--- Bullying

    bullying

    i used to see myself the best
    i used to have it all
    i used to be invincible
    but bullies made me fall

    i used to enjoy coming school
    i used to feel so tall
    i often see myself a fool
    and now i feel so small

    they call me names
    they hit and kick
    they throw my stuff around

    they bully me and not my friends
    what have i done wrong

    i cut myself
    untill they stopped
    it never seemed to end

    i often think
    whats happened now
    i wonder who i am
    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightshade View Post
    Hello All!
    And welcome to the anonymous poems thread!

    The purpose of this thread is to allow people to have their poems posted anonymously and receive constructive critisim in return.

    How will this work?

    Those who want to share their poems will PM them to me and I will post them but of course there will be some RULES!

    So the rules:

    1) The posts work on a "first-received-first posted" basis but I will only post a maximum of 2 poems a day. So to keep things fair, please only send 1 poem every fortnight ( 2 weeks). People who send multiple poems will lose their chance.

    2) No claiming authorship, or trying to guess who wrote the poem. If you know who has written a poem, please keep that information to yourself.

    3) This thread is for anonymous poetry only; so, please don’t reply to a poem with your own poem.

    4) Obviously forum rules apply.

    5) I'll be operating zero tolerance on breaking these rules, if you post a post that breaks them it will be deleted automatically.

    and enjoy the poetry!
    reminder
    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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    "The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:

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    poem 12 - The departure

    The Departure

    “Where are you going?” I asked, but she said nothing.
    Her hazel eyes raged like a tempest as she gently closed
    The door behind her, “Don't go please, I am sorry”
    My heart cried out but my stubborn pride won out and
    I said nothing.

    I watched her walk away with that unique stride
    Which spoke of many past pleasures, while her hair,
    Oh her fragrant raven hair that used to cover my face each
    Night beckoned me, but my dignity won out and I said
    Nothing.

    “Wait! Wait!” My tortured brain whimpered while seeing
    Her get further away. In her suitcase she carried my
    Passion, my love, my future and my manhood.
    My honor smiled within while my cloudy eyes like
    Those of a lost and frighten child begged her to return.
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    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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    Poem 13 --- Crossed Wires

    Crossed Wires

    You did not ask to be the flame
    About which flit such meek and mottled moths
    Your door, unfit to foot the bill of blame
    Was ever open to my sloth

    And though my envy raged a broiling sea
    And scalded fertile plains spread-winged and wide
    Yours was the silver tongue that stayed its plea
    While I, crow- towered, rolled my eyes in pride

    Yours was the will that bade me capture colour
    Harness the slowly running horses of the night
    Your patience was my golden key to summer
    A burnished sunrise, and my youth's delight

    Disdain falls thinly from my paper shoulders
    A cloak between my skeleton and me
    It is your doing: Now, as our world grows older
    You help me to feel weak, and small, and free.
    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    "The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:

    Forum Rules- You know you want to read 'em

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