Great poems everyone :D
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Great poems everyone :D
Maybe it's not as tragic as it looks…
these steps of lonely, disheveled books…
put out by someone…we don't know why…
books pleading to be touched & admired, by passers by…
books to be taken home and lovingly read….
while cuddled up in an armchair…or sprawled on a bed…
or lying on the grass in the middle of the park… under a tree…
any place is a good place to be…
A book is a friend with memories to share…
some make you laugh…others … lay your soul bare…
And like a friend…you can take a book anywhere…
or just stay home …but not truly alone… with a book there…
because in your caress is where it longs to be…
not languishing on a step...or table…idly
a book hates to be neglected and ignored…
the warmth of your hands and a loving gaze…ahh...to be adored…
pages of knowledge and inspiration offered for your pleasure…
to be voraciously devoured…or languidly consumed at your leisure…
Someday, maybe, books will be uploaded into cyberspace for all to see…
But for now…thank Heaven…These books... on these steps... in the breeze...
seem to whisper "I am here…come touch me....Please!"
Keep 'em coming! All right! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...Smilies/PG.gif
But isn't it over? :bawling: If not, I might enjoy a go at it. Such fun.
I gave it my best shot. May luck be with all the contestants and more to come!
The Plea of the Bibliophile
Grant us serve this moment,
to grasp the last of time,
Let us praise each ink-stained firmament
for works so full-divined.
The Pedant -- "It was never meant to meet this fate,
Never meant to mold from prime,
It was never meant to greet such hate,
and never meant to hold a title other than sublime"
How do we rectify a folly,
from the architraves of past*
Why must we devastate humanity
by proporting ignorance to the caste
which suffocates ingenuity
and crowns us in Potentate illiterate doom to last.
**This is supposed to remotely reflect the architraves or beams laterally and horizontally suspended which reaped the blood of the parochial Christians’ savior.
No, No. 28th of July. Had to extend this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ampoule
Move the picture forward so all can see what we are to write about:
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Pen.
Stand-in for Andy-Dio
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Didn't Andy-Dio give you, Pen, the privelege of running this poetry submission round?
Good Luck!
Yes, he did. And since I had few poems coming in, I extended the date. Andy-Dio won't be back until sometime in August. Meanwhile, come to me, all ye poets!Quote:
Originally Posted by Adolescent09
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Only 3 days till Judgement!
I think it's 25 days
OH,that's right. I was thinking about the old date,woops :blush:
And I need poems, without them how can I judge a contest? I have the entries so far, down and can of course, decide between them, but there are more poets out there we need to hear from. If I have no new submissions by the 12th, I will go ahead and judge the contest then. Otherwise the closing date is the 28th. Poems, poems, my kindom for poems!
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Ha,ha, ha,.....almost my favorite quote!!!
it is verdant summer today
as the wyverns make their last stand
in the hall of their ancestors
resistance is made from writing
wire illuminates each row
towards a final solution
see them describe each airy arc
and branching combinatorial
spell out an algebra of grief
the wisdom of the scholar lies
with point and line, assent, decline;
maps out a geometry of pain
fractal and fallen are these leaves -
do you still think that they conceal
an answer to the doom of worlds?
I keep thinking that tomorrow there will be several people post a poem for the contest. Where is everyone?