Poetry

[Elanor]

Aw, Wild Rose, you're so kind! *hugs* And your poem - just stunning! So sweet and creative with lovely rhyming! Excellent job indeed!
Yours is so pretty, Moonlight, written very well, with great idea's in it that I've thought of but could never express. Bravo!

[wild rose]

Thank you Elanor

Libby I loved your poem, it's so beautiful

MoonlightDancer, wonderful, I really like it, it's written very well, great job

[Elanor]

I have another poem!

Lost in a jumble of feeling
what comes out of the battle is hope
Joy is not at all what I expected
I'm depending on a fraying rope

When I saw your smile, I left behind sense
And at those wounds forgot what was at stake
I placed my life and love
on nothing less than heartbreak

Left again at the back of the road
forsaken truth told me what to expect
I close my heart to every sound
told myself that I had to reject

I don't thirst for revenge anymore
I've got a new hope that's set with Christ's name
when reality is all that I need
I find God and hope exactly the same.

[Lady Haleth]

That was great!
Here's one of mine, it was sort of inspired by studying Beowulf:

No Coward's Path (I Will Not Fear)
No coward’s path tread I
Though dangers ‘round me lie
And terrors fill the sky
I will not fear

Though troubles do surround me
And perils walk beside me
Yet still I will walk free
I will not fear

And when foes crowd around me
And I’m caught in a web of lies
When my enemies wear another guise
I will not fear

[MoonlightDancer]

Lady Haleth, that does sort of remind me of Beowulf, it's very similar in some ways. I like it! Elanor, I really like your poem. It reminds me of "The reprise" by Kiros. Have you heard of it? The line about the fraying rope reminds me of the lines by kiros:

I am learning I can always stand
When you strengthen me
I am held up by a single strand
Stronger than I could ever be


Okay, after this I am going to stop posting so many poems I promise. I tried and tried to think of a title for this one but nothing seemed to do it justice. Anyone have any ideas?? Here it is, my latest and greatest:

Your sultry sleep is swept up in sensual sighs
As the stars sail above the summery skies
We are swimming in dreams filled with salty seas
Past parties, parades, and perpetual pleas
You swing upon crowds, so sublime and serene,
You trail through the sands, and you catch every gleam
Of the light on my skin cells, the dust in my hair,
The sight of the starlings, so lonely and rare,
And the evergreen effortless echoing song
So sad, so still, so silent, so strong.

[Elanor]

Love it, LH. It's so noble and true. Made me shiver and be happy.
Okay, that's amazing, Moonlight. Love it!!!!!!!! and thank you, I'll have to listen to it.

[wild rose]

Elanor: wow that is so beautiful, I just love it........can I post this one in my scrap book.....please.....I really like it.....pretty please

Lady Haleth: amazing, I really really love it.....can I post it in my scrap book too....please.....I won't claim as my own....I'll put your name under it....please please please

MoonlightDancer, wonderful, I love it, it's really really wonderful, great job (oh and do keep posting, I love reading your poetry )

[Elanor]

Aw, of course you can, Rose, and I'm so honoured by your kindness! It's funny, your avatar could fit with your words.

[Liberty Hoffman]

"Spring"



Rain falls
Birds call
Leaves grow
And I know
Warmth is near
Spring is here

[Lady Haleth]

yes, wild rose as long as you give me credit.
I really loved the imagery in your poem, Moonlight Dancer.

[TheGeneral]

TheGeneral, wow, you really wrote it well, I had shivers down my spine as I was reading it, it's sort of spooky, but written so well

Thanks! Writing doesn't come too easily for me so that means a lot.
Looking at others I've written, I realize I mostly write poems about death, lol.
I'll share another short one, but I don't want to depress anybody! Sorry.
It's sort of self explanatory, I wrote it with a few people from my life in mind.

Why does the world go on

As if it never had you?

Why do I carry on

As if I truly had to?



Oh! Why should not all weep

To lament your death!

Why should not all hearts keep

The memory of your last breath!



You were you

And no one else!

And no one else

Will be you!



No one can replace you

Before or in the future

When you left this world behind you

You said goodbye forever



This is why I cannot see

Why the world must carry on

Pitiless and carefree

As if you were not gone



(Again, sorry it's kinda sad)

[wild rose]

thanks Elanor and Lady Haleth, I'll be sure to credit both of you
Libby love your poem, it's so sweet and beautiful
(sadly we just had a huge snowstorm....so spring isn't hear for me )
TheGeneral your poem is so beautiful, it is sad, but so sweet at the same time, I really loved it

this is a poem I wrote when I was going through a couple of rough things in my life

An Odd Praise
Dear God I come to Thee today
And bring with me a poem of praise
I want to praise You for something odd
For things I've been told you don't thank God
I want to thank you for todays pain and sorrow
And for the pain that will come tomorrow
I thank you for the flow of tears
I thank you for my hidden fears
I thank you for the wet and cold
I thank you for the weak and old
I thank you for failure and for strife
I thank you for the dissapointments of life
I thank you for things men often curse
But without which they would be worse
For as told, sorrow from Your hand
Is what makes the boy a man
It is life's most sacred part
It is that which breaks the heart
And as told, true love cannot be showen
Until a broken heart is known
And broken heart, mended anew
Is the most precious part of you
And so dear God, I thank Thee
For all the sorrow You gave to me

[Elanor]

Oh my gosh, thegeneral!! That's amazing!!! It's really so beautiful and sad, you write magnificently!
Lovely, Wild Rose!

[Liberty Hoffman]

"A Song Of Thanks"



My heart will sing
Praise to the King
He's always with me
In Him I am free

Joy overflows my heart
Oh how great Thou Art!
Lord, I'll praise your holy name
With you in me I'm not the same

[Andrew]

I wrote this one awhile ago...just came across it on my hard drive, figured I would share:

“No one really knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.” – Plato

It’s foolishness to be afraid of what we do not know
Ironically, this fear is killing me.
My existence is all that I have
A fortnight after life and my memory is gone.
So many people with ideas, are they all right
Or what if all are false?

Would I feel nothing?
How wonderful that would be.
Would I be in heaven?
A final, forever slavery.
Or would I go to hell?
Suffering for eternity.

Experience spawns caution, close to fear
Will panic of the end keep me from ever living?
Never dismay were the words that I taught
He could save others but not himself….
Courage is how we face dread in life
But what about how we face death?

Would I feel nothing?
How wonderful that would be.
Would I be in heaven?
A final, forever slavery.
Or would I go to hell?
Suffering for eternity.

One way to find out.

[Miss Rosario]

*brushes off dust as she revives the thread*

Here's a poem I came across the other day on the internet. I thought it was sweet, and thought I would share it here.

"A friend is like a flower,
A rose to be exact,
Or maybe like a brand new gate
That never comes unlatched.
A friend is like an owl,
Both beautiful and wise.
Or perhaps a friend is like a ghost,
Whose spirit never dies.
A friend is like a heart that goes
Strong until the end.
Where would we be in this world
If we didn't have a friend."

--I wish I could say I wrote it, but unfortunately I didn't. *would give credit if she knew who had*

Friends are wonderful, aren't they?