Originally Posted by symphony
just for you! Thanks again!
just for you! Thanks again!
And again u leave me wordless!
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...the smell of flowers through metal labyrinths.
I deleted itlol i meant it when i said my love went in vain!!
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...the smell of flowers through metal labyrinths.
You asked for more smilies, I believe: These links will help. Of course they are not my private stash, but good. Good hunting!
http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php?wahl=0&ziel=froehlich
http://www.zoicks.com/smileys3.htm
http://www.websmileys.com/
http://www.smileyville.net/index.php
http://www.industreal.spb.ru/smiles.htm
http://www.emofaces.com/emoticons/ca...cience/animals
Pen
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
You might not think this a poem on graditute on a first reading. So read it more than once.
THE VELVET GOWN
She wore a long, white velvet gown
and pretended to be a princess
or queen of the Fairies
or anything her childish mind could dream up.
They often played together, sharing dreams.
She wore a long, white velvet gown
and danced in his arms at the prom.
She closed her eyes
and pretended he was her Prince Charming
and floated off to a castle in the stars.
She wore a long, white velvet gown
and said “I do” at the altar
staring into his eyes
and dreaming of forever together.
She wore her small, white hospital gown,
her mind locked forever into a world from which
she would never return again.
He held her hand and shook his head
as the Doctor mention the word "Institution."
She wears a long, white velvet gown
and dreams her dreams
no one else can understand—
but he tries.
Dale Harris
© 1997
Last edited by Pendragon; 07-25-2007 at 09:23 AM.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Oh, I believe I understand this very well as gratitude.
Have you ever heard the song, "I'm Looking For Something In Red?" You made me think of it. Even though a country singer got hold of it, I do like the message in the lyrics and I like your message also.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
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Gratitude
A pale sandy beach
scattered with pink shells and driftwood.
Tiny crabs scurry for cover.
A gentle wave slides up silently
through the wet sand
and kisses my bare feet.
All I see is bathed in a soft orange light
that heralds day's end.
Gifts from a world beyond.
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cdn/25jul07
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
Yes. I find the lyrics of the song very good. I have said it before and I will say it again, people so often miss the poetry in the lyrics of a song. They loose themselves in the music, but I am a musician, and the words are what I love best.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Gratitude
The day was heavy but her heart was light
as she stood marveling at the Water Tower,
wondering how it, amongst all the beautiful
buildings of that day, had survived the fire.
The day was heavy but her heart was light
as she skipped down Michigan Avenue
touching skyscrapers with one hand while
waving at sailboats with the other.
The day was light but her heart was heavy
as she trembled in the arms of the black woman,
clinging to the curb from which she had fallen,
marveling and wondering and skipping.
The day was light but her heart was heavy
as she longed for a name and a town,
hoping to place them upon the floral paper
that would hold her fanciest pen of gratitude.
But as she sat, staring out at the day,
She knew, in reality, both of their hearts were light.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Marvellous Ampoule, I especially loved the inversion of the day was heavy in the 3rd & 4th verses.
Thank you. You must be a great baseball player!
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
These are my favorite poems by you, A., where you never directly disclose...
Wonderful poem!
Thank you firefangled. I appreciate the encouragement I get from all of you.
Just an interesting update to prove that I may not have another life:
Independence...Ampoule
Sinful Desires...PrinchMyshkin
Penance...firefangled
Laconic...Adolescent09
Homecoming...Pendragon
Soliloquy...symphony
Tranquility...stephofthenight
Passion...Debrasue
Seasons...CdnReader
Vacant...Jon1jt
Romance...Zargon
Gratitude...Ampoule
And where are my manners. Il Penseroso...a word...per favore...and then after that will be Bii, if you please.
Last edited by ampoule; 07-26-2007 at 03:54 PM. Reason: to correct names
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Ha, funny, and in such big letters... Penserosa? Should be Penseroso...I'm male. (the name's taken from the Milton poem) and don't worry, it's so easy to mistake genders around here, I'm sure there are several fish floating about that I've gotten a wrong picture of in my head.
but thanks ampoule, I'm honored to choose the next word, and I've enjoyed your poetry as well, along with everyone else's who posts in this thread.
lets see...time for something a little different. How about...
Oriental(ism)?
and somehow a dog
has taken itself & its tail considerably away
into the mountains or sea or sky, leaving
behind: me, wag.
- John Berryman
Yin-Yang
It is such a simple symbol—
Black and white—
Two identical, yet different,
Ever joined to make the whole…
Without a Yin for balance,
There can be no Yang in existence—
People sometimes mistake the two as different
Failing to see they make only one…
Dual personalities that lie in everyman,
The will to do evil or to do good—
A struggle for supremacy inside
What many call “the soul.”
Thus you came to me, here, young one,
In search of true enlightment—
I can only teach you what I have learned myself…
To know the meaning of that symbol
You must ask yourself…
Pendragon
© 7/26/07
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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